D&D Lords of Waterdeep

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 1,671 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 17.3h for positive, 3.7h 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 (63.2% 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 (76)

• Esquire Score 125 Points in a Game 100%
• Proprietor Acquire 3 buildings in 1 game 92%
• Welcome to Waterdeep Win 1 Game 90%
• Cabal Acquire 9 Clerics in 1 game 89%
• Band Acquire 18 Fighters in 1 game 80%
• Gang Acquire 19 Rogues in 1 game 75%
• Council Acquire 11 Wizards in 1 game 71%
• Extrovert Play 1 Online Game 66%
• Apprentice Complete 1 Tutorial 61%
• Smoke on the Water Assign an Agent to Waterdeep Harbor as Lord "Caladorn Cassalanter" 58%
• Land Lord Acquire 5 buildings in 1 game 58%
• Well Rounded Complete 1 of each quest type in 1 game 54%
• First Among Equals Assign an Agent to Castle Waterdeep as Lord "Piergeiron the Paladinson" 51%
• Devoted Curate Hire 77 Clerics 51%
• I'll Take These Collect 3 placed resources from a single action space 43%
• Aristocrat Win 5 Games 42%
• Headmaster Hire 111 Wizards 39%
• Penny Pincher Collect 500 Gold 37%
• Harbor Master Occupy every action space in Waterdeep Harbor in 1 round 37%
• Bad Influence Place a Corruption on a action space that already gives you Corruption 34%
• Captain Hire 300 Fighters 32%
• Introvert Play 10 Offline Games 31%
• Undercontrol Complete the quest "Defeat Uprising from Undermountain" in a game with the Undermountain expansion 31%
• Full of Surprises Play 6 intrigue cards in a single round 30%
• Inn Keeper Occupy every action space in Cliffwatch Inn in 1 round 29%
• Lack of Subtlety Lose 10 victory points by taking a corruption when the corruption track is empty 29%
• Moral High Ground When playing with the Skullport expansions, win a game without receiving any corruption 28%
• Gangleader Hire 400 Rogues 27%
• Warlord of Waterdeep Complete all 12 Warfare quests in the basic game 26%
• Pledge Drive Complete Recruit for Blackstaff Academy quest as Lord "Khelben Arunsun" 25%
• Honest, It fell off the Wagon! Complete Procure Stolen Goods quest as Lord "Nymara Scheiron" 24%
• Leisure Activity Complete Investigate Aberrant Infestation quest as Lord "Brianne Byndraeth" 23%
• Who's Scarier than an Owlbear? Complete the Domesticate Owlbears as Lord "Sammereza Sulphontis" 23%
• Rid the Corrupt Remove 6 or more corruption from the game during a single game 22%
• Corrupted Collect 100 Corruption 22%
• Keeper of the Keys Occupy all three Skullport action spaces at the same time 22%
• Bait and Switch Play Assassination as Lord "Nindil Jalbuck" 21%
• Spies in Every Corner Complete the quest "Place a Sleeper Agent in Skullport" in a game with the Skullport expansion 21%
• Wizard of Waterdeep Complete all 12 Arcana quests in the basic game 20%
• Absolved Return 10 Corruption to the Corruption Track in a single game 20%
• Merchant of Waterdeep Complete all 12 Commerce quests in the basic game 20%
• Crime Lord Complete 6 quests from the Skullport expansion in a single game 20%
• High Priest of Waterdeep Complete all 12 Piety quests in the basic game 19%
• King of the Undermountain Complete 6 Undermountain quests in a single game 18%
• The Obvious Evil Collect 15 Corruption in a single game 18%
• Shadowlord of Waterdeep Complete all 12 Skullduggery quests in the basic game 17%
• Social Butterfly Play 10 Online Games 17%
• Halaster's Heir Occupy all three Undermountain action spaces at the same time 16%
• The Wanderer's Home Buy the Yawning Portal as Lord "Durnan the Wanderer" 16%
• Family Reunion Play Repel Drow Invaders as Lord "Kyriani Agrivar" 16%
• They're Everywhere Occupy four of the six buildings on the Undermountain and Skullport boards in a single round 15%
• Recluse Play 30 Offline Games 15%
• Tempting, Isn't It? Have three buildings that you own and have additional resources placed on them at the same time 15%
• Quests? Who Needs Quests? Win a game in which you have completed 4 or fewer quests 14%
• Waterfront Property Buy the Smuggler's Dock as Lord "Mirt the Moneylender" 14%
• An Officer and a Gentleman Assign the Lieutenant and Ambassador in the same round 13%
• Master Complete All Tutorials 13%
• Pleased to Meet Me As Halaster, complete the quest "Survive a Meeting with Halaster" 13%
• Location, Location, Location Play Real Estate Deal as Lord "Larissa Neathal" 12%
• Resourceful Collect 200 placed resources 12%
• Spellbinder Complete 8 Arcana quests in 1 game 11%
• Warmonger Complete 8 Warfare quests in 1 game 9.8%
• Overlord of Waterdeep Win a game as each of the 11 Lords in the basic game 9.5%
• Oracle Complete 8 Piety quests in 1 game 9.3%
• Moneychanger Complete 8 Commerce quests in 1 game 9.2%
• Come My Minions As Trobriand, put "Trobriand's Graveyard" into play 7.6%
• Spymaster Complete 8 Skullduggery quests in 1 game 7.3%
• Noble Win 10 Online Games 6.6%
• Who Was That Handsome Devil? As Danilo Thann, complete the quest "Ally with House Thann" 6.5%
• Seeing Eye to Eye As the Xanathar, complete the quest "Confront the Xanathar" 6.2%
• It's Not Stealing If It's Yours As Irusyl Eraneth, complete the quest "Steal Spellbook from Silverhand" 5.7%
• Lord Win 100 Games 4.9%
• Knowledge is Power As Sangalor, complete the quest "Create A Shrine To Oghma" 2.8%
• Usurped During the scoring of a 4+ player online game, start in first and end in last 2.2%
• Sleeper During scoring of a 4+ player online game, you started in last and won the game 1.6%
• Greedy In a single game, place a resource of each type on a space that gives that same resource 0.9%