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Dune: Imperium
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 63% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 4,461
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 10h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 63% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,498 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 20.2h for positive, 71.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (63.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (58)
story milestone ending side
- Top of the Mountain Get to the top of an influence track 100%
- Endless Assault Win 3 conflicts in a row in a single game 85%
- Protective Shield Win a conflict that takes place in a location you control 82%
- Naib End a game with 5 or more Fremen cards in your deck 81%
- Reverend Mother End a game with 5 or more Bene Gesserit cards in your deck 73%
- Worm Rider Harvest 6 or more spice from a Spice Trade space 72%
- Mentat Certificate Complete the Tutorial 65%
- Mind-Killer Trash 50 cards 55%
- Down to the Wire Win a game by the spice tiebreaker 49%
- ...Within Plans Score 2 Victory Points in a single game from Plans within Plans 47%
- Shipping Magnate Recall and collect rewards from the top of the shipping track. 45%
- Moment of Calm Take a reveal turn with no cards to reveal. 42%
- Sardaukar Win an online game 41%
- Control the Universe Score 2 Victory Points in a single game from Corner the Market 39%
- Mentat Mastery Place the Mentat 25 times 36%
- Inspire Dread Win a conflict where you had deployed two Dreadnoughts. 36%
- Desert Power Win a conflict with 30 or more strength 33%
- An Epic Tale Complete a game of Epic Mode. 26%
- Economic Dominance Gain 3VP with the Economic Supremacy Conflict in a single turn. 25%
- Tleilaxu Initiation Send 2 or more Agents using Tleilaxu cards in a single round. 25%
- Deliverance Make two or more Final Deliveries with "Princess" Yuna Moritani in a single game. 24%
- 3 Steps Ahead Send an agent with the card chosen by Ilesa Ecaz's One Step Ahead ability 3 times in a row. 24%
- Twisted Experimentation Reach the end of the research track. 24%
- Domination End a game with 15 or more Victory Points 23%
- Tleilaxu Alliance Reach the end of the Tleilaxu track. 20%
- Double Agent Infiltrate a space with an enemy agent twice in one round. 18%
- Grand Conspirator Score all four conditions with the Grand Conspiracy Intrigue card. 17%
- Plans Revealed Gain one or more Victory Points from 2+ different endgame Intrigue cards in a single game. 17%
- Unbridled Ambition Complete a game of Go to 11. 17%
- Gruesome Alteration Graft 25 times. 16%
- Submit to the Wind Retreat 25 troops 16%
- Spy Network Have three Spies placed on observation posts with different agent symbols. 16%
- Sight Beyond Sight Have 10+ cards in hand. 15%
- Wormsign Rising Be the first player to get Maker Hooks in a game. 14%
- Endless Forces Acquire Reclaimed Forces 10 times. 14%
- Double Dealing Complete a contract two turns in a row. 13%
- Clash of Titans Win a conflict with a sandworm where an opponent also had a sandworm. 13%
- Secret Rendezvous Use Clandestine Meeting to send an Agent. 12%
- Dark Dreams Graft Ghola or Usurp to a 7+ cost card. 12%
- Fallout Use Family Atomics 15 times. 12%
- Playing All Sides Have exactly 2 influence with each faction. 10%
- Bounty Hunter Complete five or more contracts in a single game. 9.0%
- Mega Machine Score the Machine Culture Intrigue card with 5 or more tech tiles. 8.2%
- Tleilaxu Mastery Acquire a 6 cost card into your hand with Tleilaxu Master. 8.2%
- Muad'Dib Complete all base set Normal Challenges 7.4%
- Overflowing Coffers Score the War Chest intrigue card with 15 or more Solari. 7.4%
- The Slow Blade Detonate the Shield Wall 5 times. 6.8%
- Priceless Acquisition Acquire a 7+ cost card with Price is No Object. 6.2%
- Reinvented End a game with no cards from your starting deck left as Archduke Armand Ecaz. 5.5%
- Council Coup Use Corrinth City to take a High Council seat. 5.5%
- Fedaykin Win 25 online games 4.8%
- Path Illuminated Draw 25 cards with Prepare the Way. 4.6%
- Kwisatz Haderach Complete all base set Heroic Challenges 4.4%
- Coup Complete Take an Alliance from another player with Overthrow. 4.4%
- Flood of Memories Draw 3 or more cards with a single use of Lady Jessicas Other Memories ability. 3.8%
- Sardaukar Strike Gain 3 or more swords from Sardaukar Coordination in a single reveal turn. 3.8%
- Merciless Heir Trash three cards with Feyd-Rautha's Signet Ring ability in a single game. 2.7%
- Weirding Ways Play Weirding Women on two subsequent agent turns. 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.