Citadel: Forged with Fire
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 15h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 40% 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 5,905 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 40.6h for positive, 30.2h 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 (39.7% 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 (50)
story milestone ending side
- Apprentice Crafter Place your first crafting bench 100%
- You’re an Enchanter Achieve Level 10 90%
- Pocket Full of Flora Pick Up 250 Items 78%
- My Land! Place your First Throne 74%
- Lumberjack Harvest 1000 Wood 70%
- Sticking Together Start or Join a House 63%
- You’re a Mage Achieve Level 20 62%
- Sheltered Build 50 Wood wall, floors, or roofs 54%
- Tourist Discover 4 Towers 53%
- Mmm Bacon Kill 20 Boars 53%
- Missiles Incoming! Kill 10 Sprites 52%
- You’re a Magician Achieve Level 30 46%
- Well Armed Craft 10 Weapons 43%
- Swinging Hammer Harvest 1000 Stone 42%
- Claiming the Land Kill 30 Orcs 39%
- Bring the Rune Harvest 1000 Mana Rune 38%
- Forager Pick Up 1000 Items 38%
- Well Dressed Craft 10 Clothing Items 37%
- Nothing Left Behind Discover 20 loot chests 36%
- You’re a Sorcerer Achieve Level 40 35%
- Bear-ly Alive Kill 20 Bears 34%
- Clearing the Pack Kill 20 Wolves 34%
- Build Build Build Build 50 stone walls, floors, and roofs 31%
- You’re a Warlock Achieve Level 50 28%
- Jewels for everyone! Harvest 250 Precious Stones 26%
- Land of the Living Kill 50 Undead 23%
- Sky Marshall Fly for 4 hours (gameplay time) 21%
- Yer a Wizard, Larry! Achieve Level 60 20%
- Michelangelo Incarnate Build 100 Ornate or Marble Walls, Floors, and Roofs 15%
- Tame Your Dragon Tame a Large Dragon 14%
- Seen the Giant Up Close Kill 20 Trolls 12%
- Well Tailored Craft 50 Clothing Items 11%
- Don’t Blink Kill 30 Death Weavers 11%
- Mythical Maker Craft 50 Weapons 10%
- Scaling the Heights Kill 20 Dragons 10%
- Mythical Rider Mount a Unicorn 10%
- You’re a Tamer! Tame an Infernal Dragon 10%
- Fired Up! Mount a Phoenix 9.8%
- Get your Imp on Kill 50 Imps 8.6%
- Clearing the Skies Kill 20 Eagles 8.1%
- Dangerous Profession Tame a Demon 7.6%
- Master Builder! Unlock all structure packs 7.1%
- Iron Will Craft 1000 Iron Ingots 6.3%
- King Midas Touch Craft 500 Gold Ingots 4.3%
- You’re a Scavenger Pick Up 10,000 Items 3.5%
- Expert Medic Craft 1000 Health Potions 1.8%
- Expert Potion Maker Craft 1000 Mana Potions 1.8%
- Cursed Soul Kill 100 Unicorns 1.3%
- Divine Crusade Kill 666 Demons 1.0%
- Infernal Crusade Kill 100 Infernal Dragons 1.0%