Never Second in Rome

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 657 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 27h for positive, 11h 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 (81.2% 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 (45)

• Hold Your Ground Meet the Primary Goal for a battle. 100%
• Artisan Successfully complete a construction work with even just a little bit of Superior Quality. 95%
• Rout Reduce the Cohesion of a non-flanked enemy formation to 0. 79%
• Pious Build an altar. 75%
• Climb The Ladder Get your first promotion. 70%
• Torquatus - Silver Win a pair of Silver Torques. 69%
• Armillatus - Silver Win a pair of Silver Armillae. 67%
• Collector Buy a piece of art. 61%
• Armillatus - Gold Win a pair of Gold Armillae. 56%
• Torquatus - Gold Win a pair of Gold Torques. 55%
• Following The Footsteps One of your subordinates wins a pair of Armillae. 45%
• Counter Mining Neutralize the enemy's siege mining without risking the lives of your soldiers. 45%
• Heroic Deed Win a Gold Crown. 43%
• Gift One of your subordinates is rewarded with a silver inlaid sword. 36%
• Pupil One of your subordinates wins a pair of Torques. 35%
• Primus Inter Pares Reach the rank of Pilus Prior. 34%
• Ob Civem Servatum I Win a Civic Crown during the Gallic Campaign. 31%
• Rubicon Let the die be cast. 30%
• Omen Be the first to discover why a certain enemy is hesitant to commit to battle. 30%
• Water Clock Add more insight into an interesting discovery on a remote island. 29%
• Trespasser Win a Vallary Crown. 29%
• Pantheon Dedicate altars to all the available deities in one game. 28%
• Primus Ordo Be promoted to the first cohort of a legion. 28%
• Rationem Pontis Hanc Instituit Have your men take on difficult tasks during the construction of the bridge over the Rhine, and succeed both times. 25%
• Gift II Receive a gold inlaid sword as a reward. 22%
• Light At The End Of The Tunnel Either you or one of your legionaries finds a secret message from Caesar. 22%
• Triumph Finish the game. 21%
• T. Pullo Win 12 pairs of Armillae in one game. 21%
• Battering Ram Win 2 Mural or Vallary Crowns in one game. 20%
• Marksman Accomplish full success over 15 Artillery checks in one game. Partial successes do not count. 20%
• Grandmaster Win all the games of Latrunculi available. 20%
• First Man Over The Wall Win a Mural Crown. 19%
• Manumissio Vindicta Liberate a person from slavery. 18%
• Full Set Win a Crown of each type in one game. 17%
• L. Vorenus Win 15 pairs of Torques in one game. 17%
• Seedlings Your subordinates win a combined total of at least 9 awards in one game. 17%
• Primipilus Reach the rank of Primus Pilus. 15%
• Ob Civem Servatum II Win a Civic Crown during the Greek Campaign. 15%
• Ob Civem Servatum III Win a Civic Crown in Baetica. 15%
• Prisoner Capture one of the rebel commanders before Alesia. 13%
• Sea Battle Be pivotal in the capture of a quadrireme. 12%
• Star Win 5 Gold Crowns in one game. 12%
• Eyewitness Attend the Senate session at the Curia of Pompey. 11%
• Minerva's Favorite Win all three Civic Crowns in one game. 9.5%
• Precious Find a ring near a famous river and get the best price for it. 3.2%