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Order of Battle: World War II
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 7% of players who started
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 3,184
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 35h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- At least 7% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 59% 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 3,195 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 24.6h for positive, 3.9h 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 (58.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Pax Americana Complete the US campaign. ≥7% −93
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Taken by Force Capture a Victory Point with an advance move. 100%
- Hoarder Accumulate a reserve of 1000 Resource Points in a campaign game. 39%
- Naval Legend Bronze Destroy 5 ships with a single unit in a campaign game. 28%
- Graduated for War Complete the tutorial campaign. 27%
- Grim Reaper Bronze Destroy 5 infantry units with a single unit in a campaign game. 25%
- Air Ace Bronze Destroy 5 aircraft with a single unit in a campaign game. 15%
- Grim Reaper Silver Destroy 10 infantry units with a single unit in a campaign game. 14%
- Grim Reaper Gold Destroy 15 infantry units with a single unit in a campaign game. 12%
- Air Ace Silver Destroy 10 aircraft with a single unit in a campaign game. 12%
- Elite Tank Gain 5 experience stars on a Tank class unit during a campaign game 11%
- Tank Buster Bronze Destroy 5 tanks with a single unit in a campaign game. 11%
- Summa Cum Laude Complete the tutorial campaign without losing any unit. Difficulty level III or higher. 11%
- Elite infantry Gain 5 experience stars on an Infantry class unit during a campaign game 10%
- Elite Tactical Bomber Gain 5 experience stars on a Tactical Bomber class unit during a campaign game 10%
- Purple Heart Accumulate over 100 points of damage taken on a single land unit during a campaign game. 10%
- Naval Legend Silver Destroy 10 ships with a single unit in a campaign game. 9.9%
- Semper Fi Accumulate 5 US Marines during a campaign game, each with at least 2 kills. Difficulty level III or higher. 9.6%
- Air Ace Gold Destroy 15 aircraft with a single unit in a campaign game. 9.6%
- Elite Fighter Gain 5 experience stars on a Fighter class unit during a campaign game 9.0%
- Tank Specialist Accumulate 8 tank class units during a campaign game, each with at least 2 kills. Difficulty level III or higher. 7.7%
- Naval Legend Gold Destroy 15 ships with a single unit in a campaign game. 7.5%
- Tank Buster Silver Destroy 10 tanks with a single unit in a campaign game. 7.3%
- Pax Americana Complete the US campaign. 7.2%
- Hero of the Rising Sun Complete the Japanese campaign. 6.0%
- Elite Artillery Gain 5 experience stars on an Artillery class unit during a campaign game 5.8%
- Elite Cruiser Gain 5 experience stars on a Cruiser class unit during a campaign game 5.5%
- Tank Buster Gold Destroy 15 tanks with a single unit in a campaign game. 5.1%
- Elite Battleship Gain 5 experience stars on a Battleship class unit during a campaign game 4.9%
- Elite Anti-Tank Gain 5 experience stars on an Anit-Tank class unit during a campaign game 4.6%
- Elite Recon Gain 5 experience stars on a Reconaissance class unit during a campaign game 4.4%
- Imperial Trinity Accumulate 3 Yamato class battleships during a campaign game, each with at least 2 kills. Difficulty level III or higher. 3.8%
- Elite Strategic Bomber Gain 5 experience stars on a Strategic Bomber class unit during a campaign game 3.8%
- Architect of War Using the scenario editor, launch a custom scenario with as least 2 units for each player. 3.8%
- Elite Destroyer Gain 5 experience stars on a Destroyer class unit during a campaign game 3.4%
- Elite Anti-Air Gain 5 experience stars on an Anti-Air class unit during a campaign game 3.2%
- Order of the Rising Sun Use the Banzai Charge ability to destroy an enemy unit, dealing at least 5 points of damage. 3.2%
- Ghost Ship Reform a single naval unit 5 times during a campaign game. 3.1%
- Elite Submarine Gain 5 experience stars on a Submarine class unit during a campaign game 2.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.