Battle Cry of Freedom
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 43% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 2,542 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 8.2h for positive, 1.5h 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 (43.4% 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 (27)
story milestone ending side
- Modify Gear Modify your troop's gear 100%
- Modding Support Play as a Modded Troop 78%
- Play Instrument Play an Instrument 71%
- Modify Troop Loadout Modify your Troops starting weapons in the Profile Menu 65%
- Gatling go brrrrrrrr Use a Gatling Gun 39%
- This is my country! Play as Militia 34%
- Lazy git Sit down on a Chair or Bench 33%
- Engineer Build 5 Constructibles 24%
- Sniper Kill 100 enemies with a gun 20%
- Surrender Surrender to the enemy 19%
- Long Shot Kill someone with a pistol at 75 meters or more 18%
- Beat 'em up Kill someone with your fists 16%
- Puppet Master Get 2000 kills in commander battle game modes 16%
- Give them the bayonet! Kill 100 enemies in melee 16%
- Medic Heal a teammate 11%
- Timber Kill someone by dropping a tree on him 9.7%
- They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance Kill someone with a rifle at 150 meters or more 9.2%
- Make a Map Use the Scene Editor to make a Map 7.8%
- Gunner Kill 100 enemies with cannon balls 5.8%
- Rifled Artillery Kill someone with a cannon ball at 300 meters or more 5.3%
- Grand Campaign Win 100 rounds/maps 3.7%
- One Man Army Kill 500 enemies 3.2%
- Ol' Sawbones Heal for 1000 hitpoints 2.5%
- Over the cliff and far away Kill someone by pushing them 2.5%
- Hooves of Fury Kill 50 players by crushing them with your horse 1.6%
- Mounted Menace Kill 500 players from horseback 1.2%
- Resuscitation Specialist Revive 50 teammates 1.2%