IndieStrategy
50 years
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 36% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 693
What the data shows
- 81% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (84%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- Only 36% 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 699 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 4.2h for positive, 2.4h 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 (36.2% 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 (55)
- What's in a dungeon? Clear any den 100%
- The half Reach year 25 95%
- A tough year Reach year 40 87%
- First victory Win for any nation 80%
- Unicorn Get a unicorn 70%
- Americans Win for americans 59%
- Conqueror Clear all available dens in one game 55%
- Scrolls are not necessary Win without using scrolls 54%
- Help of the forest Pick Help of the forest 54%
- Ore armor Get ore armor 53%
- Divine Intervention Pick Divine Intervention 50%
- An advanced economy Hire 50 peasants 50%
- Angel beats Get two angels 46%
- The Community Pick The Community 45%
- Russians Win for russians 44%
- British Win for british 42%
- Chicken devil Pick Chicken devil 39%
- Greeks Win for greeks 38%
- Celts Win for celts 35%
- Master of monsters Get three hydras 34%
- Byzantines Win for byzantines 33%
- Japanese Win for japanese 33%
- French Win for french 32%
- Egyptians Win for egyptians 31%
- Romans Win for romans 29%
- 25 years Complete 25 years special game 28%
- Triumph Confidient win 26%
- Persistence Win for all nations 24%
- Brutal force Complete brutal force special game 24%
- Dark times Complete darks times special game 23%
- Americans II Win for americans on hard 23%
- M Complete M special game 23%
- Pioneers Complete Pioneers special game 22%
- Invasion of zombie chickens Complete invasion of zombie chickens special game 22%
- British II Win for british on hard 21%
- Russians II Win for russians on hard 21%
- Heroes Complete Heroes special game 20%
- Celts II Win for celts on hard 20%
- Plague Complete Plague special game 20%
- Greeks II Win for greeks on hard 20%
- Japanese II Win for japanese on hard 19%
- Americans III Win for americans on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 19%
- Byzantines II Win for byzantines on hard 19%
- French II Win for french on hard 19%
- Romans II Win for romans on hard 19%
- Egyptians II Win for egyptians on hard 18%
- Celts III Win for celts on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 18%
- British III Win for british on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 18%
- Greeks III Win for greeks on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 18%
- Russians III Win for russians on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 18%
- Byzantines III Win for byzantines on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 17%
- Japanese III Win for japanese on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 17%
- Romans III Win for romans on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 17%
- Egyptians III Win for egyptians on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 17%
- French III Win for french on very hard (without Chicken Devil help) 17%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.