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SpellForce 3 Reforced
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 22% of players who started
Started playing 65% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 7,968
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 35h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Betrayer's Child After All” (Finished Liannon): only 75% of starters get there.
- Only 65% 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 8,002 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 39.3h for positive, 15.6h 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 (65.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Betrayer's Child After All Finished Liannon. Most players quit here 75% −25
- Prison Break Escaped the Grey Keep with a new ally. 71% −4
- Lord of Mulandir Claimed Mulandir as your base of operations. 57% −14
- Public Enemy Number One Defeated the Nortander army in the Iskander Wilds. 47% −10
- Old Grudges Dealt with Alistair. 33% −14
- Ancient Creatures Learned how to summon Titans. 25% −7
- History has its eyes on you The fate of Nortander lies in your hands. 23% −3
- The End Beat the SpellForce III campaign. 22%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Baby Steps Got your first level up. 100%
- Betrayer's Child After All Finished Liannon. 75%
- Prison Break Escaped the Grey Keep with a new ally. 71%
- 'Tis But a Scratch Your avatar died. 66%
- Lord of Mulandir Claimed Mulandir as your base of operations. 57%
- Public Enemy Number One Defeated the Nortander army in the Iskander Wilds. 47%
- Commander Gained the allegiance of the Wayfarers. 44%
- Chieftain Gained the allegiance of the Orcish Firewielders. 44%
- Scryer Gained the allegiance of the Morhir Elves. 43%
- A Generous Soul Gave more than the bare minimum when asked for help. 37%
- A New Hope Helped all of the Refugees in Farlorn's Hope. 35%
- Old Grudges Dealt with Alistair. 33%
- Point of No Return Reached hero party level 20 in the campaign. 32%
- Press F to Pay Respects If only real life were as simple as that. 30%
- Circle of Friends Rallied all possible companions to your cause. 29%
- Ritualist Completed the Mentalist Ritual at Aonir's Blade. 28%
- Forgotten Peace Unlocked the human faction and upgraded it to the maximum. 28%
- Don't Cry, Sister Forest Unlocked the elven faction and upgraded it to the maximum. 28%
- Rise of Zarach Unlocked the orc faction and upgraded it to the maximum. 28%
- Nostalgic Sided with the Iron Falcons in Aonir's Blade. 27%
- Practice Makes Perfect Played a practice skirmish match against the AI. 26%
- Ancient Creatures Learned how to summon Titans. 25%
- History has its eyes on you The fate of Nortander lies in your hands. 23%
- The End Beat the SpellForce III campaign. 22%
- Long Live the God-King Brought a tribute to the God-King. 21%
- Dragon Whisperer You fulfilled a task for the Elder Dragon. 21%
- Escape Artist Freed all the prisoners when escaping from the Grey Keep. 18%
- Cutthroat Sided with the Deathmen in Aonir's Blade. 14%
- Better Together Played the campaign together with a friend. 12%
- Scourge of the Working Class Stop touching the workers! 12%
- Fit for the Circle Reached the maximum hero party level in the campaign. 11%
- Philistine You annoyed the composer by muting the ingame music. 10%
- Dwarven Artistry Fully upgraded Isgrimm's armor. 9.0%
- Shaikan Slew the Elder Dragon. 7.0%
- Commander of Farlorn's Hope Defeated the Orcs in Farlon's Hope without producing extra units. 5.7%
- Skirmisher Defeat a human opponent in PvP. 2.6%
- Arachnophobe You were killed by a tiny spider. That's actually pretty impressive. 1.1%
- Dat Doe, Though You were killed by peaceful wildlife. 0.9%
- They Fit Just Right Those prisoner clothes really look good on you. 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.