Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 5h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Vanquisher of Robots” (Complete the first biome) and “Through the Darkness” (Complete the second biome): from 87% to 54% of starters.
- 97% 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 3,402 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 8.5h for positive, 3.8h 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 (96.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Vanquisher of Robots Complete the first biome 87% −13
- Through the Darkness Complete the second biome Most players quit here 54% −32
- Great Hero Complete the campaign 38% −17
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Good start! Complete Level 1 100%
- Vanquisher of Robots Complete the first biome 87%
- Knowledge is Power Help the scientist with the T-virus 59%
- Through the Darkness Complete the second biome 54%
- Party Have 20 humans with different items on one team 52%
- No Mercy Process 13 humans in the Sacrificial Pit 47%
- Last Man Standing This achievement will find YOU! 43%
- Catch Jonathan_tostar Help the Ripper with his problem 42%
- Fat of the Earth Have a human with over 5000 health 40%
- Great Hero Complete the campaign 38%
- He's Seen It All Upgrade a Fencer to the max level 36%
- Rookie Win 1 battle in King of the Hill 35%
- Frugal Buy 9 items at a discount 35%
- Feed a God Bring Murgle some cabbage 34%
- Impossible Cube Help assemble a damage-absorbing cube 28%
- The Return of a Rat Bring the piper his pet back 27%
- Campaigning Post leaflets around the dungeon 18%
- Honorary Cultist Finish the campaign with a maxed out Cultist combo 17%
- Bring back the bot Get the console working 15%
- Assemble a Meganewbie Take newbies to the abyss 15%
- Holy Vengeance Help the talking sword get vengeance 15%
- Great Flight Fly using an inventor's apparatus 15%
- Strength and Sorcery Have all kinds of Fencers and Mages on your team 15%
- To the Moon and Back Complete the Moon Hermit's quest 13%
- Brain and Brawn Have all kinds of Eggheads and Fighters on your team 12%
- Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru Have a Legendary Fencer, Shooter, Fighter, and Mage on your team 12%
- Zombie Lover Give a zombie a pipe ride 11%
- Soldier Win 10 battles in King of the Hill 10%
- Experimentalist Collect all maximum-level class combinations 8.7%
- Wide Selection Unlock all starter kits 8.1%
- Android Power Finish the campaign with Darkus on the team 6.5%
- Shopaholic Buy 99 items at a discount 4.3%
- Full House Have 46 humans with different items on one team 3.1%
- Munchkin Unlock all mutations 2.5%
- Vet Win 100 battles in King of the Hill 0.7%
- Real Achiever Unlock all achievements 0.4%