12 Labours of Hercules
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 55% 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 3,056 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 4.8h 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 (55% 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 (22)
story milestone ending side
- Gold reserve Complete 2 levels in Gold time with at least 10 seconds remaining. 100%
- First Gold Complete 3 levels in Gold time. 95%
- Trickster Servant must collect one resource once all objectives have been met. 81%
- Manual Dexterity Tap 100 times anywhere on the screen while playing a single level. 80%
- Juggler Call upon 3 different characters simultaneously. 79%
- Athlete Call upon any 4 servants with the «Run faster!» bonus. 76%
- Diligence Call upon any 3 servants using the «Work faster!» bonus. 69%
- Perfection Complete a mini-game without losing any health points. 67%
- Strategist Complete a level in Gold time without using any bonuses. 62%
- Builder Collect 100 supplies. 62%
- Commander Call upon 5 characters. 56%
- Double bonus Use 2 different bonuses together. 55%
- The Golden Mean Complete 20 levels in Gold time! 55%
- Beat record Beat your own Gold record. 54%
- Homage to Homer Four servants at the house. 54%
- Persistence Use the same bonus again before its time runs out. 54%
- Timekeeper Use the «Stop the clock!» bonus three times in one level. 53%
- Merchant Collect 30+ resources using the «More resources!» bonus. 50%
- Croesus Collect 100 golds. 47%
- Gold Chain Complete all levels in Gold time! 42%
- Excellence Complete all mini-games perfectly! 35%
- Champion of Champions Earn every achievement! 33%