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Stormbound
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 70% positive of 1,228
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (27%).
- 80% 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 1,238 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 13.9h for positive, 11.8h 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 (80.1% 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 (17)
- Bookworm Finish the tutorial 100%
- Winter Soldier Finish the Winter Pact campaign 63%
- Victor Win 1 ranked match 62%
- Sand Crawler Finish the Swarm of the East campaign 60%
- The Ironclad Finish the Ironclad Union campaign 54%
- Tribesman Finish the Tribes of Shadowfen campaign 54%
- Challenger Gain a rank 49%
- Contender Reach rank 25 40%
- Vanquisher Win 10 ranked matches 37%
- Rival Reach rank 20 27%
- Defender Reach rank 15 15%
- Conquerer Win 100 ranked matches 10%
- Champion Reach rank 10 8.9%
- Hero Reach rank 5 5.4%
- Legend Reach rank 1 4.1%
- Emperor Win 1000 ranked matches 3.4%
- High Emperor Win 10000 ranked matches 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.