Microcivilization

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 1,469 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 28h for positive, 22h 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 (98.6% 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 (100)

• Chieftain Click the Main Button 100 times 100%
• Clan Have 50 Population 99%
• Warlord Click the Main Button 1,000 times 96%
• Warrior 1 Defeat 1 Crisis 95%
• Gluten is the future! Overcome The Neolithic Revolution 89%
• Classical Era Unlock Classical Era 85%
• Warrior 2 Defeat 10 Crises 81%
• Horde Have 1,000 Population 81%
• King Click the Main Button 5,000 times 74%
• Anyone NOT called Spartacus around here? Defeat The Slave Revolt 70%
• Medieval Era Unlock Medieval Era 69%
• Forester 1 Own 3 Forests 64%
• Farmer 1 Own 3 Farmlands 61%
• Power of Hundred Have 10,000 Population 60%
• Penicilin is for losers Defeat the Great Plague 57%
• Renaissance Era Unlock Renaissance Era 56%
• Warrior 3 Defeat 100 Crises 55%
• Expansionist 1 Have 3 Village Tiles 55%
• Mason 1 Own 3 Quarries 49%
• Industrial Era Unlock Industrial Era 47%
• Venting some Constitutional Steam Overcome the Great Revolution 47%
• Emperor Click the Main Button 50,000 times 43%
• Quite a few People Have 100,000 Population 41%
• Modern Era Unlock Modern Era 40%
• I love the smell of pea soup in the morning Defeat the Great Smog 38%
• Farmer 2 Own 8 Farmlands 36%
• War to end all wars. Maybe except one or two... Win the World War 31%
• Forester 2 Own 8 Forests 30%
• Know-it-all Unlock 50 Ascensions 28%
• Expansionist 2 Own 8 Villages 25%
• Gods of Old Win the Babel Tower Scenario 25%
• Mason 2 Own 8 Quarries 20%
• Million Have One Million People 17%
• Turning up the heat Reach Ascension Tier 2 17%
• What has fluffy ever done to you? Defeat Medard 14%
• Warrior 4 Defeat 1,000 Crises 13%
• Against Odds Finish Level 10 of The Babel Tower 11%
• Future Era Unlock the Future Era 11%
• Party Hard Have 5 simultaneous Festivals 11%
• Thou shalt not munch on thy neighbour Defeat the Henderson Island Culinary Institute 9.7%
• Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Have 10 Activated Pyramids 9.2%
• Roma Victor! Defeat Vernissagetorix 8.6%
• Saint George Defeat Yolanda 8.2%
• Nanocivilization Reach the Nanotechnology 7.6%
• Can't afford candles these days Reach the Fusion Power 6.9%
• Spiraling Hubris Finish Level 15 of The Babel Tower 6.4%
• Metropolis Have 10 Million People 6.2%
• Peccatum Originale Complete the Space Elevator scenario 6.2%
• Death of Darwin Reach the Genetic Engineering 5.8%
• Party Harder Have 10 simultaneous Festivals 5.7%
• Industry Magnate Have a Magnitude III. Workshop 5.0%
• Only what you take with you Learn to gain Indigo lotus 4.8%
• Glimmer of Hope Overcome Level 1 Judgement 4.4%
• Guns, Smallpox and Steel Eradicate the Conquistadores 4.2%
• Back to normal Unlock the Foundation Stone ascension 4.2%
• Country Magnate Have a Magnitude III. Map Tile 4.1%
• Chad Destroy Neolithic revolution without building any Workshop/Wonder or claiming a Tile 3.9%
• Strength 18/00 & Charisma 3 Reroll the map 20 times before picking one 3.8%
• Power Badge Collect the Power Hero Bundle 3.8%
• No Cost is Too High Finish Level 20 of The Babel Tower 3.4%
• Resilience Badge Collect the Resilience Hero Bundle 3.4%
• Stability Badge Collect the Stability Hero Bundle 3.4%
• Wealth Badge Collect the Wealth Hero Bundle 3.0%
• Castlemania Own 7 Fortress Tiles with maximum Adjacency Bonus 2.7%
• The one who knocks Own a level 10 Idol 2.7%
• Michelangelo Gain Michelangelo 2.4%
• Confident Overcome Level 8 Judgement 2.3%
• Shakespeare Gain Shakespeare 2.1%
• Orwell Gain Orwell 1.8%
• Grimm Brothers Gain Grimms 1.7%
• Dwarrowdelf Own 7 Mines with maximum Adjacency Bonus 1.6%
• Lawmaker Badge Collect the Lawmaker Hero Bundle 1.6%
• Classicist Badge Collect the Classicist Hero Bundle 1.5%
• Mozart Gain Mozart 1.5%
• Era of Tomorrow Unlock Era of Tomorrow in Tier 4 1.4%
• Elvis Gain Elvis 1.2%
• Conqueror 2 Conquer the entire map before reaching Medieval Era 1.2%
• Expedient means 1 Earn 3 White, 12 Indigo and 20 Red lotuses in a single run 1.1%
• Conqueror 1 Conquer the entire map before reaching Renaissance Era 1.1%
• I'd rather take the stairs Destroy the Space Elevator 0.9%
• Gods of Old Badge Collect the Gods of Old Hero Bundle 0.8%
• The Ancient Seven Build Pyramid, Colossus, Mausoleum, Artemis temple, Zeus statue, Lighthouse and Hanging gardens 0.7%
• Rainbow Survive the Flood 0.7%
• Shh Have 100 Secrets 0.7%
• Conqueror 3 Own the entire Map before reaching Classical Era 0.3%
• Expedient means 2 Earn 6 White, 20 Indigo and 30 Red lotuses in a single run 0.2%
• Fort Knox Own 1 million Gold 0.2%
• Mega Chad Win World War without building any Workshop/Wonder or claiming a Tile. 0.1%
• Biblical Chad Survive the Flood without building any Workshop/Wonder or claiming a Tile 0.1%
• Enemy at the gates Destroy a crisis with Thorns using at least 5,000 units. 0.1%
• Heavy Metal Have 10,000 Heavy Units 0.1%
• Inoculated Mind Destroy the Idea Pathogen 0.1%
• Maginot line Have 10,000 Fort units 0.1%
• Master Chef Use Cookout quest against Cannibals on a Wine Tile 0.1%
• Zero bug tolerance Destroy the Nanolocusts 0.1%
• Neither adapted nor died... Destroy the Robot uprising 0.1%
• Second Amendment Have 10,000 Militia 0.1%
• This is Fine Have at least 10 Crises, 3 Disasters and one Coffee at the same time 0.1%
• Utopia Have 500 Free workers 0.1%
• Who needs factories Have 11 Wonders 0.1%