Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 15h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 79% of owners got the first achievement.
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 16,043 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 32.7h for positive, 4h 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 (78.9% 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 (38)
story milestone ending side
- Conqueror Capture a city 100%
- Economical Guru Collect 1,000,000 resources 45%
- Big Huge Win on a Big Huge Map 44%
- Generous Send resources to an ally 42%
- Archaeologist Collect 5,000 resources from ruins 41%
- Ambassador Finish a multiplayer game 39%
- Colonel Win 10 games 36%
- Genius Research 4 finals in game 36%
- Territory Win Territory 33%
- Wonder Win Wonder 29%
- Armageddon Finish a game in Armageddon 23%
- Brigadier Win 25 games 20%
- Marco Polo Gain control of 250 rare resources 13%
- General Win 50 games 11%
- Supreme Complete the World Map Campaign 8.7%
- Knockout Knockout in Sudden Death 8.1%
- Footsteps Complete the Alexander the Great Campaign 6.1%
- Field Marshal Win 100 games 5.7%
- Assassin Win Assassin 5.3%
- Grand Architect Build 10,000 buildings 5.1%
- Student Of War Beat Tougher 5.1%
- Master Of War Beat Toughest 4.8%
- New World Complete the New World Campaign 4.8%
- Thawed Complete the Cold War Campaign 4.6%
- Napoleon Complete the Napoleon Campaign 3.8%
- Tactical Kill 50,000 units 3.7%
- Decon Destroy 10,000 buildings 3.2%
- Science Nerd Win Peaceful Tech Race 3.2%
- Skilled Get a high score on any skill 2.4%
- Good Ear Win Musical Chairs 1.9%
- Air Train 10,000 air units 1.8%
- KGB Spymaster Complete Espionage as the Soviets 1.6%
- CIA Spymaster Complete Espionage as the USA 1.5%
- Sacrificer Lose 100,000 units 1.3%
- Artillery Train 50,000 artillery units 0.9%
- Naval Train 25,000 naval units 0.9%
- Mass Infantry Train 1,000,000 infantry units 0.8%
- Mass Cavalry Train 1,000,000 cavalry units 0.6%