Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (38%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Conspiracy” (You completed the Prologue) and “Stolen Star” (You completed Chapter 1): from 100% to 66% of starters.
- 74% 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 49,121 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 89.1h for positive, 49.9h 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 (74.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Conspiracy You completed the Prologue. 100%
- Stolen Star You completed Chapter 1. Most players quit here 66% −34
- Trade Empire You completed Chapter 2. 39% −26
- Commorragh Survivors You completed Chapter 3. 36% −3
- Expanse Calamity You completed Chapter 4. 26% −10
- Grand Finale You finished the game. 24% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (133)
story milestone ending side
- Conspiracy You completed the Prologue. 100%
- A Spark You started a romance. 67%
- Stolen Star You completed Chapter 1. 66%
- Rookie Skipper You won your first void combat. 64%
- The Rise You gained a second-tier archetype. 64%
- Pentakill You killed 5 enemies with one attack. 59%
- Perfect Timing You restarted the shields on your flagship and received no damage to the hull while doing so. 56%
- Light of the Astronomican You charted a new path through the warp from one system to another. 56%
- Cleаning Out the Tzeentch You killed the Daemon of Tzeentch in the sewers under the Upperway. 54%
- Jungle Heat You resolved the crisis on Janus. 51%
- Fear Not Obliteration You killed an enemy with 100 damage dealt by one attack. 49%
- Void Wolf You won 10 void combats. 47%
- Curiosity Is Not a Vice You visited half of the optional locations. 44%
- Iron Judgement You decided the fate of Kiava Gamma. 44%
- Death Waltz You killed 3 enemies in one turn using the Death Waltz ability. 42%
- No Place Like Home You secured Dargonus. 40%
- Trade Empire You completed Chapter 2. 39%
- The Dynasty Restored You reclaimed 5 colonies of the von Valancius dynasty. 39%
- Doom Trader You performed 500 critical hits with your party members. 39%
- Exemplar You gained a third-tier archetype. 37%
- Commorragh Survivors You completed Chapter 3. 36%
- Slumdog Overlord You decided the fate of the freight line of your voidship. 35%
- This Is a Job for the Lord Captain! You stepped willingly into sewage on Footfall. 31%
- Highrise You completed a colony project of the highest tier. 31%
- The Possessed Ship You discovered the truth about Nomos. 30%
- Whodunit? You discovered the truth about Theodora's death. 29%
- Returning the Boots You returned the boots in Chapter 3. 28%
- No Stone Unturned You visited all the systems in the Koronus Expanse. 28%
- Burning Inheritance You gave the inheritance to the girl at the old pirate's funeral. 27%
- Expanse Calamity You completed Chapter 4. 26%
- To Become the Flagship's Blood You became a spinner of the Bloodspun Web. 24%
- Grand Finale You finished the game. 24%
- Enraged Dragon You drove Marazhai mad at the governor's camp. 24%
- Don't Touch This Playing on Daring difficulty or above, you did not let the Chaos Spawn consume any cultists at the end of the Prologue. 23%
- Purge the Unclean You destroyed at least one ship of every enemy fleet (pirates, Chaos, Asuryani, Drukhari, Necrons). 23%
- Tactician on a Galactic Scale You made effective use of every special zone in void battles at least once. 23%
- Invisible Bureaucracy You completed Jae's second quest without being spotted. 21%
- I'm the Captain Here! You defeated the captain of the Heartless. 20%
- The Dynasty Prospers You completed the highest-tier colony project on 5 of your colonies. 20%
- Too Fast to Die You dodged 500 enemy attacks with your party members. 19%
- Frog Trader You found a gold xeno-idol. 19%
- How Did It All End? You raised your own abomination. 18%
- Stay Away From My Psykers! You saved all Astropaths during the telepathic ritual. 17%
- Uncover the Ice You melted the ice planet. 17%
- Master of Trade You completed 20 contracts. 17%
- Aviation Saviour Playing on Daring difficulty or above, you did not let any shuttles be destroyed at the end of Chapter 1. 17%
- This Is My Throne! You defeated the Genestealer Cult on your voidship. 16%
- Death Has Whispered Your Name You defeated the vision of the Undying One. 16%
- Mysteries of the Ecclesiarchy You uncovered all the secrets of the voidship shrine. 15%
- Best Pilots in the Sector You destroyed 4 ships using attack crafts. 15%
- Not a Scratch You boarded the Heartless without destroying any of its compartments. 15%
- One Step Ahead You assembled all the evidence to expose the conspiracy. 14%
- Adventurous Archaeologist You solved all the puzzles at the unidentified ruins. 14%
- Thorough Investigation You investigated the secret bunker in the distress signal zone. 14%
- Trolley Problem You saved Captain Klein on the freight line. 14%
- The Not-So-Bottomless Pit You subdued the Pit. 14%
- Imperial Route You tried to reach the Imperium. 14%
- Unexpected Company You recruited a secret companion. 13%
- Thrill of the Game You found all the impostors. 12%
- Silver-Tongued Diplomat You prevented 7 combats through dialogue. 11%
- Lex Imperialis You experienced the full force of the Lex Imperialis and survived. 11%
- A Slight Sting You embraced pain and activated a xeno-artefact on the Heartless. 10%
- Overcome and Overpower You completed the game on Daring difficulty or above. 8.9%
- Polyglot You learned the Necron language. 8.9%
- At Home Among the Poor You successfully mingled with people of much lower rank. 8.8%
- Family Secret You discovered the identity of the watcher of Leethus. 8.6%
- Greatest Exploration You scanned all available worlds. 8.1%
- Ancestral Traces You found the secret study of Seberian von Valancius. 7.7%
- Don't Stop the Exploration You visited all optional locations. 7.3%
- A Flame You found your true love. 7.3%
- Friendly Warp-Fire On Daring difficulty or above, you "accidentally" knocked out a companion in the Warp Relay area. 7.2%
- Pet the Dog You successfully petted Glaito. 7.0%
- Tank You! You hit at least 7 enemies with a single shot from a tank. 6.9%
- The Defence Rests You answered all accusations in the Palace of Justice. 6.7%
- This Is Fine You defeated the ship's confessor without letting the Rogue Trader suffer any damage. 6.7%
- Mind Your Head You were less than precise with heavy machinery. 6.5%
- Sweet Perdition You obtained Sweet Perdition. 6.1%
- This Task Is for the Lord Captain Only You were self-sufficient when dealing with the blood bath mystery. 5.9%
- Rogue Trader, One Item You received a complete inventory of the Rogue Trader. 5.9%
- Deepest Conviction You completed the game with any Conviction: Zealot on Daring difficulty or above. 5.8%
- You Were Warned You performed the telepathic ritual with Idira as your assistant. 5.7%
- Merciful Soul You became a Votary (Iconoclast) and completed the game on Daring difficulty or above. 5.4%
- Collateral Damage You knocked out your companion with a tank shot. 4.7%
- Thorough Audit You poked your nose into all the available containers on Leethus. 4.7%
- Void Shadows You dispelled the shadows in the void. 4.6%
- Amends to the Dead You wore the Halo Device. 4.3%
- Of Course I Know What I'm Doing! You personally got into the tank. 4.2%
- Frontier Conqueror You completed Zarkov's colony chronicle. 3.9%
- Historical Excavation You solved the puzzle in the lost tomb on Zarkov. 3.9%
- Preserve the Architecture You killed a defiler without destroying any of the 4 plasma batteries strengthening it. 3.9%
- Thank You for Waiting You queued patiently with the commoners in Jae's second quest. 3.9%
- Malum Se Ipsum Devorat You forced the Magus to kill himself with his own attack. 3.9%
- The Emperor's Servant You became a Votary (Dogmatic) and completed the game on Daring difficulty or above. 3.6%
- Royal Feast You successfully ate all three dishes on Thassera. 3.6%
- Full Work-Up You upgraded the Implantation Throne in the Sector Bionica to the maximum level. 3.5%
- Fully Prepared You used stimms to remove all debuffs from the Rogue Trader before meeting Malice. 3.5%
- Knee-Deep in Chaos You surrendered Eufrates II to Chaos. 3.2%
- Well-Deserved Rest You took a bath with every available companion. 3.2%
- Promethium Master You solved the puzzle on Tirkuaz-4. 3.1%
- Vandal You solved the puzzle in the Museion. 3.0%
- A Little Too Crowded On Daring difficulty or above, you had at least 15 creatures at once in the Extrapolation area. 2.8%
- Family Ties You helped Seberian to victory in the time loop. 2.8%
- Work of the Holy Ordos You handed over Idira, Yrliet, and Marazhai to the Inquisition. 2.8%
- The Ones We Left Behind You decided Nuncius's fate. 2.7%
- Those Who Are About to Die Salute You You let the Khymerae tear apart all the gladiators in the first battle in the Commorragh arena. 2.7%
- Pack Animal You collected 4 different familiars at the same time. 2.7%
- Kill the Xenos! On Daring difficulty or above, you destroyed the Aeldari ship in Zarkov's orbit. 2.6%
- Infinite Museion You survived the machinations of Trazyn the Infinite. 2.4%
- Clear Vision You did not deviate in your management of the Sector Bionica. 2.4%
- United Front You earned the respect of both Vedka and Izdrig at the same time. 2.0%
- Hero of Zarkov On Daring difficulty or above, you saved everyone in the settlement during the Flayers' attack. 1.9%
- Fool Me Once You were a little too easy to convince. 1.9%
- Chaos Incarnate You became a Votary (Heretical) and completed the game on Daring difficulty or above. 1.8%
- Oath to the Stars You swore allegiance to the C'Tan. 1.8%
- Do Not Press You activated the xenodevice in the hardlight lab. 1.6%
- Valuable Player On Daring difficulty or above, you used Obstruct Vision to kill at least 3 enemies in one fight. 1.5%
- Release the Hound! On Daring difficulty or above, the Cyber-Mastiff bit at least 7 different enemies in one turn. 1.1%
- Blood Feud You handed Seberian over to the Inquisition in the time loop. 0.9%
- "There Is Only War..." You completed the game in Grim Darkness mode. 0.9%
- Not in the Spirit! On Daring difficulty or above, you broke the Chronomancer's obelisk before its first activation. 0.8%
- Praise the Omnissiah You used every augmentation slot on your character. 0.8%
- It Itches! You caught a suspicious rash on the freight line and did not cure it by the end of the game. 0.8%
- Breathe Deep On Daring difficulty or above, you took no damage from gas when fighting the soldiers of Krieg. 0.7%
- Precise Defence You destroyed 30 torpedoes. 0.7%
- Déjà Vu You tried to approach the Chronomancer 3 times in 1 round. 0.5%
- Help Is Not Coming On Daring difficulty or above, you killed the Tech-Priests before they could reinforce the Defiler. 0.5%
- History Buff You looked at all the exhibits in the Museion. 0.4%
- Deal of the Century You gave Seberian von Valancius and Nomos to Trazyn the Infinite. 0.3%
- Main Exhibit You fell into the trap of Trazyn the Infinite and became a permanent exhibit in his collection. 0.3%
- Weed Killer On Daring difficulty or above, you killed the Drover without destroying its shoots. 0.3%
- Emergency Defrost On Daring difficulty or above, you smashed the ice blocks on Amsanct using only generator overload. 0.1%
- Atonement for the One You sent Batoshski or Dunawski on a doomed mission. 0.1%
- Full Force You used galvanisation on augments in every slot. 0.0%