Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 7h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Fallen Kingdom” (Complete Act I of the Main Campaign) and “Taking a Stand” (Complete Act II of the Main Campaign): from 98% to 66% of starters.
- Only 56% 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 10,549 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 14.9h for positive, 12.2h 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 (56.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Fallen Kingdom Complete Act I of the Main Campaign 98% −2
- Taking a Stand Complete Act II of the Main Campaign Most players quit here 66% −32
- Fighting Alone Complete Act III of the Main Campaign 45% −21
- For King & Country Complete Act IV of the Main Campaign 21% −24
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Make it Through the Winter Store 1,000 food in a single game 100%
- The Fallen Kingdom Complete Act I of the Main Campaign 98%
- Falconhoof Kill the Jester 92%
- Taking a Stand Complete Act II of the Main Campaign 66%
- Fighting Alone Complete Act III of the Main Campaign 45%
- Smaug Amass 10,000 gold in a single game 42%
- Learned Scholar Complete the Tutorial 22%
- You're a Monster! Kill 10,000 Units 22%
- For King & Country Complete Act IV of the Main Campaign 21%
- Immovable Object Complete a Siege as Defender 20%
- Time to Die, Greg! Win a Mulitplayer Game 16%
- Back to the Sewers Complete The Agent of the Crown 15%
- Slipping Away Complete Escape from Snake Island 13%
- Peace? No Peace. Complete the Economic Campaign 12%
- Bear Grilled Kill 100 Bears 11%
- This! Isn't! Sparta! Get a population of 300 10%
- The Barmy Armory Store 1,000 weapons in a single game 9.9%
- Unstoppable Force Complete a Siege as Attacker 7.6%
- Still Need More? Store 10,000 wood in a single game 7.6%
- Salted Pork Complete Swine's Bay 5.0%
- Dousing the Flames Complete the 'Home Fires' Economic Campaign 4.6%
- The Conqueror Complete an Invasion on Very Hard difficulty 3.9%
- Keep The Wolf From The Door Complete Valley of the Wolf 3.9%
- Going on Tour Complete the 'Castle Trail' 3.7%
- The Economist Complete an Economics mission on Very Hard difficulty 3.2%
- You Really Are a Monster! Kill 100,000 Units 2.1%
- Back on Tour Complete the 'Noble Trail' 2.1%
- Master Cartographer Make a map and upload it to the Steam Workshop 1.8%
- A Gaggle of Gregs Win a Multiplayer game against 7 opponents 1.6%
- No...Really...You Are a Monster! Kill 1,000,000 Units 0.9%