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King's Bounty: The Legend
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 17% of players who started
Started playing 8% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 4,063
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 35h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- At least 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Whipping boy” (Defeat the Orc Shaman) and “Seven Horcruxes” (Destroy the seven incarnations of the Dragon): from 62% to 18% of starters.
- Only 8% 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 4,047 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 40.9h for positive, 8.5h 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 (7.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Final Trial Obtain the position of Royal Treasure Seeker 97% −3
- MacGuffin Obtain the Casket of Rage 68% −30
- Whipping boy Defeat the Orc Shaman 62% −5
- Seven Horcruxes Destroy the seven incarnations of the Dragon Most players quit here 18% −44
- Easy walk Complete the game on Easy difficulty ≥17% −1
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 (64)
story milestone ending side
- Coming of Age The Legend has come of age. Celebrate its 18th anniversary by answering the Crown's call after April 25th, 2026. 100%
- Final Trial Obtain the position of Royal Treasure Seeker 97%
- Hats off! Increase the level 96%
- Flawless Victory Win a battle without suffering any loses 79%
- The Day of the Thorns Resolve the thorn problem peacefully 69%
- MacGuffin Obtain the Casket of Rage 68%
- Hedge Knight Obtain 100.000 gold 65%
- Bookworm Have 50 mana 62%
- Cupid Help Prince Carl get married 62%
- Whipping boy Defeat the Orc Shaman 62%
- Bachelor Reach level 10 58%
- Shepherd Have 5.000 leadership 56%
- Welcome to Tortuga! Visit the Freedom Islands 53%
- Scrap Merchant Obtain 500.000 gold 49%
- Ghost of Darion Side with the ghost of Gostrim 47%
- Commander Have 10.000 leadership 46%
- The Mage Who Lived Have 75 mana 46%
- Too greedily and too deep Visit the Kordar 44%
- Barbarian Have 50 rage 44%
- It is Wednesday my friend Marry Feanora 43%
- Grudges forgotten Make peace with the Dwarven King 43%
- Master Reach level 20 42%
- Walking Treasury Obtain 1.000.000 gold 40%
- My name is Legion Have at least 1.000 troops in the army 38%
- Scourge of God Have 15.000 leadership 38%
- Neverwinter court Visit the Ellinia 38%
- No more choppin` Save the Tree of Life 34%
- In the footsteps of Orpheus Visit the World of the Dead 33%
- Not Quite a God Have 100 mana 33%
- Resident evil Visit the demon world of Demonis 31%
- Elvenity restored Return the elven queen's soul 31%
- God of war Have 20.000 leadership 29%
- Hic sunt dracones Visit the dragon world of Ultrax 29%
- Necromancers dream Marry Rina 27%
- Embraced the Fury Have 75 rage 26%
- Piece of cake Obtain the portal key 25%
- Ghost Buster Side with Baron Norzh 25%
- Titanomachy Defeat all bosses (Gaia, the Kraken, and the Spider Queen) 22%
- Snake pit Visit the Labyrinth 22%
- Work instructions Rescue the princess 22%
- The Night of the Thorns Resolve the thorn problem through violence 22%
- Mr. Doctor Reach level 30 18%
- Seven Horcruxes Destroy the seven incarnations of the Dragon 18%
- Lucky Lucky Kill Redbeard, then report to Lucky James 18%
- Stolen heart Marry Mirabella 17%
- Easy walk Complete the game on Easy difficulty 17%
- Black spot Kill Lucky James before he turns you against Redbeard, then report to Redbeard 16%
- Onepunchman Deal more than 10.000 damage with a single attack 14%
- Flame of passion Marry Xeona 14%
- There Is Only Rage Have 100 rage 14%
- As planned Complete the game on Normal difficulty 14%
- Evenstar Marry Neoka 13%
- With a heavy heart Marry Gerda 9.1%
- Mastery of arcane Complete the game as a Mage 7.8%
- Platinum Complete the game having completed at least 100 quests 6.5%
- On a wager Complete the game in no more than 30 days (in-game) 6.5%
- Just a scratch Complete the game on Hard difficulty 6.5%
- Sacred oath Complete the game as a Paladin 6.5%
- A Knight`s Tale Complete the game as a Warrior 6.5%
- Impossibru Complete the game on Impossible difficulty 5.2%
- God bless you! Complete the game without losing any troops 3.9%
- Forget the list Take the top spot on the leaderboard 3.9%
- Bluebeard Complete the game with six ex-wives 3.9%
- Celibacy Complete the game without having a wife and without any ex-wives 2.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.