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Don Bradman Cricket 14
Give it 35 hours
Gets good by 35h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 100h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 823
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 100h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 100.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 75% of owners got the first achievement.
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 829 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 29.6h for positive, 12.4h 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 (75.3% 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 (35)
- Now Go Fetch It Hit a 6 with a straight drive. 100%
- A Good Start Win a career match. 79%
- Centurion Score a century with a batsman. 76%
- Wicket Maiden Bowl an over with a wicket and no runs conceded. 74%
- Showing Intent Hit a 6 with the first ball of an innings. 53%
- Five For Take 5 wickets in an innings with one bowler. 52%
- Career Batsman Score 2000 Runs with your career player. 46%
- Mine! Take an outfield catch. 45%
- Sobering Effort Hit 6 sixes in an over. 44%
- Practice Makes Perfect Complete the match practice tutorials for pace and spin bowling, batting, running and fielding. 43%
- Early Breakthrough Take a wicket with the first ball of an innings. 41%
- Nervous Nineties Get a batsman out while they are in the 90's. 39%
- International Stardom Be selected to play for your International team in Career Mode. 36%
- Safe Hands Dismiss a team with just catches. (Minimum match type: 120 deliveries, 10 wickets) 35%
- Dr. Frankenstein I Presume Create a player in the Don Bradman Academy. 34%
- Legend Batsman Score a total of 16000 runs. 28%
- Chairman of Selectors Create a team in the Don Bradman Academy. 23%
- Career Bowler Take 100 Wickets with your career player. 23%
- Direct Hit Run out a batsman with a direct hit. 20%
- Captain's Knock Score a double century with your captain. 19%
- World Tour Play a match at every ground. 19%
- Bowlers Game Limit opponent to less than 50 runs in an innings. (Minimum match type: 120 deliveries, 10 wickets) 18%
- Extra, Extra Bowl 120 deliveries in an innings without conceding any extras. 17%
- Don't Mind If I Do Play online with a team you have downloaded in the Don Bradman Academy. 15%
- Legend Bowler Take a total of 800 wickets. 13%
- Better Together Play an online match with a friend. 12%
- Opening Stand Score 300 runs in a Test match with your opening batsmen. 11%
- All Comers Win 3 Ranked online games. 5.7%
- An Innings And... Beat a team by an innings. (Minimum match type: 120 deliveries, 10 wickets) 4.0%
- Nets Practice Get a streak of 50 in Nets Practice Mode. 3.6%
- Record 11 Have your number 11 batsman score 99 or more. 3.1%
- Look What I Did! Share a team in the Don Bradman Academy. 2.9%
- Popular Vote Rate 5 user generated players in the Cricket Academy. 2.3%
- Catches Win Matches Take a total of 500 catches. 2.0%
- Get to Grips Win a Test match on Legend difficulty. 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.