When does Call to Arms get good?

Give it 7 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (15%). The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.

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Call to Arms

Apr 27, 2018 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 7 hours

Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 34% of owners

Steam reviews 79% positive of 24,204

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 34% 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 24,306 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 14.3h for positive, 5.4h 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 (34.2% 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 (124)

story milestone ending side

Ambush Complete the mission on easy! 100%
Unbreakable Complete the mission on easy! 71%
Training You have proven your combat readiness! 69%
Veteran Your dedication has not been unnoticed! 65%
Courier Complete the mission on easy! 49%
Texas Tea Complete the mission on easy! 42%
Ambush Complete the mission on medium! 37%
Invasion Complete the mission on easy! 37%
Black Hawk Down Complete the mission on easy! 33%
Veteran II Your dedication has not been unnoticed! 32%
Rolling Thunder Complete the mission on easy! 30%
Evacuation Complete the mission on easy! 29%
Unbreakable Complete the mission on normal! 27%
Wolf Cave Complete the mission on easy! 26%
Payday Complete the mission on easy! 26%
Homeland Complete the mission on easy! 23%
Courier Complete the mission on normal! 21%
Texas Tea Complete the mission on medium! 19%
An Airport Too Far Complete the mission on easy! 18%
Invasion Complete the mission on medium! 18%
Defiant Strike Complete the mission on easy! 16%
Tight Squeeze Complete the mission on easy! 15%
Black Hawk Down Complete the mission on medium! 15%
Revolution Complete the mission on easy! 15%
Rolling Thunder Complete the mission on medium! 15%
Evacuation Complete the mission on medium! 15%
Ambush Complete the mission on hard! 14%
Leader's Tears Complete the mission on easy! 14%
Payday Complete the mission on medium! 14%
False Intel Complete the mission on easy! 14%
Surrender Complete the mission on easy! 14%
Veteran III Your dedication has not been unnoticed! 14%
Wolf Cave Complete the mission on medium! 13%
Bloodthirst Complete the mission on easy! 13%
Hawkeye Complete the mission on easy! 12%
Infidels Coffin Complete the mission on easy! 12%
Unbreakable Complete the mission on hard! 12%
Homeland Complete the mission on medium! 12%
Dead Spot Complete the mission on easy! 11%
Battle of Alberes Complete the mission on easy! 11%
Rope for Tyrants Complete the mission on easy! 11%
Bolted Horse Complete the mission on easy! 11%
Ambush Complete the mission on heroic! 11%
Courier Complete the mission on hard! 11%
Preemptive Strike Complete the mission on easy! 10%
Revolution Complete the mission on medium! 10%
Texas Tea Complete the mission on hard! 10%
Defiant Strike Complete the mission on medium! 9.9%
Invasion Complete the mission on hard! 9.9%
An Airport Too Far Complete the mission on normal! 9.6%
Block by Block Complete the mission on easy! 9.6%
Leader's Tears Complete the mission on medium! 9.6%
Bottleneck Complete the mission on easy! 9.1%
Surrender Complete the mission on medium! 9.1%
Unbreakable Complete the mission on heroic! 9.1%
Black Hawk Down Complete the mission on hard! 9.1%
Rolling Thunder Complete the mission on hard! 9.1%
Evacuation Complete the mission on hard! 9.1%
Bloodthirst Complete the mission on normal! 8.8%
Hawkeye Complete the mission on normal! 8.8%
Courier Complete the mission on heroic! 8.8%
Payday Complete the mission on hard! 8.8%
Tight Squeeze Complete the mission on normal! 8.5%
Infidels Coffin Complete the mission on normal! 8.5%
Rope for Tyrants Complete the mission on medium! 8.5%
Texas Tea Complete the mission on heroic! 8.5%
Wolf Cave Complete the mission on hard! 8.5%
Knocking on the Battlefront Complete the mission on easy! 8.2%
Battle of Alberes Complete the mission on normal! 8.2%
Invasion Complete the mission on heroic! 8.2%
False Intel Complete the mission on normal! 7.9%
Homeland Complete the mission on hard! 7.9%
Black Hawk Down Complete the mission on heroic! 7.9%
Rolling Thunder Complete the mission on heroic! 7.9%
Combined Forces Complete the mission on easy! 7.6%
Revolution Complete the mission on hard! 7.6%
Evacuation Complete the mission on heroic! 7.6%
Wolf Cave Complete the mission on heroic! 7.6%
Payday Complete the mission on heroic! 7.6%
Defiant Strike Complete the mission on hard! 7.3%
Leader's Tears Complete the mission on hard! 7.3%
Hawkeye Complete the mission on hard! 7.3%
Homeland Complete the mission on heroic! 7.0%
Revolution Complete the mission on heroic! 7.0%
Surrender Complete the mission on hard! 7.0%
Bloodthirst Complete the mission on hard! 7.0%
Rope for Tyrants Complete the mission on hard! 7.0%
Dead Spot Complete the mission on normal! 6.7%
Bolted Horse Complete the mission on normal! 6.7%
Defiant Strike Complete the mission on heroic! 6.7%
Leader's Tears Complete the mission on heroic! 6.7%
Surrender Complete the mission on heroic! 6.7%
Bloodthirst Complete the mission on heroic! 6.7%
Hawkeye Complete the mission on heroic! 6.7%
Infidels Coffin Complete the mission on hard! 6.7%
Battle of Alberes Complete the mission on hard! 6.7%
Rope for Tyrants Complete the mission on heroic! 6.7%
Preemptive Strike Complete the mission on normal! 6.4%
Infidels Coffin Complete the mission on heroic! 6.4%
Battle of Alberes Complete the mission on heroic! 6.4%
Block by Block Complete the mission on normal! 6.1%
Bottleneck Complete the mission on normal! 5.8%
An Airport Too Far Complete the mission on hard! 5.6%
Knocking on the Battlefront Complete the mission on normal! 5.3%
Combined Forces Complete the mission on normal! 5.3%
Tight Squeeze Complete the mission on hard! 5.0%
False Intel Complete the mission on hard! 5.0%
Dead Spot Complete the mission on hard! 4.7%
An Airport Too Far Complete the mission on heroic! 4.4%
Tight Squeeze Complete the mission on heroic! 4.4%
Bolted Horse Complete the mission on hard! 4.4%
Preemptive Strike Complete the mission on hard! 4.4%
Block by Block Complete the mission on hard! 4.4%
Bottleneck Complete the mission on hard! 4.4%
False Intel Complete the mission on heroic! 4.1%
Dead Spot Complete the mission on heroic! 4.1%
Knocking on the Battlefront Complete the mission on hard! 4.1%
Combined Forces Complete the mission on hard! 4.1%
Bolted Horse Complete the mission on heroic! 3.8%
Preemptive Strike Complete the mission on heroic! 3.8%
Block by Block Complete the mission on heroic! 3.8%
Bottleneck Complete the mission on heroic! 3.8%
Knocking on the Battlefront Complete the mission on heroic! 3.8%
Combined Forces Complete the mission on heroic! 3.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.