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Crusader Kings III

Sep 1, 2020 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 142,695

What the data shows

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 143,149 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 103.8h for positive, 71h 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 (67.3% 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 (198)

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  • You'll Never Take Me Alive! Travel to a safe holding while your Capital is infected by a Epidemic 100%
  • Divine Right Reach the maximum level of Legitimacy 97%
  • Until Death Do Us Part Marry another character 91%
  • Patronage Fund an Inspired character's Project, and receive the end result 89%
  • I Made This Loot an artifact you do not have a claim on and pass it down to your heir 75%
  • Stressful Situation Suffer from a Mental Break 68%
  • Moving up in the World Increase your Rank 62%
  • Band of Brothers Have every camp followers temperament be positive and have at least 10 camp followers 57%
  • Promised Land Permit a group of religious exiles to settle in your realm 57%
  • Stamp of Approval Starting as a character that has not passed any Exam, pass an Exam in China 53%
  • Holier Than Thou Have three Personal Tenets and 100 Spiritual Fulfillment at the same time 50%
  • Con-fed-up Form a Confederation 50%
  • Legendary! Complete a Legend 46%
  • A Thousand and One Night Orchestrate a Grand Wedding where the Spouses become Soulmates 46%
  • Crème de la Crème Reach the maximum amount of Court Grandeur 43%
  • There and Back Again Finish both tracks of the Traveler Trait 42%
  • Know Your Place Defeat a faction in a war 42%
  • Delusions of Grandeur Be at least 6 levels above your expected Court Grandeur 41%
  • Fine Print Use a hook to modify a feudal contract 39%
  • Blood of my Blood Become Blood Brothers 38%
  • Epic Paperwork Adopt the Administrative Government via Decision 38%
  • Non Nobis Domine Found a Holy Order 37%
  • The Very Best Finish any track in the Hastiluder Trait 37%
  • Rich in Diversity As a character of a Faith with Jizya or Tax Nonbelievers Doctrines, have ten Vassals of other faiths 35%
  • One of a Kind Obtain a mythological rarity artifact from an Adventurer Inspiration 35%
  • For the Faith! Take part in a successful Great Holy War, on either side 34%
  • Saint Reach the highest possible Piety Level 33%
  • The Succession is Safe Have ten living children 33%
  • Turning to Diamonds Reach the highest possible Stress level 32%
  • Dreadful Ruler Have the maximum amount of dread 32%
  • Followed by Shadows Know ten secrets simultaneously 31%
  • Upper-upper Reach the highest level of Merit 31%
  • Converging Paths Create a Hybrid Culture 31%
  • Bad Blood Go to war with one of your siblings over a Claim 30%
  • Celebrity Reach the highest possible Prestige Level 30%
  • Neverending Story Complete your ancestor's Legend after their death 29%
  • Upward Mobility Successfully claim your Liege's title while having a higher Legitimacy Level than them 29%
  • Prolific Have one hundred living dynasty members 28%
  • Flying Colors Pass all Exams with one character 28%
  • Way of Life Complete an entire Lifestyle (all three trees) 27%
  • The Emerald Isle Starting as an Irish ruler, hold the Kingdom of Ireland 27%
  • A Legacy to Last the Ages Complete an entire Dynasty Legacy 27%
  • Grand Governor Starting as landless, work your way up to becoming a Minister in China 25%
  • Can't Touch This Have an infected Barony at the maximum Epidemic Resistance 24%
  • Changing Course Create a Divergent Culture 24%
  • Cut off the Head... and the Body will Follow Successfully use the Eradicate Casus Belli against a House that you have a Feuding Relation with 24%
  • Confucian Scholar Finish the Confucian Education track and have 5 disciples 24%
  • From Rags to Riches Starting as a Count, lead your line to rule an Empire 23%
  • The True Royal Court As a vassal king to an emperor, have a higher court grandeur than they do 23%
  • A House of My Own Create a Cadet Branch of your Dynasty 22%
  • Mandate of Heaven Claim the Hegemony of China and choose a name for your new Imperial Dynasty 22%
  • An Unfortunate Accident Inherit a title from someone you murdered 22%
  • Highway of Ideas Starting as a ruler of a culture with no Silk Road Innovations, discover a Silk Road Innovation 21%
  • They Belong in a Museum Appoint a character with a completed Adventure inspiration as your Antiquarian 21%
  • It's not a Cult! Create a Faith 21%
  • Hunting Accident Succeed with the Murder Intent while on a Hunt 21%
  • Tribute Band Have 30 Tributaries 20%
  • Hoarder Have an artifact in every slot in the Inventory and Court 20%
  • Little William Marshal Win every Contest at a Grand Tournament with at least three Contests 19%
  • Pathway to Heaven With one Character, go on Pilgrimages to all of your Holy Sites 18%
  • Death Did Us Part Murder your spouse 18%
  • A Name Known Throughout the World Have your dynasty reach the highest possible Level of Splendor 17%
  • This Chinggis Everything Become the Greatest of Khans 17%
  • Ahab Succeed at a Legendary Hunt 16%
  • Paragon of Virtue Have three or more virtuous traits 16%
  • First of the Crusader Kings As a Christian North Germanic, participate in the very first crusade from the start 16%
  • A True and Perfect Knight Have a max rank Acclaimed Knight with the Warrior of the Faith Trait 15%
  • Byzywork Have five simultaneous House members as Theme governors (not including you) while not being the Emperor 15%
  • In Xanadu Build a Pleasure Dome 14%
  • Inspirational Sponsor 30 successful inspirations in one game 14%
  • True Tolerance Rule a realm containing at least 10 cultures with 95% or more acceptance of your culture 14%
  • Shut Up, Nerge Host an Excellent Nerge 14%
  • Monumental Fully upgrade a duchy capital building anywhere in your personal domain 14%
  • Pay Respects Host a Funeral for your Legend Protagonist 13%
  • Iranian Revival Take the Iranian Resurgence ending in the Iranian Intermezzo Struggle 13%
  • Not So Feudal System Use the Claim Throne scheme successfully 13%
  • Chaos is a Ladder Become a Dominant Family within Byzantium 12%
  • Iberian Hostilities End the Iberian struggle through means of force 12%
  • Polyglot Personally know 10 languages 12%
  • History's Best Friends Sleep with your best friend while having the "Ritualized Friendship" cultural tradition 11%
  • Fiscal Responsibility Fill Five Tax Collector slots with excellent Aptitude characters 11%
  • Beacon of Progress Have your culture unlock all innovations, excluding regional and culture-specific innovations 11%
  • Home See Advantage As an Archbishop, change a tenet or doctrine at an Ecumenical Council hosted in your own Cathedral 11%
  • Like No One Ever Was Finish all tracks in the Hastiluder Trait 11%
  • Despoiler of Byzantium Become the Emperor of a newly-formed Latin Empire through a Crusade 9.7%
  • Fly, My Pretty! Finish the Falconer track in the Hunter Trait 9.5%
  • In Good Estate Upgrade your Estate with a lvl 5 Villa and fill all external slots 9.5%
  • Canonized Manage to make your Legend Protagonist a Saint 9.2%
  • Yes I need, I need my Samurai Adopt Sōryō government as a Ritsuryō ruler 9.2%
  • Völva Starting and staying as a North Germanic Asatru of any kind, take the Found Witch Coven Decision 8.9%
  • Settling In Settle in the Steppe 8.9%
  • Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Capture a large wild animal while on a Hunt 8.6%
  • Rise from the Ashes Restore the Roman Empire 8.3%
  • Historically Inaccurate Choose to set out on an Adventure as a spawned Historical Character 8.2%
  • Sir Lance-a-Lot Participate in a Joust with a maxed out Horse track for the Hastiluder Trait 8.0%
  • The Andalusian Inquisition Convert all of Iberia to the Mozarabic faith 8.0%
  • Going Places As Haesteinn of Montaigu in 867, hold any Kingdom tier title 8.0%
  • Mio Cid Complete El Cid's unique content with the 'An Honorable Man' ending 7.7%
  • The Things We Do for Love Murder your lover's spouse 7.7%
  • Kingdom of Heaven As Baudouin of Jerusalem in 1178, defeat Saladin in a war 7.6%
  • The Emperor's New Clothes While holding any empire title, be naked 7.1%
  • Trapped in the Web Have strong hooks on three direct vassals 7.1%
  • Canute the Greater As an unreformed tribal, form the North Sea Empire 7.0%
  • Nobody's Business Use Overrun Realm CB and settle your people outside the Steppe 6.8%
  • Darius' Revenge As a character of Iranian Heritage, hold the Empire of Persia, Kingdom of Thessalonika, and Kingdom of Hellas 6.7%
  • Keeping it in the Family Have a child with the Inbred trait 6.7%
  • End of an Era Play until 1453 6.5%
  • Black Dinner Successfully host a Murder Feast or Bloody Wedding 6.5%
  • Far from Home As a Norse-Asatru ruler, have your capital on any island in the Indian Ocean 6.4%
  • Faster than the Fox As a Norse tribal, control the entirety of Sicily 6.4%
  • Iberian Compromise End the Iberian struggle through compromise 6.4%
  • Holidaying in Iberia Start as an uninvolved character, become involved and end the Iberian struggle 6.2%
  • Started from the Bottom now we're ERE As an Adventurer, buy an Estate in Byzantium and lead your line to become Emperors 5.8%
  • Shia Reborn Take the 'Found a New Caliphate' foundation as part of the Abbassid Humiliation ending in the Iranian Intermezzo Struggle 5.8%
  • Against the Odds Starting in 1178, Re-Establish the Theodosian Borders 5.6%
  • Basque In My Glory Embrace the Basque paganism faith during the Iberian struggle 5.5%
  • Legacy of The Campeadores Create and rule the kingdom of Valencia as an heir to El Cid 5.5%
  • Not Today Contract, and recover from, the Bubonic Plague 5.3%
  • Bloc Politics Have max cohesion in your Bloc 5.3%
  • Not Content to Serve In 1178, start as the Palaiologos and become Emperors of Byzantium 5.2%
  • Friendship Is Magic Use a friendship hook on a different-faith ruler involved in the Iberian struggle 5.2%
  • What Nepotism? Have your Dynasty rule ten independent realms of at least Kingdom tier simultaneously 5.2%
  • Birthright As a Legitimist Adventurer, win a claim war for a Kingdom or Empire 5.1%
  • Miklagarðaríki As an Asatru, hold all of the original Thessalonika, and any empire title other than Byzantium 5.1%
  • The Ummayad Strikes Back Starting as a member of the Umayyad Dynasty, hold the Empire of Arabia and the Sunni Caliphate 5.1%
  • Seductive As any one character, successfully seduce ten people 5.1%
  • Abbasid Might Take the Renew Caliphate ending in the Iranian Intermezzo Struggle 4.9%
  • Steppe by Steppe Migrate from the eastern Steppe to the western Steppe 4.9%
  • The Stallion that Mounts the World Starting as Temüjin, conquer the world 4.9%
  • Above God Have a strong hook on your Head of Faith 4.8%
  • Álmost There As Álmos Árpád, form Hungary and convert to Christianity 4.8%
  • Despotic As Co-Emperor, rule a Despotate 4.8%
  • Kings to the Seventh Generation Starting as Count Eudes of Anjou in 867, lead your Dynasty to rule the Kingdom of France 4.8%
  • The Iron and Golden King Have a capital Barony with 60+ income, a stationed 500+ Heavy Cavalry Regiment and a mine 4.6%
  • A Dangerous Business As a dwarf, win a Varangian Adventurer war anywhere outside of Europe 4.6%
  • Royal Flush As a character of a faith with the Fadaeyeen Doctrine, dispose of a Lowborn, a King and an Emperor 4.6%
  • Land of the Rus Starting as Rurik the Troublemaker in 867, lead your dynasty to rule the Empire of Russia 4.6%
  • Reconquista Starting as an Iberian Christian, convert all of Iberia to Christianity 4.6%
  • The Pharaoh Islands As a Scottish character, complete a Legend claiming your descent from Ancient Egypt 4.5%
  • The Grandest Tour Visit ten Kingdom Tier Vassals on a Grand Tour 4.3%
  • The old man of the mountain Complete Hassan-i Sabahs unique content by destroying an Empire 4.3%
  • All Your Caliphate Are Belong To Us Take the 'Dominate the Caliph' foundation as part of the Abbasid Humiliation ending in the Iranian Intermezzo Struggle 4.3%
  • Royal Dignity Starting as Vratislav Přemyslid in 1066, lead your Dynasty to rule Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire 4.3%
  • Vladimir's Second Choice As a North Germanic or Russian Asatruan of any kind, convert to any Islamic faith & convert all of Russia. 4.2%
  • High Stakes Bet a title on a strategy game match against another ruler 4.2%
  • Iberian Conciliation End the Iberian struggle by setting your differences aside 4.2%
  • The Things Love Does for Us Have a lover save you from a murder attempt 4.2%
  • Carolingian Consolidation Starting as a Karling, be the only independent Karling to hold a landed title 4.0%
  • Imperial March As an Emperor, go on an Intimidation Tour visiting all of your Powerful Vassals 4.0%
  • A.E.I.O.U. and Me Starting as the Habsburgs, rule the Archduchy of Austria, plan 5+ Grand Weddings and don't wage War 4.0%
  • Iberia or Iberia? As an Iberian culture character, control all of the Caucasian Iberia region 4.0%
  • I'm in my Element(s) Pass through every Terrain, including naval, whilst on the same Travel 3.9%
  • Rags to Riches to Rags to Riches Starting as a Count, rule an Empire, become an Adventurer, then rule an Empire again 3.9%
  • King of all the Isles As a North Germanic Asatru, control all islands in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, whilst keeping your realm size below a certain threshold 3.9%
  • Your Eternal Reward As a Regent, sucessfully coup your liege to take their Realm without War or Schemes 3.7%
  • Quantum Leap Choose a New Destiny 5 times in the same campaign 3.7%
  • Tamar Mepe As Princess Tamar, rule all of Georgia and fully Conquer Armenia and Daylam 3.7%
  • Devaraja Max out your mandala Aspect and have a Grand Temple Complex 3.7%
  • Mulct Them Dry Loot four Illustrious-Tier Vizier Extravagance Modifiers from your Vizier 3.7%
  • Servus Servorum Dei Starting as a Duke-or-lower secular ruler, or a Count-tier cleric, become the Pope 3.6%
  • Sibling Rivalry Starting as any of the Jimena siblings in 1066, become Emperor of Spain 3.6%
  • Blood Eagle Starting as any child of Ragnarr Lothbrok, conquer all of the British Isles 3.4%
  • Where There's a Will Demand Church Succession from another ruler, then murder them and inherit their lands 3.4%
  • New Management, same as the Old Management As an Islamic Sultanate of Rum, adopt Administrative Government while owning Constantinople 3.4%
  • Fishing in China Starting as Jarl Hæsteinn in 867, become Hegemon of China 3.4%
  • Sword of Japan Starting as the Chrysanthemum Throne, restore direct imperial rule 3.4%
  • Daits How You Do It Found the Dai Viet Empire 3.4%
  • How it's done, done, done Take the Unite the Husamguk decision 3.3%
  • Humble Beginnings As a Wanua ruler, adopt Mandala government through your Suzerain, and build a Capital Complex 3.3%
  • Local Legend As a Count, complete a Mythical Legend 3.1%
  • It's OK, I Got a Permit As a non-Powerful family, buy a Remit and successfully Raid the Estate of a Powerful Family 3.0%
  • Shōgun Become Shōgun, holding the Empire of Japan, as Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1178 3.0%
  • Give a Dog a Bone Starting as Matilda di Canossa in 1066, rule Italy, have 50 Dynasty members, and found a Holy Order 3.0%
  • A Knight's Tale Have one of your Lowborn Knights win a Grand Tournament Joust, then land them 2.8%
  • Last Count, First King Starting as Duke Nuño of Portucale in 1066, form Portugal 2.8%
  • Bod Chen Po As a member of the Pugyel Dynasty, re-create the Empire of Tibet 2.7%
  • Beta Israel Starting and staying as a Jewish ruler in East Africa, rule a Kingdom and diverge your culture 2.7%
  • The Heavenly Kingdom Claim the Mandate of Heaven as the Head of Faith of a Christian faith 2.7%
  • Saga in Stone As any one dynasty, commission a hundred rune stones 2.7%
  • Norman Yoke Starting as William in 1066, win the Invasion, become English, and have only English vassals 2.7%
  • Seven Holy Cities As a Hindu ruler, hold all seven Hindu Holy Sites at the same time 2.7%
  • Turkish Eagle As the Seljuk Count in Samosata, form Rum and create a Hybrid Culture between Oghuz and Greek 2.5%
  • Brave and Bold As the Piasts in 867, rule a Feudal Poland and own a Famed+ regalia, crown, weapon, and armor 2.5%
  • A Living God on Earth As a Mandala ruler, have a Godlike level of piety, rule an empire, and have 100 radiance 2.4%
  • Rise of the Ghurids Starting as the Duke of Ghur in 867 or 1066, conquer the borders of the historical Ghurid Empire 2.2%
  • Frankokratia As a French Catholic, hold the Kingdom of Thessalonika without being vassalised to Byzantium 2.2%
  • Father's best side Enshrine a relic taken from a saint of your own family in a Holy Site your Dynasty founded 2.1%
  • Lingua Franca Have every Royal Court speak your Court Language 2.1%
  • Wily as the Fox Starting as Robert the Fox in 1066, rule Sicily, hold a Greek Kingdom, and convert it to Catholicism 2.1%
  • Al-Andalus Starting as an Iberian Muslim, control Iberia and take the Avenge the Battle of Tours decision 1.9%
  • The Two Swords Have both the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope as your Puppets at the same time 1.9%
  • Cardinal Sin Starting as a non-Clergy ruler, have five members of your dynasty as Cardinals at the same time 1.9%
  • Nobody Comes to Fika With the County of Fika as your primary title, diverge your culture and spread it to 30 Counties 1.9%
  • Mother of us All Starting as Daurama Daura, have your line reform an African faith, and convert all of Africa to it 1.8%
  • A Perfect Circle Have only two distinct parents, grandparents, and great grandparents 1.5%
  • Papal Bull Make your Puppet Pope sleep with your spouse 1.3%
  • Guido's Guiding Light Starting as Archbishop Guido of Milan, become Antipope and make the Ambrosian Rite the mainline rite 1.0%
  • The Father, the Son, and the Holy Grandson As a Theocrat, establish a Dynasty and hold an Archbishopric for three generations 1.0%
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