Company of Heroes 3
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (71%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 2 (41%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- At least 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The First Step” (Complete Mission Zero): only 62% of starters get there.
- Only 68% 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 40,770 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 52.2h for positive, 55.9h 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 (67.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The First Step Complete Mission Zero Most players quit here 62% −38
- The Second Step Complete Calabria 76% +14
- The Way Forward Decide where to go after Salerno 56% −19
- El Alamost Complete the North Africa Operation ≥30% −26
story milestone ending (most common 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
- 0K Complete a Mission or Skirmish without losing a Squad 100%
- It Always Leads Me Here Win a Multiplayer or Skirmish match 92%
- You're Missing The Point Complete a Mission or Skirmish without reinforcing a Squad 78%
- The Second Step Complete Calabria 76%
- The First Step Complete Mission Zero 62%
- Company Commander V3 Use Battlegroup Abilities 100 times 59%
- Full Stop Issue an order in Tactical Pause 57%
- The Way Forward Decide where to go after Salerno 56%
- Fan Of Support Purchase a Detachment 54%
- No Quarter Win a Multiplayer or Skirmish match without losing a Victory Point ticket 44%
- But Still They Lead Me Back Win 25 Multiplayer or Skirmish matches 34%
- Historical Reparation Save Monte Cassino 30%
- El Alamost Complete the North Africa Operation 30%
- Gustav Breaker Break the Gustav Line 28%
- Anniehilator Silence Anzio Annie 28%
- Hot Dog! Complete the Italy Campaign 23%
- Gung Ho Gain 100% loyalty with Buckram 22%
- Slow And Steady Gain 100% loyalty with Norton 16%
- Master Of Full Stops Issue 500 orders in Tactical Pause 9.5%
- Volturno Breaker Break the Volturno Line 9.2%
- Terra Nostra Gain 100% loyalty with Valenti 8.9%
- Lest We Forget Collect all Soldier Stories 8.7%
- Heroic Stand Earn a gold medal. 7.6%
- Impenetrable Earn a gold medal without losing any Outposts. 6.4%
- Carnage Kill 1,000 enemy units. 6.4%
- Decapitation Kill a boss squad before killing any other squad in the wave. 5.0%
- Defensive Line Earn a medal on 5 different maps. 4.6%
- United Front Earn a medal in co-op mode. 4.3%
- Tactical Supremacy Activate 20 player abilities in a Final Stand match. 3.7%
- Wehrmacht Mastery Earn 3000 Perk Points as Germans. 1.8%
- Sweet Victory Heal a unit with ice cream 1.6%
- Overwhelming Numbers Reach 150 population. 1.5%
- US Forces Mastery Earn 3000 Perk Points as Americans. 1.3%
- British Forces Mastery Earn 3000 Perk Points as British. 1.2%
- Afrikakorps Mastery Earn 3000 Perk Points as Afrikakorps. 1.0%
- The Cover-up Uncover a conspiracy 0.7%