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SpellForce 3 Soul Harvest
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 2,338
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Only 60% 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 2,353 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 21.1h for positive, 7.1h 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 (60% 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 (43)
- Introspection Finish the first dream. 100%
- First Aid Use your heroes’ abilities to heal the wounds of your allies. 69%
- Soldier Kill enemies while playing the campaign. 68%
- Treasure Hunt Successfully open the combination lock on a treasure chest in Windwall Outskirts. 68%
- General Aerev Get promoted to General of the Wolf Guard. 62%
- Specialist Upgrade one of your abilities to the highest level. 61%
- Healer Use your heroes’ abilities to heal the wounds of your allies. 60%
- Veteran Kill enemies while playing the campaign. 54%
- An Ocean of Eventualities Use a vinculum for the first time. 51%
- Guardian Angel Use your heroes’ abilities to heal the wounds of your allies. 47%
- Novice Summoner Summon creatures to aid you in battle. 45%
- A Date Gone Wrong First dates can be a scary affair. 44%
- Warlord Kill enemies while playing the campaign. 42%
- A Fresh Start Use a potion to reset your skills and attributes. 41%
- Titan Quest Learn how to summon titans. 40%
- Hired Swords Hire a new mercenary. 39%
- Archaeologist Collect 30 Moonsilver shards. 38%
- The Greatest Sacrifice Sacrifice yourself to the God of Light. 36%
- Riddle Master Solve an ancient puzzle. 36%
- Big-Game Hunter Complete all hunting quests for the smith in Cahlabrok 35%
- Experienced Summoner Summon creatures to aid you in battle. 35%
- Beyond Human Limits Raise an attribute above the natural maximum of 10. 34%
- Alas, Poor William Force an innocent demon into indentured servitude. 33%
- Memento Upgrade your Empyrian trinket to its full potential. 33%
- Ghostbuster Destroy all vengeful spirits. 32%
- Diplomat Successfully defuse a dangerous situation using nothing but words. 32%
- A Toast Get drunk with Yria. 32%
- Master of Subterfuge Successfully impersonate an arrogant architect when entering Windholme. 29%
- Master Summoner Summon creatures to aid you in battle. 27%
- Wyvern-Forged Complete all hunting quests for the smith in Windholme. 27%
- Diversity Have all possible companions in your party at least once. 25%
- Dung Collector Collect 30 crab dung. 23%
- Bounty Hunter Complete all WANTED poster missions from the blackboard in Greykeep. 18%
- Hybernian Scholar Read all the writings of the Hybernian scholar. 16%
- World Eater Cause all of Eo to be destroyed. 16%
- Strength in Numbers Play the campaign in co-op mode. 14%
- Master Trader Earn gold by selling your unwanted loot. 8.5%
- Savior of Theresa’s Meadows You won the battle for Theresa’s Meadows and put an end to the debacherous Oktoberfest rites. 4.0%
- The Avatar Equip your avatar with an artefact item in every possible slot. 3.2%
- Circle Mage Finish the Soul Harvest campaign on Circle Mage difficulty without lowering it once. 3.0%
- Orc Beater Use all possible charms in the Blood Pit. 2.8%
- Potato Who needs graphics anyway? 2.3%
- Beyond the Veil Find all fractures in the Veil and use the Vinculum on them. 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.