SimulationStrategy
Power & Revolution 2019 Edition
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 72% of owners
Steam reviews 59% positive of 1,246
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (72%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (38%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 72% 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 1,251 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 51h for positive, 66.2h 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 (72.3% 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 (71)
- Legislation Pass a law. 100%
- Summit Meeting As Chief of State, make an appointment to meet with another leader. 99%
- Charge ! Put down a riot as Chief of State. 99%
- Economic Partnership Sign an economic contract with another country. 97%
- Smiling woman Get the smiley very positive for the president of the association of the Rights of the Woman 80%
- Social fracture Lower the share of the richest 1% of the world's wealth to less than 50% 77%
- Donor Campaign Begin a fundraising campaign for your political party. 61%
- Double Digit Growth Increase your country's economic growth to over 10% more than at the beginning of your administration. 61%
- Master Strategist Win three military city battles. 59%
- The Manhattan Project Discover the atomic bomb. 58%
- Anti-Terrorism (2018) Infiltrating and Dismantling a Terrorist Organization 54%
- The Bank is Closed Destroy the city bank during a riot. 52%
- Communications Plan Broadcast a movement. 48%
- What's the Police Going to Do ? Destroy the city police headquarters during a riot. 46%
- Riot As the political opponent, instigate a protest movement. 45%
- Yes We Can! Win an election. 44%
- Anschluss Annex a country. 39%
- Return on Investment Begin a fundraising campaign for your political party and receive double the money invested. 38%
- Dissolution Dissolve Parliament. 36%
- Paralysis (2018) Succeeding in a Massive Cyberattack Against a Country 33%
- Highway (2018) Constructing a Main Highway 32%
- Insurrection As the political opponent, instigate three protest movements in less than two months. 31%
- The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend As a terrorist group, expand your network with a new contact. 30%
- Expeditious As Chief of State, outlaw a political party. 28%
- Train of the Future Build a Hyperloop line 27%
- Cutting Off the Head (2018) Arresting a Terrorist Organization Leader 25%
- Antivirus (2018) Implementing a Plan For Maximum Cybersecurity 24%
- Social Network As a terrorist group, expand your network with five new contacts in one game. 24%
- Tutorial Tutor Finish the tutorial. 23%
- Radio Silence (2018) Succeeding in a Military Cyberattack Against a Country 21%
- Very Expeditious As Chief of State, outlaw three or more political parties in one game. 18%
- L'Etat, C'est Moi ! Become the new Chief of State after having been in the opposition. 17%
- Underground Take your political party underground. 15%
- New Recruits Recruit 1000 combatants for your terrorist group in one recruitment campaign. 15%
- Ping OK (2018) Covering 100% of the Country's Population With Super High Speed. 15%
- First Steps Into the Stars (2018) Creating a Space Agency 14%
- Vive la Révolution! Conquer your country by force as the opposition. 14%
- Spring Cleaning Dismiss the current government and form a new one. 14%
- Make love, not war Get the smiley very positive for the threat called Armed Conflicts 14%
- Ignition (2018) Launching and Completing a Space Mission 13%
- Imperialism Annex five countries. 12%
- Normalization Gain normalization for your terrorist group without taking power. 12%
- Marriage For All Legalize homosexual marriage. 12%
- Minister on the Run As the political opponent, secure the resignation of a minister 12%
- Long Live the EU ! Join the European Union. 8.7%
- Independence Gain independence for your region as the opposition. 8.6%
- Interference (2018) Rigging a Foreign Election 7.3%
- Not in My House Forbid homosexual marriage. 7.2%
- Mass Recruitment Recruit 10,000 combatants for your terrorist group in one recruitment campaign. 6.8%
- 420 Friendly Legalize the consumption of cannabis. 6.8%
- Choppers Procure helicopters through your terrorist organization's network. 5.7%
- Cheers ! Allow alcohol consumption in a country where it is forbidden 5.7%
- Cannabis recipes Legalize cannabis in a country where it is banned and have a tax on its consumption voted 5.5%
- Ride at half price Divide by 2 the cost of motorway tolls 5.3%
- Minister Exodus As the political opponent, secure the resignation of five ministers in one game. 4.6%
- Stay grouped Stay on power for one month in 30 nations simultaneously 3.0%
- State Bailout Pass the VAT at 25%. 2.2%
- Clash of the Titans Annex China to the United States or vice-versa. 1.9%
- Military Coup As the political opponent, overthrow the Chief of State with a military coup d'état 1.7%
- The Grass is Always Greener Conquer a country other than yours by force as the opposition 1.5%
- Assassination Assassinate the Chief of State of your country. 1.5%
- Work Less to Gain Just as Much Work 32 hours a week. 1.1%
- We Are Not Alone! (2018) Finding Extraterrestrial Life 0.7%
- Mass Denuclearization Dismantle at least half of the world's nuclear power plants 0.7%
- Purchasing Power Abolish the VAT. 0.6%
- EU vs GAFA Create a tax on digital companies in 5 countries of the European Union 0.6%
- First Strike Conquer your first city as a terrorist group without having already acquired territory. 0.4%
- Confirmed Reach Level 2. 0.4%
- Expert Reach Level 3. 0.4%
- Acing the Quiz Answer 100% of the quiz questions correctly. 0.4%
- Personalization Customize a character. 0.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.