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Age of Wonders III
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 64% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 13,340
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 35h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 64% 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 13,397 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 221 reviews: 42.8h for positive, 3.8h 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 (63.5% 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 (74)
story milestone ending side
- First Blood Win a tactical battle 100%
- Adventurer Complete a quest 93%
- Settling Down Found an outpost 73%
- Seaworthy Embark a unit 70%
- Siege Master Win a siege battle 69%
- Caster Have 50 casting points on your leader 65%
- Treasure Raider Clear an exploration site 64%
- Friend of Monsters Acquire a dwelling 55%
- Seasoned Promote a unit to gold 55%
- Rogue's Triumph Win any level with the Rogue leader class 49%
- Best Friends Forever Form an alliance 46%
- Mama? Hatch an egg 46%
- Paradise City Produce all city-upgrades in a single city 46%
- Represent Create a custom leader 41%
- Silver Tongue Acquire an independent town through diplomacy 39%
- Talent Scout Recruit 3 heroes in a single game 38%
- Scorched Earth Raze or plunder a town 27%
- Protector of the Light Get a pure good alignment 26%
- Well Equipped Fill all equipment slots on a single leader or hero 26%
- Scholar Research all skills in a single game 25%
- Blacksmith Create an item in the item forge 24%
- Archdruid's Triumph Win any level with the Archdruid leader class 21%
- Cold as Ice Freeze an enemy unit 21%
- Mystical City Build a city specialization upgrade 20%
- To Heal a Frozen Heart Kill a frozen enemy 19%
- Join Me in Death Recruit a Necromancer hero 19%
- First!! Complete an empire quest 18%
- Dreadnought's Triumph Win any level with the Dreadnought leader class 18%
- Fortune's Favor Maximize a unit's luck 17%
- Theocrat's Triumph Win any level with the Theocrat leader class 17%
- You Work for Me Now Force the AI to surrender to you 17%
- Mine Crafted 16%
- Master of the Unknown Win a random scenario 16%
- Overlord Get a pure evil alignment 15%
- Dedicated Monogamist Max out the race governance for one race in a single game 15%
- Sorcerer's Triumph Win any level with the Sorcerer leader class 15%
- Warlord's Triumph Win any level with the Warlord leader class 14%
- Challenger Start an online game 14%
- Fourteenth Bloodline Obtain a Naga dwelling 12%
- Party Pooper Use throw filth on an enemy 11%
- Living in a Ghost Town Animate a ruined town 11%
- Who Wants to Live Forever Research Harbingers of Death 11%
- Deep Friendships Obtain a Reef Colony 11%
- Don't Fear the Reaper Summon a Dread Reaper 10%
- Liberator Liberate an oppressed enemy city via a betrayal event 10%
- Necromancer's Triumph Win any level with the Necromancer leader class 9.0%
- Taste of Victory Win an online game 8.8%
- Kittens Everywhere Have six Tigran cities in a single game 8.3%
- Winter Has Come Win any level with a Frostling leader 8.3%
- Rebel of the Elven Court Win as Elven Court defector 8.2%
- Cats Rule Everything Win any level with a Tigran leader 8.0%
- Elephant Whisperer Befriend an elephant 7.9%
- Keep the Faith Win any level with a Keeper of Peace leader 7.4%
- Lady of Light Summon an Arch Angel 7.4%
- Lady of Darkness Summon a Fallen Angel 7.2%
- Shadowfall Win any level with a Shadowborn leader 7.1%
- Community Member Play a user created map 6.9%
- Lady of Justice Summon a Chthonic Guardian 6.6%
- Iron Sky Win any level with a Grey Guard leader 6.5%
- Power Unleashed Win any level by claiming a seal victory 6.5%
- Rebel of the Commonwealth Win as Commonwealth defector 6.3%
- The Importance of Being Ernest Win the campaign for the Golden Realm 6.1%
- Interracial Harmony Max out the race governance for three races in a single game 6.1%
- Master of Eternal Magic Win the Eternal Lords Campaign for the Shadowborn 5.7%
- Champion of the Commonwealth Win the campaign for the Commonwealth 5.5%
- Champion of the Elven Court Win the campaign for the Elven Court 5.5%
- For Whom the Bell Tolls Kill a leader with Invoke Death 5.5%
- Going Postal Participate in a PBEM game 5.4%
- Great Unifier Win a unifier victory 5.2%
- Master of Eternal Winter Win the Eternal Lords Campaign for the Frostlings 5.2%
- Champion of Wonders Win 10 online games 5.0%
- Master of Eternal Silence Win the Eternal Lords campaign for the Undead 4.9%
- V-Mail Win a PBEM game 4.9%
- Grand Master of Wonders Win 30 online games 4.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.