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Nebuchadnezzar
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 1,843
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- 75% 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 1,860 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 16.8h for positive, 5.8h 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 (74.8% 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 (48)
- Settler Finish the 1st mission. 100%
- Gilgamesh advice 1 Finish Gilgamesh guide in the 1st mission. 100%
- Shepherd Finish the 2nd mission. 84%
- Gilgamesh advice 2 Finish Gilgamesh guide in the 2nd mission. 78%
- Gilgamesh advice 3 Finish Gilgamesh guide in the 3rd mission. 74%
- Digger Finish the 3rd mission. 71%
- Gilgamesh advice 4 Finish Gilgamesh guide in the 4th mission. 67%
- Architect Design and finish custom monument. 56%
- Builder Finish the 4th mission. 55%
- Gilgamesh advice 5 Finish Gilgamesh guide in the 5th mission. 50%
- Epic of Gilgamesh Finish all Gilgamesh guides. 45%
- Trader Finish the 5th mission. 31%
- God's Wrath Reach a negative relation value with a god. 27%
- Little Apocalypse Let any building burn to the ground. 26%
- Scribe Finish the 6th mission. 21%
- Ooh, They Can Riot Too Run a city so badly that people start rioting. 17%
- Do You Like Hospital Food? Build a hospital. 14%
- Sargon of Akkad Finish the 7th mission. 13%
- Ur-Nammu Finish the 8th mission. 10%
- God's Blessing Reach a maximal relation value with a god. 8.8%
- Hammurabi Finish the 9th mission. 7.9%
- Festival Master Hold a festival of the maximal (5th) level. 6.6%
- Kurigalzu Finish the 10th mission. 6.4%
- Sargon II. Finish the 11th mission. 5.3%
- Ashurbanipal Finish the 12th mission. 4.3%
- Tower of Babel Build temple in Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II. with height at least 15. 3.9%
- One of the Seven. Finish Hanging Gardens monument in the last mission (Nebuchadnezzar II) of the game. 3.7%
- Nebuchadnezzar II. Finish the campaign. 3.5%
- Park Architect Build at least 200 decorations (decorative roads does not count) containing at least 20 different types. 3.3%
- Conqueror Conquer any city. 2.9%
- Seems Like I am not only a Strategist, but a Tactician too Flank any unit during a battle. 2.9%
- Long Live the Empire Integrate any city into your realm. 2.9%
- Babylon is the New Carcassonne Build walls around your city with the length of at least 300 tiles. 2.0%
- Buy Cheap, Sell Dear Export goods worth at least 25,000 within one year. 1.9%
- Perfect 20k Build a city with at least 20,000 inhabitants in total and at least 2,000 inhabitants in the highest (3rd) class, which have all houses evolved on the maximal available level. 1.7%
- Megalopolis Build a city with at least 32,000 inhabitants from the lowest class, 12,000 inhabitants from the middle class and 6,000 inhabitants from the highest class. 1.5%
- I Like Colors Consume at least 200 units of dye in the production of goods within one year. 1.3%
- Like a Fro Complete the 10th mission during which you can have a maximum of one small port built at a time. There are no restrictions on buildings other than ports. 1.2%
- Your Army Has Been Elevated Level up any of your companies to the maximal (10th) level. 1.1%
- Sargon's Messenger Finish the first Sargon's missions set. Adventures of Sargon DLC required. 1.1%
- Gotta Try Them All Worship four gods from four different pantheons at the same time. 1.1%
- Tyrant Maintain a population of at least 15,000 people for three years with maximum taxes and minimum wages set. 1.1%
- Sargon's Officer Finish the second Sargon's missions set. Adventures of Sargon DLC required. 0.9%
- Whoever Gets There First Will Be King Accommodate the first inhabitant from the highest (3rd) class within ten years from the start of the mission. Only missions with an empty/non-historic start can be used. 0.9%
- Holy Warrior Conquer any city while having maximal relation with a god who has army offensive bonus. 0.8%
- Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned to Repeat It Listen again any past dialog. Adventures of Sargon DLC required. 0.8%
- Sargon's General Finish the third Sargon's missions set. Adventures of Sargon DLC required. 0.8%
- Sargon's Scribe Finish the fourth Sargon's missions set. Adventures of Sargon DLC required. 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.