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Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 100h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 31% of players who started
Started playing 19% of owners
Steam reviews 68% positive of 2,820
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 100h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 100.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Genocide”: only 30% of starters get there.
- Only 19% 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 2,826 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 207 reviews: 85.8h for positive, 23.7h 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 (19% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Genocide Finish the game with «Destroy all life» ending. Most players quit here 31% −69
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- The Glorious Opening Win your first tactical battle. 100%
- Thus Began the Empire Conquer your first province. 100%
- A Career in the Making Earn first hero level. 99%
- The Obnoxious Companion Talk to Zarr in the Astral. 96%
- The Royal Guard Receive medal with a unit. 88%
- Reanimation Resurrect a slain hero. 86%
- Pathways to Mastery Reach 10th hero level. 81%
- From Hell with a Bang Survive with a hero the annihilation of his army. 80%
- Persistence and Diligence Explore a province to 100%. 78%
- The Besieging Practices Begin your first siege. 76%
- Brave New World Capture your first shard. 74%
- The Wise Old Man Encounter Oinor. 72%
- Strategist Conquer a shard without losing any battles involving the heroes. 68%
- Militant Disposition Capture over 50% of provinces on a shard. 66%
- Experience Addiction Reach 20th hero level. 61%
- Architect Conquer a shard after constructing all available buildings in the stronghold. 61%
- Ambitions Rule the World Encounter Beleth. 60%
- Did They Have the Jurassic There? Slay a dragon. 53%
- Cartographer Conquer a shard after unveiling the entire map. 52%
- Violence CAN Be a Solution Encounter Doh-Gor. 51%
- Can't Stop Building Construct all possible buildings in the stronghold. 50%
- Thumbelina Encounter Vianta. 48%
- The Best Offense Fight off an attack by another Master against your shard. 48%
- Blitzkrieg Capture a shard in less than 45 turns. 47%
- Everybody Be Cool, This Is a Robbery! Destroy the guards of a store in province. 47%
- In Cold Blood Forge an alliance with the lizardmen. 47%
- Achievement... Encounter Oumm. 46%
- Short and to the Point Forge an alliance with the halflings. 45%
- How Do You Know She Is a Witch? Encounter Stenriya. 44%
- Viva la Revolucion! Lose a battle for the shard due to an uprising in your capital province. 43%
- Dead and Lovin' It Encounter L'Anshar. 43%
- Explorer Conquer a shard after exploring over 1000% of uncharted land across the provinces. 42%
- The Elf-friend Forge an alliance with the elves. 41%
- Tactician Conquer a shard without losing any units serving in the heroes' armies. 41%
- Collector Conquer a shard after gathering at least one set of 4 or more items. 41%
- The Firstborn King Encounter Dariol. 41%
- Engineering Excellence Encounter Ul-Dagan. 40%
- Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry Construct magic school of fourth tier. 39%
- Two years together Eador remembers. 38%
- The Lone Survivor Encounter Erdu. 38%
- Empire of the Sun Encounter Herskil. 38%
- The Dragon Never Sleeps Encounter Dorikos. 38%
- The Best of Both Worlds Forge an alliance with the centaurs. 37%
- The Devil You Know Encounter Adrageron. 37%
- Drinking Buddies Forge an alliance with the dwarves. 36%
- March of the Horde Forge an alliance with the orcs. 36%
- Father of All Lightnings Encounter Ranadil. 36%
- I Have No Name and I Must Speak Encounter the Nameless. 36%
- The Well of Knowledge Encounter Magnus. 35%
- No Cure for Entropy Lose the campaign to Chaos invasion. 34%
- Lord of Bones Summon over 50 skeletons or zombies with the "Necromancy" skill or rituals. 34%
- Dragon Hunter Conquer a shard after looting 10 locations with dragon guards. 33%
- Like a goblin Forge an alliance with the goblins. 32%
- Destroyer Conquer a shard after plundering over 1000 gold from the provinces. 32%
- Arena Champion Conquer a shard after winning 10 fights on the Arena. 31%
- Genocide Finish the game with «Destroy all life» ending. 31%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.