CasualIndieSimulationStrategy
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 1,479
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 83% 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 1,493 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.9h for positive, 1.9h 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 (83.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (24)
- The Stone Age Upgrade a tower to stone 100%
- The Iron Age Own a command tower with 5 floors 82%
- Ursee Inhabitant Complete the tutorial 73%
- Expansionism Own a 2nd outpost 68%
- Industrialist Reach a single resource extractor output of 20 46%
- Battle Ready Eliminate 10 enemy units in one session 46%
- Naval Powerhouse Have 10 Captains within your retinue at one time 43%
- For Peace and Stability! Reach a Freehouse population of 2500 38%
- Ursee Town Own 50 towers within one settlement 37%
- Battle Experienced Eliminate 50 enemy units in one session 31%
- Skyscraper Own a command tower with 14 floors 30%
- Battle Hardened Eliminate 100 enemy units in one session 26%
- Industry Leader Own 10 operational resource extractors within one settlement 23%
- Ursee City Own 100 towers within one settlement 20%
- Battlement Powerhouse Have 10 Commanders within your retinue at one time 18%
- No Area Untouched Own 10 outposts within one settlement 17%
- Movement of Goods Own 10 operational harbour trade routes within one settlement 16%
- For Technology and Science! Reach a Mancer population of 2500 14%
- For Expansion and Power! Reach an Imperial population of 2500 13%
- For Unrule and Freedom! Reach a Pirate population of 2500 13%
- Ursee Balance Restored Own a Wonder 12%
- Ursee Megacity Own 200 towers within one settlement 8.2%
- Flying Fortress Have all Surveyor types within the inventory 6.9%
- Resource Abundant Reach a total settlement resource output of 200 6.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.