Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 15h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- At least 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 57% 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 5,762 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 17.3h for positive, 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 (56.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Good Lord! Complete the Good path ≥10% −90
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 (33)
story milestone ending side
- Larder Lover Accumulate 1,000 Granary Food in one game 100%
- Golden Rule Accumulate 10,000 Gold in one game 73%
- Lupus Minimus Kill 50 Wolves in one game 71%
- Heirs Apparent The Lord Gets Married! 70%
- Elite Meat Accumulate 250 Royal Food in one game 59%
- My Kingdom Makes Me Hoarse Your Lord Dies 56%
- Party Like It's 999 Hold the Largest Feast Size 50%
- Saturday Knight Attend 100 Jousting Tournaments 35%
- Locally Grown Build 50 staple food Farm Buildings in one game 31%
- Let Us Eat Cake Build 25 Royal Food Buildings in one game 25%
- Meat and Greet Hold 100 Feasts 17%
- Overstudious Understudy Attend 100 Plays 17%
- Policy Wonk Complete the Sim Campaign 13%
- Dung Battle Collect 1000 Gong 12%
- Good Lord! Complete the Good path 10%
- Role Call Recruit all Barracks troops in a game 9.4%
- Rat Kablooie Kill 10,000 Rats 8.8%
- Because Good Is Dumb Complete the Evil path 7.4%
- Computer Tamer Win 10 Skirmish Games vs. A.I. 6.0%
- Just Charge It Win a Skirmish or Multiplayer Game, Recruiting only Melee Troops 5.3%
- Band of Others Recruit all Mercenary Camp troops in a game 4.8%
- Death From Over There Win a Skirmish or Multiplayer Game, Recruiting only Ranged Troops 4.1%
- Overengineering Recruit all Siege Equipment in a game 3.7%
- Conquestador Complete the Conquest Trail 3.7%
- For Your Health! Consume 1,000 Ale in one game. (It's cleaner than the water) 2.3%
- Do the crime, do the time. Use Every Punishment Building in a Game 2.3%
- Guess Who's On Our Side? Win a Skirmish or Multiplayer Game, Recruiting only Monks 2.3%
- Lord Conquerer Win 10 Multiplayer Games 2.1%
- No Country for Old A.I. Win 50 Skirmish Games vs. A.I. 1.6%
- Architect of the Year Award Place at least one of every building type in the game 1.4%
- A.I. Is No Match for I Win 200 Skirmish Games Vs. A.I. 1.1%
- I Had This On CD-ROM!! Win 50 Multiplayer Games 0.9%
- I Have No Equals and Don't Play the Sequels Win 200 Multiplayer Games! 0.9%