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Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 31% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 36,334
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 31% 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 36,447 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 50h for positive, 27.5h 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 (30.8% 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 (70)
story milestone ending side
- Defeat the Soldier Defeat 1 AI opponent single handedly! 100%
- Ruler of Knowledge Complete the Learn to Play campaign 61%
- Annihilation Kill 10000 units in battle 55%
- Remember the Fallen Lose 5000 units in battle 52%
- Ruler of the Trident Complete the Fall of the Trident campaign 45%
- Stone and Steel Complete 100 Fortress type buildings 45%
- Demolition Destroy 2000 buildings in battle 40%
- Master of Supremacy Be victorious in 10 Supremacy games 39%
- Ruler of Atlantis Complete the New Atlantis campaign 33%
- Ruler of Gold Complete the Golden Gift campaign 31%
- Master of Conquest Be victorious in 10 Conquest games 24%
- Defeat the Squad Defeat 2 AI opponents single handedly! 22%
- Foe of Zeus Defeat Zeus 10 times! 21%
- Foe of Hades Defeat Hades 10 times! 20%
- Foe of Isis Defeat Isis 10 times! 20%
- Foe of Ra Defeat Ra 10 times! 20%
- Time to Rebuild Lose 1000 buildings in battle 20%
- Foe of Oranos Defeat Oranos 10 times! 20%
- Foe of Thor Defeat Thor 10 times! 20%
- Foe of Kronos Defeat Kronos 10 times! 19%
- Foe of Poseidon Defeat Poseidon 10 times! 19%
- Foe of Loki Defeat Loki 10 times! 19%
- Foe of Odin Defeat Odin 10 times! 19%
- Foe of Set Defeat Set 10 times! 18%
- Foe of Gaia Defeat Gaia 10 times! 18%
- Creating a Masterpiece Complete 10 Wonders 17%
- Horror Unleashed Complete 25 Titans 16%
- Defeat the Troop Defeat 3 AI opponents single handedly! 15%
- Leader of the Fearless Host 25 multiplayer games 15%
- Ruler of Dragons Complete the Tale of the Dragon campaign 14%
- Commander of Zeus Lead Zeus to victory 10 times! 14%
- Supremacy Certified Play 100 Supremacy games 13%
- Commander of Hades Lead Hades to victory 10 times! 12%
- Foe of Fu Xi Defeat Fu Xi 10 times! 11%
- Commander of Loki Lead Loki to victory 10 times! 11%
- Foe of Nü Wa Defeat Nü Wa 10 times! 11%
- Foe of Shennong Defeat Shennong 10 times! 11%
- Hour of Alpacas Participate in Alpaca Hour 9.1%
- Commander of Isis Lead Isis to victory 10 times! 9.1%
- Commander of Oranos Lead Oranos to victory 10 times! 9.1%
- Commander of Gaia Lead Gaia to victory 10 times! 8.8%
- Aimless Wonderer Play 100 random map games 8.4%
- Defeat the Horde Defeat 11 AI opponents single handedly! 8.4%
- Conquest Certified Play 100 Conquest games 8.1%
- Commander of Kronos Lead Kronos to victory 10 times! 8.1%
- Commander of Poseidon Lead Poseidon to victory 10 times! 8.1%
- Commander of Thor Lead Thor to victory 10 times! 8.1%
- Defeat the Platoon Defeat 4 AI opponents single handedly! 7.8%
- Commander of Odin Lead Odin to victory 10 times! 7.5%
- Commander of Ra Lead Ra to victory 10 times! 7.1%
- Defeat the Company Defeat 5 AI opponents single handedly! 6.8%
- Defeat the Battalion Defeat 6 AI opponents single handedly! 6.2%
- Master of Deathmatch Be victorious in 10 Deathmatch games 5.8%
- Defeat the Army Defeat 10 AI opponents single handedly! 5.8%
- Eradicator of the Machine Be victorious against 100 AI opponents 5.8%
- Commander of Set Lead Set to victory 10 times! 5.8%
- Defeat the Regiment Defeat 7 AI opponents single handedly! 5.5%
- Defeat the Brigade Defeat 8 AI opponents single handedly! 5.5%
- Defeat the Division Defeat 9 AI opponents single handedly! 5.5%
- Master of Lightning Be victorious in 10 Lightning games 5.2%
- Commander of Nü Wa Lead Nü Wa to victory 10 times! 4.9%
- Champion of the Community Be victorious in 100 online games 4.2%
- Commander of Fu Xi Lead Fu Xi to victory 10 times! 4.2%
- Commander of Shennong Lead Shennong to victory 10 times! 4.2%
- One Among the Eager Play 50 quickmatch games 3.6%
- Master of Treaty Be victorious in 10 Treaty games 3.6%
- Deathmatch Certified Play 100 Deathmatch games 2.6%
- Lightning Certified Play 100 Lightning games 2.6%
- One Among the Flock Play 1000 online games 2.3%
- Treaty Certified Play 100 Treaty games 2.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.