When does Oriental Empires get good?

Give it 10 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (13%). Fully opens up by hour 20.

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Oriental Empires

Sep 14, 2017 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 10 hours

Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 73% of owners

Steam reviews 81% positive of 3,018

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
Fully opens up by hour 20.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
73% 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 3,037 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 33.5h for positive, 12.9h 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 (73.1% 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)

story milestone ending side

Settler Found a new settlement. 100%
Fighter Win a battle. 87%
Law Giver Issue an edict. 78%
Trader Connect two of your settlements with a trade route. 78%
Merchant Have one thousand gold income per turn from trade. 58%
Colonist Found five settlements. 52%
Farmer Control one hundred hexes of farmland. 52%
Centurion Reach turn 100. 48%
Killer Kill one thousand enemy soldiers in one game. 41%
Warrior Win a battle with at least eight units on each side. 41%
Miner Upgrade a copper, gold or jade scrape to a mine. 40%
Explorer Start a custom game. 39%
Builder Upgrade a settlement to a large city. 35%
Peacock Build a Summer Palace. 31%
Besieger Capture a city with a rammed earth or brick wall. 28%
Butcher Kill three thousand enemy soldiers in one game. 26%
Minister Appoint a minister. 25%
Priest Build a Legendary Shrine. 25%
Oppressor Conquer a settlement that has rebelled against you. 25%
Prince Build a Royal Palace. 25%
Sailor Build a ship unit. 21%
Empire Builder Found twelve settlements. 20%
General Win a battle with at least sixteen units on each side. 19%
Advisor Appoint an advisor. 19%
Horse Lord Recruit fifty cavalry units in one game. 15%
Phoenix Win the Grand Campaign scenario by a cultural victory using any faction. 13%
Mandarin Build a Famous Legalist School. 13%
Overlord Have three other factions as vassals. 11%
Tiger Win three games of any type. 6.4%
Great General Win a total of one thousand battles. 5.2%
Buddhist Build a Famous Buddhist Temple. 4.9%
Warlord 407 Win the Warring States scenario. 3.4%
Captain Win a naval battle. 3.3%
Rover Move the location of a horde settlement. 3.3%
Hammer Conquer ten settlements controlled by peasant rebels in one game. 2.5%
Thinker Control a Famous Taoist Temple, a Famous Buddhist Temple, a Famous Confucian Temple, A Famous Legalist School, and a Famous Mohist School at the same time. 2.3%
Dragon Win the Grand Campaign scenario by a conquest victory using any farming faction. 2.1%
Competitor Complete a multi-player game. 1.8%
Son Of Heaven Win the Grand Campaign scenario by a Son of Heaven victory using any faction. 1.4%
Traveler Have thirty different encounters in one game. 1.4%
Admiral Win a naval battle with at least four ships per side. 1.2%
Kurultai Issue a Kurultai edict. 1.1%
Khan Win the Grand Campaign scenario by a conquest victory using any herding faction. 1.0%
Liu Bei Win the Three Kingdoms scenario as Liu Bei. 1.0%
Warlord 1200 Win the Time of the Mongols scenario. 1.0%
Cao Cao Win the Three Kingdoms scenario as Cao Cao. 0.8%
Confucian King Win a cultural victory in the Warring States scenario playing Lu. 0.8%
Genghis Khan Win the Life of Genghis Khan scenario with a conquest victory. 0.8%
Master Win the Grand Campaign scenario with every faction. 0.8%
Qin Shi Huang Win a conquest victory in the Warring States scenario playing Qin. 0.8%
Bandit King Win the Three Kingdoms scenario as either Heishan or White Wave Bandits. 0.7%
Faithful Win a cultural victory in the Time of the Mongols scenario playing a Muslim faction and having at least 5 Great Mosques. 0.7%
High and Mighty White Win a cultural victory in the Time of the Mongols scenario playing Xi Xia and having at least 5 Famous Buddhist Temples. 0.7%
Prester John Win a conquest victory in the Time of the Mongols scenario using a Christian faction. 0.7%
Sun Jian Win the Three Kingdoms scenario as Sun Jian. 0.7%
Sword of Islam Win a conquest victory in the Time of the Mongols scenario using a Muslim faction. 0.7%
Terror Put four terror skulls on an enemy city. 0.7%
Unifier Win the Three Kingdoms scenario three times with three different factions. 0.7%
Celestial Master Win the Three Kingdoms scenario via a cultural victory as The Five Pecks and having at least 5 Famous Daoist Temples. 0.5%
Lu Bu Kill 2000 men in one game with Lu Bu's bodyguard unit. 0.5%

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