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DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending at least 39% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 30,512
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 20h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- At least 39% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The First Battle” and “Suppressing the Yellow Turbans” (Completed Chapter 1): from 100% to 76% of starters.
- 97% 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 30,691 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 34.9h for positive, 9.6h 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 (97.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The First Battle Completed the first battle. 100%
- Suppressing the Yellow Turbans Completed Chapter 1. Most players quit here 77% −23
- Bringing Down Dong Zhuo Completed Chapter 2. 65% −12
- The Struggle for Supremacy Completed Chapter 3. 57% −8
- To Each Their Own Path Completed Chapter 4. 52% −5
- A Just World Completed the Shu story. ≥39% −13
story milestone ending (most common 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 First Battle Completed the first battle. 100%
- Army of One Defeated 1,000 enemies in a single battle. 84%
- Suppressing the Yellow Turbans Completed Chapter 1. 77%
- Battle Art Mastery Mastered a battle art. 70%
- A Helping Hand Rescued an officer 50 times. 69%
- Unbreakable Bond Reached the maximum Bond Lv. with an officer. 65%
- Pyroxene Hunter Collected 100 pyroxene. 65%
- Bringing Down Dong Zhuo Completed Chapter 2. 65%
- In Unison Executed 10 Battle Art Chains. 63%
- Fighting for Peace Won 30 skirmishes. 62%
- The Struggle for Supremacy Completed Chapter 3. 57%
- Clever Tactician Attained dramatic success with a tactic. 57%
- To Each Their Own Path Completed Chapter 4. 52%
- Killing Blow Won 10 duels. 51%
- Peerless Warrior Acquired a Musou Rage. 51%
- Traveler Unlocked all waymarks. 50%
- Weapons Master Won a battle with 9 different types of weapon. 47%
- Officer of Renown Led a unit of 30 or more soldiers. 44%
- The Strongest Defeated Lu Bu at Hulao Gate. 42%
- A Just World Completed the Shu story. 39%
- The Ultimate Warrior Won a battle on Ultimate Warrior difficulty. 34%
- Defying Fate Rescued an officer fated to die. 32%
- The Pinnacle of Prowess Acquired all skills from the skill panels between Knight-Errant Rank and Musou Rank. 30%
- The Path to Power Completed the Wei story. 30%
- Weaponsmith Reforged the traits of a weapon. 28%
- The Future of Wu Completed the Wu story. 28%
- Capable Companions Won battles with 9 different companions. 27%
- Unrivaled Defeated 200,000 enemies. 25%
- A Truly Just World Completed the Shu story with the true ending. 23%
- Guardian of Peace Completely restored peace to every region. 21%
- The True Future of Wu Completed the Wu story with the true ending. 20%
- The True Path to Power Completed the Wei story with the true ending. 20%
- The Vision Begins You saved Zhang Jiao. 13%
- Masterful Tactician Used 10 different tactics. 13%
- Distant Dream Completed Zhang Jiao's story. 11%
- Supreme Competence Completed all missions. 11%
- Deadly Perfection Fully upgraded a weapon. 11%
- Loyal Ally Completed all requests. 11%
- Eminent Equestrian Obtained all horses. 10%
- Seasoned Strategist Defeated an enemy unit with a Unit Action. 9.3%
- Avid Learner Completed all training. 8.3%
- Accessory Addict Obtained all accessories. 8.1%
- Spirit of Camaraderie Reached the maximum Bond Lv. with all officers. 8.0%
- Visions of Four Heroes Completed the Visions of Four Heroes story. 8.0%
- Abundant Armory Obtained all weapons. 6.5%
- Tactical Savant Defeated 1,000 enemies with Secret Tactics. 6.3%
- Versatile Warrior Used every battle art. 5.8%
- Living Well of Knowledge Unlocked all stories and records. 5.7%
- True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms Unlocked all achievements in the game. 4.6%
- Transcendence Acquired all skills from the skill panels in the Vision Rank. 4.2%
- Vision Collection Obtained all Visions World accessories. 3.1%
- Master of the Training Ground Won every training ground battle. 2.4%
- In Pursuit of Perfection Completed all training in the World of Visions. 2.3%
- Secret Repertoire Activated every Secret Tactic. 2.2%
- Living Well of Visions Unlocked all stories and records in the World of Visions. 2.1%
- Vision's Zenith Used every World of Visions Battle Art. 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.