When does FOR HONOR™ get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (31%). The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.

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FOR HONOR™

Feb 13, 2017 Steam: Mixed

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 17% of owners

Steam reviews 69% positive of 166,060

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
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 17% 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 166,588 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 281 reviews: 38.9h for positive, 54.1h 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 (16.6% 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 (60)

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Getting the band back together Recruit 4 Heroes of a single Faction. 100%
Dominator Win your first Dominion PvP match. 84%
Unfair Fight Kill an enemy in a 1V2 situation in PvP. 83%
Welcome To The Blackstone Legion Complete Mission 1. 80%
Principled Warrior Complete a Dominion PvP match without a single Dishonorable Kill. 77%
Discerning Taste Equip your first Symbol, Paint Pattern and Color Swatch on any Hero. 71%
You Can't Touch This Parry attacks 50 Times. 68%
Cry Havoc Manually deploy Troops on a territory for the first time. 68%
Brawler Win your first Brawl PvP match. 66%
Duelist Win your first Duel PvP match. 65%
Do it for the Honor! Complete 50 Honorable Kills in 4v4 PvP matches. 60%
Breach Apprentice Win your first Breach match. 56%
Gear Head Level up a piece of Gear of any rarity to its maximum level. 55%
Warmonger Manually deploy Troops on 10 enemy territories. 52%
Dishonorable Discharge Complete the Knight Chapter. 51%
Protector Manually deploy Troops on 10 friendly territories. 51%
A Beginning Reach Story Level 10 in Story Mode. 50%
Get Knighted Reach Reputation 1 with one of the Knight Heroes. 49%
Impressive Reach Reputation 1 with one of the Samurai Heroes. 49%
Revenge Spammer Activate Revenge mode 50 times. 49%
Dominion Master Win 20 Dominion PvP matches. 49%
For Honor! Participate in a Season and come back to see the results at the start of the next Season. 49%
You're A Wizard Set 4 non-default Feats for a single Hero. 48%
Makeover! Change the visual of any piece of Gear. 47%
Long Way Down Kill 50 Opponents by throwing them off a ledge. 40%
Quest for Glory Complete your first Quest in Arcade. 40%
I've Heard Your Name Reach Reputation 1 with one of the Viking Heroes. 38%
Working Hard for the Loot Complete the Viking Chapter. 38%
Brawl Master Win 20 Brawl PvP matches. 37%
Look At All These Feats Get the max Renown level 50 times in Dominion PvP matches. 37%
Legendary Hero Reach Reputation 5 with any Hero. 36%
Let Slip The Dogs Of War Manually deploy Troops on territories 100 times. 36%
I've Got Your Back! Save an ally 50 times in 4v4 PvP matches. 35%
Swag Up Equip a Hero with Heroic Armor and Weapons in all Gear slots. 34%
A Reservist Manually deploy Troops in 5 different Campaigns. 34%
Duel Master Win 20 Duel PvP matches. 34%
An Unstoppable Force Complete 10 matches with any Wu Lin Hero. 34%
Like Killing Ants Kill 5000 soldiers. 31%
If you want peace, prepare for war Complete the Samurai Chapter. 31%
Eliminator Win your first Elimination PvP match. 31%
Breach Master Complete 15 Breach matches. 28%
You're So Vain Equip an Ornament on 4 Heroes of a single Faction. 28%
An Average Accomplishment Complete Story Mode at Normal difficulty. 28%
Play Your Way Equip a different Effect, Emote and Execution on a single Hero. 27%
Skirmisher Win your first Skirmish PvP match. 26%
Evening Wear Update a second loadout for a Hero by setting a feat other than the default. 25%
Heads Up! Kill 25 Heroes by attacking them from above in PvP. 25%
A Middle Reach Story Level 20 in Story Mode. 24%
Anything Can Be A Weapon Throw an opponent into fire or spikes 50 times. 24%
Active Duty Manually deploy Troops in 50 different Battles. 22%
A Remarkable Accomplishment Complete Story Mode at Hard difficulty. 12%
You're On Fire! Get 5 Kill Streaks of 5 kills in Elimination or Skirmish in PvP. 8.4%
Elimination Master Win 20 Elimination PvP matches. 8.4%
Loyalty and Righteousness Reach Reputation 7 with one of the Wu Lin Heroes. 7.2%
An Exceptional Accomplishment Complete Story Mode at Realistic difficulty. 6.6%
Serial Quester Complete Quests of 5 different rarity levels. 5.4%
An End Reach maximum Story Level 30 in Story Mode. 4.8%
Skirmish Master Win 20 Skirmish PvP matches. 3.6%
Hooligan Get 100 % of the Breakables from all Missions in Story Mode. 1.8%
Lore Master Get 100 % of the Observables from all Missions in Story Mode. 1.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.