Those Who Rule

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,161 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 34.1h for positive, 6.9h 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 (69.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (30)

• A Grave Mistake Defeat all enemies in the prologue. 100%
• The Journey Begins Level up a unit. 94%
• A Painful Lesson An enemy has backstabbed your unit. 91%
• Stolen Goods Complete chapter 3 while having defeated both pirates before they escape. 65%
• Bonk A player unit took a hit for 0 damage. 57%
• Skill Issue Dodge an attack from an enemy that has a 0% chance to hit. 56%
• How Do You Do, Fellow Smiths? Add a refinement to a weapon. 51%
• A Cut Above Promote to an Advanced class. 50%
• Frenzy Attack an enemy 3 times in a single round of combat. 43%
• Expert Hit SS rank with any weapon type. 40%
• Brutal Hit an enemy for 40+ damage in a single attack. 37%
• Forged in Battle Promote to an Exalted class. 31%
• Hero Complete chapter 6 while having saved all militia. 29%
• Bloodletting Finish off an enemy with the damage from the bleed effect. 28%
• On Second Thought... Remove a refinement from a weapon. 27%
• Turning the Tide Complete chapter 10 while having opened all chests. 23%
• Insult To Injury Defeat an enemy with a Shield Bash. 22%
• You Weren't Supposed to Hear That... Complete chapter 6 while having defeated both elite enemies. 21%
• Hunter Refresh a charge of the javelin throw ability by defeating an enemy with it. 20%
• Scorched Earth Complete chapter 13 while having burned all 7 supplies. 19%
• What Do You Stand For? Make a decision in chapter 19. 17%
• Thank YOU Complete the game on any difficulty. 16%
• Goodbye, Friend Defeat the defector in chapter 20. 16%
• Elkcellent Defeat two or more enemies in one round of combat with the Elk Effigy equipped. 16%
• Better Together Heal 15+ HP with Ethal's Idol in a single turn. 15%
• Country Roads Refresh your turn with Mountain Boots. 15%
• Not According to Script Complete chapter 8 or 9 while having defeated Rickard. 11%
• The Best Defense... Complete chapter 15 while having opened all chests. 7.7%
• Just For Show Gain 10 stacks of Wolf Effigy. 7.4%
• Ranger General Complete the game on Veteran difficulty with Permadeath enabled. 4.6%