RPGSimulationStrategyFree To Play
Crusader Kings II
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 15% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 73,893
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 35h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 14% 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 74,047 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 72.2h for positive, 2.2h 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 (14.5% 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 (161)
story milestone ending side
- THE_MARRIAGE_GAME 100%
- FULL_HOUSE 68%
- ROYAL_BLOOD 51%
- ALWAYS_BET_ON_DUKE 50%
- DEATH_DO_US_PART 50%
- CRUSADER 48%
- ONE_IS_NOT_AMUSED 46%
- YOU_OWE_ME 43%
- TYPHOID_MARY 41%
- TURBULENT_PRIEST 39%
- FOLLOW_ME 39%
- GOOD_TO_BE_KING 39%
- NO_SOLICITORS 38%
- WERE_IN_BUSINESS 38%
- HOSPITABLE 37%
- PAY_TO_WIN 37%
- PARAGON_OF_VIRTUE 37%
- PILGRIM 37%
- STARGAZER 36%
- EXALTED_AMONG_MEN 35%
- NOT_A_TRIBE 33%
- DRAGON_BLOOD 32%
- CELEBRITY 30%
- IN_THE_FAMILY 28%
- TO_MECCA 28%
- NEW_WAYS 26%
- SOMEONE_PAID_TO_WIN 26%
- DIVINE_BLOOD 25%
- BETTER_BE_EMPEROR 24%
- MERCHANT_PRINCE 23%
- SAINT 23%
- AN_HONEST_MISTAKE 23%
- A_NORMAN_YOKE 23%
- A_POPE_OF_MY_OWN 23%
- BRING_IT_ON 23%
- DOGE_ELECT 21%
- THE_YES_MEN 21%
- BY_THE_GODS 21%
- DARK_LORD 19%
- SNIPPED_OFF_TO_CHINA 19%
- UNITED_THE_KINGDOMS 19%
- APTLY_NAMED 18%
- CASANOVA 18%
- FROM_SERVANT_TO_SAINT 18%
- I_GOT_BETTER 18%
- ALL_THREE_POPES 17%
- SAXON_BLOOD 17%
- CRUSADER_KING 17%
- OFF_WITH_THEIR_HEADS 17%
- VIKING_RAIDER 17%
- DESIDERATA 16%
- GREAT_HUNTER 16%
- LETS_PLAY 16%
- OVER_YOUR_DEAD_BODY 16%
- CHILD_OF_THE_DRAGON 15%
- CLOSE_CALL 15%
- HARD_RULER 15%
- HOLY_AND_ROMAN 15%
- I_DO_NOT_PLAY_CHESS 15%
- LEGACY_OF_ROME 15%
- PENTARCH 15%
- RES_PUBLICA 15%
- THE_HOLY_PLACES 15%
- ZERO_TO_HERO 15%
- BEYOND_THE_INDUS 15%
- BLESSED_REIGN_IN_AFRICA 15%
- DREAM_HOME 14%
- I_CAN_SEE_ITS_STRIPES 14%
- PRESTER_JOHN 14%
- RUSSKAYA_PRAVDA 14%
- VENETIAN_GUILE 14%
- A_CURIOUS_TRINKET 13%
- SURVIVOR 13%
- SCARRRRRRED_FOR_LIFE 12%
- SEVEN_CENTURIES 12%
- THERE_CAN_BE_ONLY_ONE 12%
- AND_STAY_OUT 12%
- BLACK_WIDOW 12%
- BRINGS_BENEFIT 12%
- DWARF_FORTRESS 12%
- FRISIAN_COAST 12%
- KINGDOM_OF_DAVID 12%
- LITTLE_BROTHER 12%
- LOVE_IS_A_BATTLEFIELD 12%
- PERSISTENT_SURVIVOR 12%
- SPQR 12%
- THE_OUTSIDE_BET 12%
- BY_JUPITER 11%
- DECADENT_WARRIOR 11%
- EMPRESSIVE 11%
- FROM_THE_ASHES 11%
- I_AM_THE_LAW 11%
- PAGAN_FURY 11%
- SAINT_THOMAS_DREAM 11%
- TRADE_EMPIRE 11%
- WISE_GUY 11%
- BIRTHRIGHT 10%
- CALIPHATE_STRIKES_BACK 10%
- EMPIRE_OF_THE_SUN 10%
- ETERNITY_DENIED 10%
- FAMILY_BLISS 10%
- GOT_LAND 10%
- HOLY_SMOKE 10%
- JIHAD_SULTAN 10%
- LOOKING_EAST_AND_WEST 10%
- MANY_ARROWS 10%
- MUDSLINGER 10%
- MY_VERY_OWN_SUBCONTINENT 10%
- PAX_MONGOLICA 10%
- PEACE_IN_OUR_TIME 10%
- RED_SEA_RESORT 10%
- RUN_WITH_THE_WOLF 10%
- SAXONS_UNITE 10%
- THE_BRITISH_RAJ 10%
- VIKING_UMMAH 10%
- BLACK_BISHOP 9.7%
- BLACK_POPE 9.7%
- BLOODY_LINE 9.7%
- GREAT_INDIAN_SULTANATE 9.7%
- IRON_CROWN 9.7%
- KALI_MAAA 9.7%
- KHAN_OF_KHANS 9.7%
- LEGLISE_CEST_MOI 9.7%
- LETS_GO_OUT_INTO_THE_FIELD 9.7%
- MEDIEVAL_SCHLIEFFEN 9.7%
- NOT_SO_BAD 9.7%
- PAPAL_MACHE 9.7%
- PRODIGIOUS_FIVE 9.7%
- WHAT_SCHISM 9.7%
- ALADDIN 9.0%
- ASIAN_LAND_WAR 9.0%
- A_SERVANT_NO_MORE 9.0%
- BAPTISM_OF_RUS 9.0%
- BON_APPETIT 9.0%
- CHECH_LECH_AND_RUS 9.0%
- DEUS_VULT 9.0%
- GOOD_OLD_DAYS 9.0%
- GO_WEST_YOUNG_MONGOL 9.0%
- HEATHENOUS_WAYS 9.0%
- HISTORY_IS_IN_MY_BLOOD 9.0%
- LEGACY_INDO_NORSE 9.0%
- LORD_OF_THE_FLIES 9.0%
- NORSE_EAST 9.0%
- RISE_OF_CIVILIZATION 9.0%
- SHADOW_PRINCE 9.0%
- SMASH_PATRIARCHY 9.0%
- STEPPE_BY_STEPPE 9.0%
- SWORD_PLOUGHSHARE 9.0%
- TEN_THRONES 9.0%
- THE_CONQUEROR 9.0%
- TURK_BUSINESS 9.0%
- UNWELCOME_VISITORS 9.0%
- VASCO_DA_GAMA 9.0%
- WHITE_HUN 9.0%
- DEFENDER_OF_THE_HOLY_SEPULCHRE 8.3%
- FAMILY_FIRST 8.3%
- HEADHUNTER 8.3%
- NOT_SO_GREAT 8.3%
- SAKYA_TRIZIN 8.3%
- UNDER_THE_POWER_OF_THE_ETERNAL_HEAVEN 8.3%
- WHAT_COULD_HAVE_BEEN 8.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.