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Circle Empires
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 4,188
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 7h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 86% 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 4,228 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 8.9h for positive, 4.8h 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 (86.2% 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 (82)
story milestone ending side
- True Healer Attain the rank of Healer 100%
- Humble Beginnings Achieve a total score of 1000 98%
- Elite Force Strategy Have 10 or more knights in your army 88%
- Chief Hoarder Amass 10 000 food 85%
- Pumpkin Patience Harvest a max level pumpkin 84%
- Vampiric Tendencies Have a vampire in your army 82%
- Maugor the Monster Defeated Maugor the Monster 81%
- Dragon Tamer Own your first dragon 81%
- Considerable Renown Achieve a total score of 5000 78%
- World Conqueror Win on a Large map 74%
- Industrialist Amass 10 000 wood 73%
- Zombie Slayer Kill 50 zombies in a single game 67%
- Military Career Level a swordsman to max level 67%
- Wealth Collection Specialist Achieve a total score of 10 000 66%
- Worker Army Have 100 workers 65%
- Gold Miner Amass 10 000 gold 59%
- Sudogar the Sorcerer Defeated Sudogar the Sorcerer 59%
- Chief Economist Own 9 banks 56%
- Be a better brick Research "Masonry" upgrade from the upgrades menu 53%
- Great Wall Builder Built 16 or more walls in a single game 52%
- Rage against the machine Kill 2 enemy catapults 51%
- Healer Community Have 10 or more healers in your army 51%
- Maximum Size Haunted Pumpkin Get a maximum size haunted pumpkin. Can only be unlocked during the spoooookiest time of the year or if you manage to find an Autumn biome. 51%
- Arg the Anger Lord Defeated Arg the Anger Lord 49%
- The world is not too big for us Win on an Extra Large map 48%
- Wizard War Council Have 3 or more wizards in your army 48%
- Imperial Blood Win vs AI Players on Normal difficulty on any map 46%
- Provincial Expander Win Full Conquest mode on Normal difficulty on any map 45%
- Ice cold killers Spawn 5 Ice Hunters 45%
- Rainbow Guard Construct 4 types of towers in one circle 44%
- Gold Collector Accumulate 20 000 gold 43%
- Reeker the Red Dragon Defeated Reeker the Red Dragon 42%
- Imperial Tactician Win Full Conquest mode on Hard difficulty on any map 38%
- Wise Emperor Win vs AI Players on Hard difficulty on any map 37%
- Siege master Spawn 10 catapults 37%
- Ron the Rebel King Defeated Ron the Rebel King 36%
- Necromancer Pact Have 3 or more necromancers in your army 35%
- Goblin Hero Have a max level goblin in your army 35%
- Standardised Warfare Have 100 or more swordsmen in your army 34%
- Vampire Lord Have a level 4 vampire in your army 33%
- Investment banker Spawn 3 level 3 banks 33%
- Geld-Zom the Ghastly Defeated Geld-Zom the Ghastly 32%
- Special Forces Strategy Have 10 or more level 2 horse archers in your army 29%
- Dragon slayer Kill 3 enemy dragons in one game (any level) 28%
- Undead Army Have 100 or more zombies in your army 28%
- Morgana the Mother of Monsters Defeated Morgana the Mother of Monsters 28%
- Imperial Expert Tactician Win Full Conquest mode on Extreme difficulty on any map 28%
- Ghost Army Have 20 ghosts or frost ghosts in your army 26%
- Gold Piler Accumulate 50 000 gold 26%
- Darkness Confronter Kill 10 necro towers in a single game 25%
- Ultimate dragon slayer Kill 10 enemy dragons (any level) 25%
- Gruff the Goblin General Defeated Gruff the Goblin General 25%
- Goblin Army Have 100 or more goblins in your army 24%
- Innovator Acquire all unit upgrades 24%
- Vampire King Have a level 5 vampire in your army 24%
- Wild Wealth Achieve a total score of 100 000 22%
- Imperial Wizard Tactician Win Full Conquest mode on Nightmare difficulty on any map 22%
- Voltaire the Vicious Vampire Defeated Voltaire the Vicious Vampire 22%
- Hur the Hungry Dragon Defeated Hur the Hungry Dragon 20%
- Greenskin Warmaster Level up 100 goblins 20%
- Novice Emperor Win vs AI Players on Easy difficulty on any map 19%
- Death Rights Protector Kill 10 necromancers in a single game 19%
- Amphibian workforce Spawn 50 frog workers 18%
- Neu-Morg the Master Necromancer Defeated Neu-Morg the Master Necromancer 18%
- Resilient Emperor Win vs AI Players on Extreme difficulty on any map 18%
- Legendary Vampire Have a level 6 vampire in your army 17%
- Mushroom Magic Detonate 10 explosive mushrooms 17%
- Pumpkinmancy Spawn 10 pumpkin-men 16%
- Mahu the Mad Dragon Defeated Mahu the Mad Dragon 16%
- Big dragon hunter Kill a diamond dragon 15%
- Greedy greenskins Spawn 300 goblins during a game 15%
- The Flying Axe Strategy Have 100 or more axe throwers in your army 15%
- Sharpshooter Army Have 10 or more max level archers in your army 14%
- Pumpkin Darklord Spawn 10 pumpkin necromancers 14%
- Gold Hoarder Accumulate 200 000 gold 13%
- Masterful Strategist Win Full Conquest mode on Impossible difficulty on any map 10%
- School of wizards Spawn 50 wizards 9.2%
- Merman special forces Spawn 20 Merman Archers 7.9%
- Vampire Slayer kill 50 vampires in a single game 7.4%
- Ultimate Emperor Win vs AI Players on Nightmare difficulty on any map 6.8%
- Remember Legolas Spawn 30 level 2 Elf Archers 5.8%
- Greed Management Lord Achieve a total score of 1 000 000 3.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.