Norland
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 15h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Emperor”: only 17% of starters get there.
- Only 26% 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 10,642 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 30.5h for positive, 17.3h 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 (25.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Emperor Win the game by becoming the Emperor of Norland. Most players quit here 17% −83
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- Winner Win 10 battles. 100%
- Big City Reach a population of 100 people. 95%
- Head of State Create your own kingdom or City Alliance. 91%
- RUTABAGA! Collect 1000 Rutabagas. 58%
- Trader Earn 500 gold in a day from trade contracts. 56%
- Wolf Hammer Survive a wolf pack attack. 56%
- Long-liver Survive for 50 days. 54%
- Big Library Collect 50 different books. 39%
- Dead Bishop Kill a bishop, for God's sake! 35%
- Unlucky Hunter The king died while hunting. 28%
- Survivor with Scars Survive a smallpox epidemic. 26%
- Emperor Win the game by becoming the Emperor of Norland. 17%
- Commonwealth of Cultures Your noble family must have lords of all 4 cultures. 13%
- Great Scholar A lord must read 10 level 3 books. 13%
- Cruel Tyrant Execute 25 innocent characters. 12%
- Horde Hammer Defeat the Unholy Horde. 4.3%
- Lone Hero Destroy a forest bandit camp with a single king. 3.5%
- In the Name of Sophia Starting from day 20, all your peasants in the city are fanatics. 2.3%
- Great Lord A lord must reach level 20 in three skills. 2.3%
- Blind Fury A blind lord must win a duel. 1.6%
- Family of Bastards Starting from day 20, all lords must be bastards. 1.2%
- Long Live the King Starting from day 20, all your peasants in the city are loyalists. 0.8%
- Nectar Paradise Starting from day 20, all your peasants in the city are nectar addicts. 0.4%
- Henry VIII The king must marry 6 wives and kill 2 of them. 0.4%
- Lone Genius Become an emperor while playing only as one king. 0.4%