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Expeditions: Viking
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 63% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 4,217
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 35h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Dragon” (Commission the construction of a new longship) and “Saga's End” (Resolve your feud with Skule Skullcleaver): from 76% to 26% of starters.
- Only 63% 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 4,222 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 42.2h for positive, 10.9h 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 (63% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Thegn Complete the prologue 100%
- Viking Begin your first expedition 64% −36
- The Dragon Commission the construction of a new longship 77% +13
- Saga's End Resolve your feud with Skule Skullcleaver Most players quit here 27% −50
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Thegn Complete the prologue 100%
- The Dragon Commission the construction of a new longship 77%
- Rite Of Passage Loot the passage grave in Skerninge 70%
- Viking Begin your first expedition 64%
- The Travelling Monk Recruit Morcant 51%
- Lord of Seals Assume control of Orkneyjar 41%
- The Tribal Huntress Recruit Aife 39%
- Freyja's Touch Become romantically involved with a member of your hird 39%
- Einherjar Fight alongside your father in the valley of Vigridr 38%
- Romani Ite Domum Get rid of the cult from Legacæstir 37%
- Buried Past Complete Ketill's personal quest 35%
- Ambrosius Bring the last of the druids to Perth 34%
- Helsott Complete Nefja's personal quest 33%
- False Flag Intercept the meeting between Osred II and the Mercians 32%
- Damsel in Distress Escort Finnguala to Perth 32%
- Flower of Scotland Unify the Picts and the Gaels under King Caustantin 31%
- Hail to the King Depose Osred II of Northumbria 29%
- Living Legend Spend a total of 300 skillpoints on any character 28%
- Saga's End Resolve your feud with Skule Skullcleaver 27%
- Treasure Hunter Loot the treasure hidden in the sunken cave 24%
- Rats in the Wall Drive the Northumbrian forces away from Hadrian's Wall 22%
- Wayfarer Find all the cairns in Denmark 22%
- Bounty Hunter Complete all five bounty quests in Eoforwic 19%
- Hero of Pictavia Help the Picts defeat Northumbria 18%
- Boneless Complete the game on Medium difficulty or above 17%
- Dear Old Dad Uncover what became of your father's final expedition 15%
- Mountain of Madness Drive the Pictish forces out of the mountain caves 11%
- The Isle of Apples Reach Avalon 11%
- Wrath of the Northmen Conquer Britain for the Norse and establish the Danelaw 8.9%
- Hero of Northumbria Help Northumbria conquer the Picts 8.3%
- Mocking the Cross Find and destroy all the Christian shrines in the game 7.5%
- Eviction Clear out every occupied campsite in Denmark 6.8%
- Shaggy-Breeches Complete the game on High difficulty or above 6.3%
- Ashes to Ashes Bring justice to the arsonist of Ribe 5.1%
- Pathfinder Find all the cairns in Britain 4.9%
- The Last Legionnaire Equip all the pieces of the lost legionnaire's equipment 4.8%
- Wretched Heathens Ravage all the monasteries 4.1%
- Hostile Takeover Clear out every occupied campsite in Britain 3.5%
- Beowulf Complete the game in Iron Man mode 2.4%
- Bloodaxe Complete the game on Highest Difficulty or above 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.