Hero Academy

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 762 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 19.2h for positive, 2.5h 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 (66.3% 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 (69)

• Learned Something Complete the Tutorial. 100%
• Frozen Lake Submit a turn less than three minutes after your opponent moves. 83%
• Matrix Glitch Use the undo feature and try something new. 82%
• Nap Time Knock out an enemy. 81%
• Just One More Turn Submit five turns. 80%
• Ow! My Jewels! Use an assault tile to do bonus crystal damage. 59%
• Bring it On! Taunt an opponent. 56%
• Take All Day Academy Take all day to put in your turn after your opponent does. 47%
• Level the Field Knock out three enemy heroes in one turn. 41%
• Stomp the Yard Stomp two enemy heroes in one turn. 41%
• Old School Win a game with the Council. 40%
• Vvvictory! Win a game with the Team Fortress team. 40%
• I'm Hooked Submit 100 turns. 35%
• Standing Still Hit an enemy target at maximum range with the Sniper. 34%
• Nice to Beat You Win a game against a random player. 33%
• Zombie! Resurrect and fully heal a knocked-out ally in a single turn. 33%
• Pocket Medic Link a Medic to a Heavy. 32%
• Tactician Win a game by destroying the enemy team. 30%
• The Best and the Brightest Complete all Meet the Council challenges. 30%
• BOOM! Headshot! Knock out a full-health enemy with one shot from an Archer. 27%
• Chain of Fools Hit three enemies with a single attack by a Wizard with a scroll. 27%
• Cry Some More Hit three enemies at once with a Heavy's attack. 26%
• Own the Night Win a game with the Dark Elves. 26%
• Well Equipped Add Runemetal, Dragonscale, and Shining Helm to a single Knight. 24%
• Erecting a Dispenser Have an Engineer equip three allies in a single turn. 24%
• Short But Feisty Win a game with the Dwarves. 24%
• Nighttime = Right Time Complete all Meet the Dark Elves challenges. 23%
• Triple-Team Attack a single enemy with three different heroes in one turn. 22%
• Charge! Win a game with the Tribe. 22%
• Strategist Win a game by destroying the enemy's crystals. 20%
• Blowing Up in Style Complete all Meet the Dwarves challenges. 20%
• Hero, Heal Thyself Get a Paladin to heal herself. 19%
• Fists of Fury Hit three enemies at once with a Void Monk's attack. 18%
• Not Easy Being Green Complete all Meet the Tribe challenges. 18%
• Close Enough Hit four enemy heroes or crystals at once with a single Grenadier attack. 17%
• Fire, Fire, FIRE!! Knock out two enemies at once with the Pyro. 17%
• Shields Up! Shield a crystal with an Engineer. 16%
• Academy Teacher Win 25 games. 16%
• Get Over Here! Pull an enemy off an assault tile with an Impaler. 14%
• Perfect Match Win a game and take no crystal damage. 14%
• Triple Threat Hit three targets with a single Windblade attack. 14%
• Love Chain Heal three allies with a chained Shaman heal. 13%
• We Are One Win a game with the Shaolin Team. 13%
• Entire Team is Babies Complete all Meet Team Fortress challenges. 13%
• My Boomstick Hit three enemy heroes or crystals at once with a single Gunner attack. 13%
• Tastes Like Chicken Build up a max-health Wraith. 12%
• Much to Learn Complete all Meet the Shaolin challenges. 12%
• Bad Disease Lower an enemy's maximum health by 250 with a Monk. 11%
• Sweep the Leg Debuff three enemies in one turn with a Poisoner. 11%
• Never Alone Raise two Phantoms in a single turn with a Necromancer. 8.9%
• Sit and Spin Damage five targets with one Chieftain attack. 8.9%
• Academy Master Win 100 games. 8.6%
• Dead Men Walking Execute two enemies in one turn with a Warrior. 7.8%
• Two Large Destroy two enemy crystals in a single turn. 7.5%
• Mine, All Mine Resurrect an opponent's Ninja, Wraith, Chieftain, or Annihilator with the Shadow. 7.2%
• That Stings Do 2000 or more damage with a single attack. 6.8%
• Council Hero Win 50 games with the Council. 6.3%
• Dark Elf Hero Win 50 games with the Dark Elves. 6.2%
• Challenge Master Complete all Challenge Collection challenges. 5.9%
• Dwarven Hero Win 50 games with the Dwarves. 5.7%
• Miasma For Everyone Do 1000 points of damage with a corpse explosion. 5.7%
• Crazed Win 50 games with the Team Fortress team. 5.3%
• Tribe Hero Win 50 games with the Tribe. 5.3%
• One For You, and You, and You Hit three full-strength enemies in one turn with an Axe Thrower. 5.1%
• Weaksauce Weaken three enemies with the priestess in a single turn. 5.1%
• Real Ultimate Do 2500 damage or more with a single Ninja attack. 4.8%
• Strangelove Knock out three enemies at once with an Annihilator shot. 4.7%
• So Many Victories Win 50 games with the Shaolin Team. 4.1%
• I Like Vanilla Removed an enemy hero's buff and a friendly hero's debuff in the same turn with a Taoist. 3.9%