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Assassin’s Creed® Rogue
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 38% of players who started
Started playing 24% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 22,634
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 15h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Halcyon days” (Complete sequence 1): only 80% of starters get there.
- Only 24% 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 22,749 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 15h for positive, 9.3h 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 (24.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Halcyon days Complete sequence 1 Most players quit here 80% −20
- The end of youth Complete sequence 2 71% −9
- Making new friends Complete sequence 3 64% −7
- Picking teams Complete sequence 4 57% −6
- One legend dies, and one is born Complete sequence 5 53% −4
- Brotherhood broken Complete sequence 6 47% −6
- Templar then; Templar now Complete the game 38% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Did I do that? Complete Present 1 100%
- Halcyon days Complete sequence 1 80%
- The end of youth Complete sequence 2 71%
- Defence First Survive a Reverse-Boarding 71%
- He's not dead, is he? Complete Present 2 70%
- Making new friends Complete sequence 3 64%
- Ice Breaker Break through 500 meters of Ice Sheets 62%
- Picking teams Complete sequence 4 57%
- A worthy cause Complete Present 3 57%
- One legend dies, and one is born Complete sequence 5 53%
- Owned Complete every activity in a single location. 52%
- Brotherhood broken Complete sequence 6 47%
- Sending a message Complete Present 4 46%
- No page unturned Complete the final glitched memory. 44%
- Templar then; Templar now Complete the game 38%
- Dedicated Employee Complete [35] Abstergo Challenges 36%
- Unicorn Slayer Harpoon a Narwhal 34%
- Capture all Gang HQs Capture All Gang HQs 26%
- For the Empire! Capture all Forts 25%
- Phantom Queen Fully Upgrade the Morrigan 21%
- I'll take that Capture all settlements 19%
- Ninja Complete an Outpost without getting detected 19%
- King of the Hill Complete all Native hills and Ice Caves 19%
- Ancient Hero Get the Native Armor 18%
- Globe Trotter Complete 17 story missions in the Naval Campaign 18%
- Cartographer Visit every location in the game 17%
- Repairman Repair all computers in Abstergo Entertainment 17%
- Master of the North Atlantic All legendary Battles Completed 17%
- Property Tycoon Complete all renovations 16%
- Do not want Counter [20] smoke bombs successfully using a gas mask 16%
- This war of mine Complete all assassin interceptions 16%
- Knight of Yore Get the Templar Armor 14%
- Freedom Fighter Free 300 British PoW's 14%
- Memory collector Collect all Animus fragments 14%
- Instant Vikings Hit 5 enemies with the berserk grenade (at the same time) 14%
- Nap Time Put 5 enemies to sleep with the sleep grenade (at the same time) 12%
- Achieve full synchronization Achieve 100% synchronization in all main missions 10%
- Stalker killer Counter-Kill [30] Stalkers 9.8%
- Smashing Destroy 100 Ice Bergs 9.0%
- Killing machine Kill 30 guards without dying while only the ENDURANCE cheat is active. 7.8%
- Camper Loot [20] supply camps 7.4%
- Hunt the hunted Sink 10 ships in North Atlantic without dying while only the HUNTED cheat is active. 7.4%
- I ENDURE Sink 10 ships in North Atlantic without dying while only the ENDURANCE cheat is active. 7.4%
- Denied Counter [15] air surprise attacks 7.0%
- What's yours is mine Loot [20] ship convoys 6.1%
- Supplier Take over 10 large supply camps while only the VETERANS cheat is active. 6.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.