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Armello
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 61% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 16,072
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 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 16,128 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 28.7h for positive, 10.6h 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 (60.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Once Upon a Time... Complete Armello's Prologue. 100%
- Royal Steward Win a game with a Prestige Victory 80%
- War of Attrition Win a game with a Prestige Victory on the 9th Day or later. 73%
- Circle of Power Be presented with a mystical choice. 53%
- Kingslayer Win a game with a Kingslayer Victory. 48%
- Spirit Walker Win a game with a Spirit Stone Victory. 47%
- Hyena in the Pack As the Prestige Leader, attack the King. 47%
- Gold Digger In a single game, receive more than ten Gold from Exploring Dungeons. 46%
- Howling Arrow Win a game with River of the Wolf Clan. 45%
- The Winter Wolf Win a game with Thane of the Wolf Clan. 42%
- Dungeon Deals Be tricked and trapped by some troublesome lil' fellows. 41%
- Art of War Win a game of Armello without dying. 40%
- Diplomat Win a game of Armello without killing another Hero. 40%
- Bear Necessities Kill another Hero in Battle with nothing Equipped and no Followers. 37%
- Fortified Regicide Kill the King in Battle, without taking any Wounds. 33%
- An Apple a Day Be offered the best feel good options in Armello. 33%
- The Whisper Win a game with Zosha of the Rat Clan. 32%
- The Far Seeker Win a game with Amber of the Rabbit Clan. 32%
- Screwloose Win a game with Barnaby of the Rabbit Clan. 31%
- The Grinning Blade Win a game with Mercurio of the Rat Clan. 28%
- I am the Law Defeat four or more King's Guards in a single game. 28%
- Oakbreaker Win a game with Brun of the Bear Clan. 27%
- Forest Sister Win a game with Sana of the Bear Clan. 27%
- Dark Temptation Be tempted beyond restraint in a Forest. 25%
- Mistrial Play Reprieve on yourself the same turn you receive a Bounty. 24%
- Down the Rabbit Hole In a single game, find two Portals by Exploring Dungeons. 23%
- Armed & Dangerous As Barnaby, have three Items Equipped and a full Hand of Item Cards. 23%
- Blackheart Win a game with a Rot Victory. 20%
- Unbreakable Have your Items grant you six or more Shields in Battle. 19%
- Loose Change Steal another Hero's last Gold using Mercurio's Hero power. 19%
- Bully Mammoth Kill the same Hero 5 times in a single game. 19%
- Dark Side of the Worm Reach 13 Rot or more in a single game. 17%
- Siege Specialist Breach the Palace before the 5th Dawn. 16%
- The Fresh Prince Steal the King's Crown in Battle with the Mirror Cape. 15%
- Thunder Dome Play Lightning Strike to a Hero standing on a Palace Tile. 15%
- Drop It Like It's Rot In a game, go from being Corrupt to having 0 Rot. 14%
- All-Seeing Eye Have the Spy Glass and Sailor's Lantern Equipped at the same time. 11%
- Alpha Pierce through 3 Shields in one Combat with Thane's Hero Power. 9.4%
- Force of Nature Defeat a Corrupted Hero with Sana's Hero Power. 9.3%
- Iguana Jones In a single game, find and Equip three Treasures from Dungeons. 9.1%
- Lemur Neeson Regain a Recruited Follower to your Party whom you had already lost that game. 6.6%
- Machiavellian In one turn, Kill a Hero you have an Allies' Pact with and take one of their Settlements. 6.4%
- Baned-Aid Heal a Bane. 5.5%
- Missing Shadow Finish a game with Zosha having never been revealed at Night. 5.1%
- ...Happily Ever After Become King or Queen of Armello 50 times. 4.6%
- Entourage As Amber, have 3 Equipped Treasures and 3 Recruited Followers. 4.3%
- Ancients' Wrath Annihilate another Hero with Brun's Hero power active. 3.8%
- Diplomatic Immunity In a single game, kill 3 King's Guards with a Royal Pardon Equipped. 2.6%
- Folk Hero Overcome ten Perils in a single game. 2.3%
- Cry us a River Make 3 Kills in one Turn using River's Hero power. 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.