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Castle Break
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 76% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 753
What the data shows
- 81% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (83%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- 76% 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 771 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 10 reviews: 1.1h for positive, 0.2h 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 (75.9% 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 (18)
- Tragedy Lose your first soldier 100%
- Meet interesting robots.. Win the 1st bossfight 66%
- ..turn off the lights.. Win the 2nd bossfight 50%
- Master Builder Get all building upgrades 48%
- Doomsday machine Get all weapons 45%
- True breaker Beat any 10+ level without building 44%
- ..take a deep breath.. Win the 3rd bossfight 42%
- Statistic Lose 1000 soldiers during one game 41%
- ..get fully prepared.. Win the 4th bossfight 38%
- ..and then finish it Finish the Campaign mode 33%
- Cold barrels Beat any 10+ level without shooting 32%
- In the middle of endless path Beat the 50th castle in Endless mode 20%
- Dodge this! Beat any level without touching a bomb 19%
- Greed, my favorite sin Raise income of every bonus to 10 18%
- Endless life Beat 100th castle in Endless mode 16%
- Miracle of technology Get all upgrades in Endless mode 15%
- Random 30 Beat the 30th castle in Random mode 15%
- Random 100 Beat the 100th castle in Random mode 14%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.