Lords and Villeins

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 983 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 28h for positive, 14h 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 (23.9% 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 (50)

• Nice Day For Fishing Ain't It? Fish 1000 fish. 100%
• May I Keep It? Please! Obtain an animal. 95%
• Ownership Is Subjective Seize any resource from a family. 90%
• Why We Build The Wall Build 1000 walls. 80%
• Apple Kingdom Harvest 1500 apples. 54%
• Background Scenery Replace the menu background with a custom save file. 51%
• I Am The (K)night Assign a Night Guard 48%
• Pear Pressure Harvest 1500 pears. 45%
• Mutually Beneficial Assign Zone to 100 families. 39%
• Crown Pleaser Increase relationship with the royals. 36%
• Traveling Salesman Be visited by 100 caravans 34%
• The Enemy Is Poverty Grant 5 gold to a family. 34%
• Who Can Feed This Many? Obtain 100 animals. 31%
• You Don't Belong Here Exile a family. 29%
• Not This Time Dismantle an oppositon group. 29%
• Royal Concerns Lose relationhip with the royals. 26%
• Best Fruit Is My Fruit Plant 25 fruit trees of each type on a single farm. 25%
• Stop! You Violated the Law! Use the ruling action to send a villager to prison. 24%
• A Artisan Cause Accept an artisan family and have them stay for 60 days. 23%
• Thy Faith Shalt Be Strong Host a Sunday Service 10 times. 22%
• Seat At The Table Have all positions of the high council assigned. 16%
• We Have Work And They Have None Accept 100 families. 15%
• This Should Scare Them Execute a prisoner. 14%
• At Your Service Enlist 50 servants. 13%
• Be Creative! Build decorations. 13%
• Enemy From Within Discover an opposition group. 13%
• Mighty and Glorious Succesfuly complete the campaign. 13%
• For The People Positively respond to 50 council requests. 12%
• Strong Resolve Negatively respond to 50 council requests. 11%
• Next Round Is On Me! Have 50 beer barrels in stock. 11%
• Settle Them All Allow visiting family of each profession to settle at least once 10%
• Check Mate! Have 8 peasants, a bishop, cavalry regiment and two guard posts. 10%
• You Again? Arrest the same person twice 10%
• Thou Shalt Have Faith Send 50 villagers to clergy. 9.6%
• It's Getting Cosy Here Host a Sunday Service With 100 attendants 8.8%
• Bear With Me Kill 25 bears. 8.8%
• Secured Lineage Successfuly bargain a marriage deal with another noble family. 7.9%
• Forbidden Love Refuse to give villagers a permission to marry. 7.5%
• What Are You Hiding? Gather intelligence report 15 times. 7.1%
• Tax and Glory Have a maximum relationship with the royalty. 7.1%
• Dedicated To Faith Have 50 novices initiated as monks. 5.4%
• There Is Nowei Have a total population of 250 or more 5.4%
• Praise The Ruler Execute a successful propaganda. 5.0%
• The Future Is Bright Reach 10th year of any settlement. 4.2%
• World Is A Dark Place Execute a teenager. 4.2%
• In Bad Faith Execute a failed propaganda. 3.8%
• The War Is Never Won Send 10 regiments to war. 3.8%
• Don't Mess With Them Train a weapon mastery on 50 soldiers. 3.8%
• Cavalry Is Here! Equip 25 horses with horseshoes and horse saddles. 3.8%
• Your Soul Be Blessed Perform blessing on 50 soldiers. 3.3%