IndieSimulationStrategy
Citadelum
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 1,096
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 5h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 60% 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 1,109 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 7h for positive, 5.8h 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 (60.3% 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 (25)
- Merchant Establish your first trading route. 100%
- Blessed Receive any god's blessing for the first time. 80%
- Defensive Bulwark Build your first defensive element. 69%
- First step Achieve your first victory in combat. 67%
- Gastronomic diversity Store all types of food in the same settlement. 54%
- Sandbox Start your first playthrough in sandbox mode. 49%
- The Pillars Successfully complete the first three missions. 42%
- High Population Reach a population of 500 in the same settlement. 41%
- Firefighter Extinguish 50 fires. 38%
- Prestigious Reach the maximum prestige level. 38%
- Wealth Accumulate 100.000 denarii in your coffers. 36%
- High class Reach the maximum level of housing for plebeians and patricians. 34%
- Divine revelry Get a pontiff to organize the festivals 28%
- Unbreakable alliance Get an excellent relationship with all cities on the map 24%
- Peace in the beyond Give burial to 50 deceased 23%
- High Devotion Perform all types of religious festivals and sacrifices at your temples 20%
- A budding architect Build your first wonder 15%
- Military Strategist Obtain 30 victories in battles. 13%
- Instructor Train 2.000 soldiers of any class. 13%
- Enlightenment and progress Upgrade the technology level of your city to level 3 12%
- Rome's hope Successfully complete every mission. 10%
- Explorer Discover 50 new cities. 9.6%
- Expert explorer Discover 50 relics. 9.1%
- Wonderful Build all 3 wonders in the same game 7.8%
- Barbarian's Nightmare Kill 5.000 enemies in battle. 5.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.