Twilight Struggle
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 15h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 76% 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 3,014 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 20.4h for positive, 8.2h 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 (76.3% 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 (31)
story milestone ending side
- Way of Life Gain Domination in a region. 100%
- The Race is On Be the first player in a game to advance in the space race. 87%
- Terminated Lose a game against the AI Player. 54%
- Emperor of Southeast Asia Score 8 VP when Southeast Asia Scoring is played. 44%
- Something Up My Sleeve Win a game by getting 20 VP before final scoring. 40%
- Workers of the World Unite Win a game as the USSR. 39%
- Star-Spangled Banner Win a game as the USA. 39%
- How about a nice game of chess? Win a game against the AI Player. 39%
- Bulldozer Win a game in the Early War. 29%
- Taste of Victory Win an online game. 25%
- Mutually Assured Destruction Win a game with DEFCON 1. 25%
- Go for the Jugular Win a game by controlling Europe. 23%
- Welcome to the New Millennium Win a game in final scoring. 18%
- The Only Way to Play Win a game with Wargames. 17%
- Killer of Giants Win an online game against an opponent with a rating at least 300 higher than yours. 9.0%
- It Will Not Stop Until You Are Dead Lose a game against the AI Player in final scoring. 7.9%
- The Stevenson Conundrum Win a game due to the Victory Point Track when your opponent has Domination in at least 4 regions. 5.4%
- In from the Cold Complete the tutorial. 3.0%
- Rocket Man Win a game after reaching the end of the space race track. 2.9%
- Thirteen Days Win a game via Cuban Missile Crisis. 0.9%
- A Bird in the Hand Headline a scoring card. 0.3%
- Against the Middle Play the China Card. 0.3%
- Size Matters Gain 3 VP from Arms Race when it is drawn for Missile Envy. 0.1%
- We Will Bury Your Pilot As USSR, gain 3 VP from We Will Bury You while U-2 Incident is in play. 0.1%
- Oil Baron As USSR, gain 6 VP from OPEC. 0.1%
- Warden of the West As US, gain 7 VP from Alliance for Progress. 0.1%
- We are Radio-Active As US, play "The Voice of America" three times in one game. 0.1%
- Final Broadcast As US, play "The Voice of America" during Turn 10, AR8 US. 0.1%
- Two Minutes To Midnight Win a game after opponent reaches 18 on the Victory Point Track. 0.1%
- Chinese Democracy Win a game without playing the China Card. 0.1%
- To the Moon, Alice! Win a game without ever sending a card to the space race. 0.1%