Strategy
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 1,352
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 20h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 91% 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.
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Based on all 1,353 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 37h for positive, 13.1h 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 (91.3% 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 (25)
- Sky Summoner Defeat Talrand in the campaign 100%
- Memory Adept Enter the deck manager 100%
- Avatar of Slaughter Win a duel when an opponent controls no creatures 96%
- Flawless Win a campaign duel with 20 or more life 92%
- Time of Heroes Defeat an encounter 92%
- Beast Within Win a duel controlling a creature with at least 10 power 84%
- Mythic Cast a mythic rare card 78%
- Master of the Wild Hunt Win a duel controlling at least ten creatures 71%
- Archmage Unlock 30 cards for one deck 63%
- Last Mage Standing Win a 3-player, 4-player, or Two-Headed Giant duel 53%
- Otherworldly Journey Win a duel online 46%
- Jack of All Trades Unlock a card for each of ten different decks 42%
- Two-Headed Giant Win a Two-Headed Giant duel 39%
- Savor the Moment Win a campaign duel with an opponent's library empty 38%
- Fearless Explorer Defeat ten encounters 38%
- Magic: The Puzzling Solve a challenge 35%
- Maelstrom Wanderer Win a Planechase campaign duel 31%
- Dragon Slayer Defeat Nicol Bolas in the revenge campaign 27%
- Near-Death Experience Win a duel with exactly 1 life 20%
- Insurrection Win a duel online using an expansion deck 18%
- Fury of the Horde Win a duel controlling at least twenty creatures 18%
- Auramancer Win a duel controlling at least five Auras 15%
- Guildmage Defeat the Sepulchral Strength deck in the revenge campaign 14%
- Challenge Master Solve ten challenges 12%
- Praetor Slayer Solve the Say Your Praetors challenge in all five ways 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.