When does Age of Barbarian Extended Cut get good?

Give it 7 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (15%). Only 64% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Age of Barbarian Extended Cut

Jun 3, 2016 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 7 hours

Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 64% of owners

Steam reviews 78% positive of 920

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
Only 64% 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 927 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 8.9h 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 (63.6% 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 (26)

PIG'S HEAD Kill the slave master in Sheyna's campaign. 100%
HECATOMB Kill 50 enemies. 63%
VINDICTIVE Kill all the enemies in the 1st level of Rahaan's campaign. 56%
DIE HARD Resurrect 20 times. 56%
THE SLAUGHTERER Dismember 50 enemies. 49%
ONLY THE STRONG WILL SURVIVE Let Boruth die as a warrior! 44%
SNAKE DEMON SLAYER Kill the Great Snake Demon in the Azga forest. 35%
YELLOW SKULL Find Aishi and save her from being sacrificed. 33%
TREASURE HUNTER Discover 10 secret areas. 26%
FLESH AND STONE Kill the Basilisk in the Mountains of Kar-Azza. 25%
BLUE SKULL Find Eyla and save her from being sacrificed. 24%
COUNTERATTACK MASTER Perform 30 Counterattacks. 24%
TENTACLES WILL NOT HAVE ME Kill the tentacled Old One in the Jungle of Cuth. 24%
RED SKULL Find Kirina and save her from being sacrificed. 23%
SAVE THE KIDS In the Slaves' Fortress, save all three kids. 19%
DRAGON SLAYER Kill the Dragon. 18%
I DON'T LIKE MAGIC. Defeat the Witch Belith. 17%
ALL SLAVERS SHOULD DIE In the Slaves' Fortress, kill Gurgo. 16%
SPIDER'S TREASURE Let Rouna find the spider's treasure. 16%
WINNERS DON'T USE DRUGS In the Slaves' Fortress, kill all the Crabalack addicted. 15%
NECROMANCERS SHOULD NOT EXIST. Defeat Necron the Necromancer. 15%
I'M NOT FOR SALE In the Slaves' Fortress, free all the slaves. 15%
WITCH KILLER Kill the dark witch. 12%
THE SPIDER KEY Find the spider key. 9.7%
EVEN A GOD CAN BLEED Kill the Spider God. 8.3%
THE EVIL PRIEST Kill Dokar the evil priest. 8.0%

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