Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (72%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- At least 9% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Jokul Challenger” (Defeat the Jokul) and “Dawn of Winter” (Complete Campaign 1): from 73% to 34% of starters.
- 82% 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 4,541 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 17.6h for positive, 4.5h 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 (81.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Ulfung Savior! Defend Ulfung Village. 100%
- Jokul Challenger Defeat the Jokul. 73% −27
- Dawn of Winter Complete Campaign 1. Most players quit here 34% −39
- Liberator of Flotnar Liberate Flotnar village. 32% −2
- Rise of the Wolves Complete Campaign 2. 21% −11
- Pyro Ploy! Burn the Imperial Fleet. 21%
- Distant Shores Complete Campaign 3. 14% −7
- Moongarm Complete the game as the Warrior. ≥9% −5
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Ulfung Savior! Defend Ulfung Village. 100%
- Jokul Challenger Defeat the Jokul. 73%
- Baker's Dozen Perform 1000 rolls. 40%
- Hunter Complete any Hunt map. 40%
- Tomtecide Killed 500 Tomte. 36%
- Metal Mayhem Survive the Mire-Witch's spell. 36%
- Otherworld Traveler Travel to Utgard. 35%
- Dawn of Winter Complete Campaign 1. 34%
- Liberator of Flotnar Liberate Flotnar village. 32%
- Crowd Clearer Kill four foes in a single melee attack. 24%
- Rune Bound Equip three runes on a single item. 23%
- Bloody Viking Earn 1,000,000 Blood. 21%
- Rise of the Wolves Complete Campaign 2. 21%
- Pyro Ploy! Burn the Imperial Fleet. 21%
- Jotun's Bane Kill 100 Jotun. 20%
- Ragnar Lodbrok Become chieftain of all the clans. 20%
- Master Smith Unlock level 5 of the Smithy. 17%
- Master Shipwright Unlock level 4 of the Shipmaster. 17%
- Lord of the Ring Keep Draupnir for yourself. 14%
- Distant Shores Complete Campaign 3. 14%
- Follower of Loki Unlock all Gifts in Loki's gift tree. 10%
- Follower of Thor Unlock all Gifts in Thor's gift tree. 9.3%
- Follower of Tyr Unlock all Gifts in Tyr's gift tree. 8.9%
- Moongarm Complete the game as the Warrior. 8.6%
- Follower of Skathi Unlock all Gifts in Skathi's gift tree. 8.3%
- Imp Hunter Complete the Imp Hunt. 7.8%
- Moonbikkja Complete the game as the Shieldmaiden. 6.9%
- Follower of Odin Unlock all Gifts in Odin's gift tree. 6.6%
- Berserker! Rage continuously for over 20 seconds. 6.0%
- Gotta Find 'Em All Found all Legendary Items. 5.1%
- Gold Standard Trader Earn 50,000 gold by selling resources. 4.0%
- Ringer of Runes Collect one of every rune. 3.7%
- Blessings of the Aesir Complete all Trials. 3.4%
- True Viking Complete the game on the highest difficulty. 1.8%
- Winter Hunter All Hunt maps complete. 1.8%
- Son of Odin Complete Game+. 1.8%
- Ultimate Challenger! Complete all Challenges on all maps. 1.6%
- Valhalla Mode Accomplish campaign in Valhalla Mode 1.3%
- Valhalla Champion Accomplish campaign in Valhalla Mode on highest difficulty. 1.3%