SimulationStrategy
Grand Ages: Medieval
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 48% positive of 1,978
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (79%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (38%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- 86% 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 1,984 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 20.5h for positive, 14h 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 (85.9% 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 (50)
- Deal! You have entered into your first trade agreement. 100%
- Thrift Store You have traded 10,000 barrels of commodities. 86%
- Middle Class You have built 50 businesses. 82%
- Boy Scout You have discovered 10 Adventure Sites. 77%
- Tracker You have discovered 50 Adventure Sites. 77%
- Veterans' Day You have maximized the experience of a military troop. 76%
- Wholesaler You have traded 1,000,000 barrels of commodities. 74%
- Let them eat cake One of your towns or cities has achieved the maximum level of prosperity. 72%
- Founder 4 towns founded 61%
- Lull You have built 1,000 km of roads. 58%
- Settlement Camp A town has reached 3,000 inhabitants 55%
- Group You have built 200 businesses. 52%
- Big Game Hunter You have slain 5 predators. 51%
- Supermarket You have unlocked all commodities. 43%
- Aggressor You have declared war. 42%
- Investor 2 towns taken over 40%
- Multinational You have built 500 businesses. 40%
- Builder 8 towns founded 39%
- For a Rainy Day You have amassed 5,000,000 gold. 37%
- Got Laid Campaign: In bed with Eudokia 36%
- Nursery You have unlocked an entire tree in the development diagram. 35%
- Large City A town has reached 8,000 inhabitants 30%
- White Knight 4 towns taken over 30%
- Set sail You have built your first ship 29%
- To arms You have 50 units of military troops under your command 27%
- Creator 12 towns founded 26%
- Military State You have recruited 100 troops in the game. 25%
- Locust 6 towns taken over 25%
- Traffic Chaos You have built 10,000 km of roads. 24%
- Party Hero You have celebrated your first festival. 24%
- Customs House You have plundered 10 traders. 22%
- Hostile Takeover 5 towns taken over by military means 22%
- Megacity A town has reached 15,000 inhabitants 20%
- Go to Hell You have eliminated a competitor. 19%
- Tax Evasion You have amassed 50,000,000 gold. 18%
- A diplomat! 5 towns taken over by diplomatic means 17%
- Knights of the Round Table Recruited a troop of knights 16%
- Barnas Goes Nuts Campaign: Barnas Goes Nuts 15%
- Cosmopolitan City Out of all your competitors, you had the largest town or city upon reaching the rank of 14%
- Embargo You have plundered 50 traders. 14%
- Hurrah! Hurrah! Campaign: You have completed the campaign 12%
- Producer Out of all your competitors, you built the most businesses upon reaching the rank of 9.4%
- Big Brother You have built 10 defense towers. 9.0%
- The architect! Out of all your competitors, you founded the most towns upon reaching the rank of 8.0%
- Banditnapper You have destroyed 5 bandit camps. 4.7%
- Being there is everything Finished first multiplayer game 2.3%
- All mine! Took over a fellow player's town 1.6%
- You dealin', man! Handed goods over to a fellow player 1.2%
- Victory! Snuffed out a fellow player's troop 1.0%
- Victory across the front Won first multiplayer game 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.