Strategy
War Hospital
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 79% of owners
Steam reviews 61% positive of 1,303
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 15h it's almost 1 in 3 (30%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 79% 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 1,312 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 16.9h for positive, 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 (79.3% 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 (29)
- No rest for the exhausted Successfully finish the operation with Doctor Close to Collapse without him collapsing 100%
- Ashes to Ashes Take care of the children 73%
- Esprit de corps Reach above 95% Morale 53%
- Surgical Specialization Construct Surgical Ward Enhancement II 49%
- Cannon Fodder Let 100 patients die 43%
- Chemical Specialization Construct Chemical Ward Enhancement II 41%
- Trauma Specialization Construct Trauma Ward Enhancement II 41%
- Doing all you can Finish Any Chapter Healing as many Patients as possible 39%
- Old man and the P14 Help the old man track the convoys. 36%
- Spy Games Finish spyhunt 33%
- Practice makes perfect Have Doctor with 3 positive traits 32%
- A Man of the People Construct all Housing Improvements 31%
- Lovestruck Help lovers escape father's wrath 26%
- Boy Scout Construct all Scouting Improvements 24%
- Little dorothy Find the missing girl 24%
- The best in the entire front Construct all Healing Improvements 24%
- Micromanagement Finish chapter 1 without Shift System Improvement. 23%
- Friend in the Hood Help Friar Tuck 23%
- Fully Operational Construct all Production Improvements. 21%
- Dr Jekyll Finish chapter 1 being perceived as Humanitarian. 18%
- Have some air Use Oxygen Inhalation on Tier 3 Chemical Wounded 10%
- Perfectly Balanced Finish any chapter having no leaning. 9.3%
- Do be his madness there is method in it? Allow Witch Doctor to finish his reaserch 6.8%
- Help with the pain Grant mercy to German Officer 5.7%
- Cause a Full Belly Is a Righteous Belly! Have Nutritious Rations set for 7 days. 4.3%
- It will cost you an arm and a leg Use Amputation on 50 Patients 2.0%
- Time Is the Simplest Thing Help the village reach first evacuation site in time 1.9%
- Mr Hyde Finish Chapter 2 being perceived as Ruthless. 1.8%
- I grant you the rank of Major Gain all achivements 0.6%
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