Strategy
Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
Hooks you almost right away
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 58% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 11,184
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (13%); after 10h it's 1 in 40 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- 58% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “And so it begins” (Complete Stage 1) and “Genie in a Bottle” (Defeat Nazeru, the red efreeti): from 99% to 79% of starters.
- 94% 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 11,218 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.8h for positive, 10.4h 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 (93.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- And so it begins Complete Stage 1. 99% −1
- Genie in a Bottle Defeat Nazeru, the red efreeti. Most players quit here 79% −20
- Kongicide Defeat Quincon, the Jungle King. 67% −12
- You shall not pass! Defeat the Dark Lord and save the realm! 58% −10
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (87)
story milestone ending side
- First Blood Kill one enemy. 100%
- And so it begins Complete Stage 1. 99%
- Sand Warrior Complete a desert stage without the hero dying. 98%
- Fearless Call all waves early in a single mission. 96%
- Birth of a Hero Level up any hero. 95%
- Bloodlust Kill 500 enemies. 93%
- Constructor Build 30 towers. 93%
- Impatient Call a wave within 3 seconds of the icon showing up. 92%
- Armageddon Use Rain of Fire 5 times in a single stage. 91%
- Land Owner Build on all holders on any given campaign stage. 88%
- What's that? Open 5 information cards. 88%
- Home Improvement Upgrade all basic tower types to level 3 88%
- Daring Call 10 waves early. 87%
- Slayer Kill 2.500 enemies. 85%
- Engineer Build 100 towers. 83%
- Hero of the Day Level up any hero to level 5. 83%
- Death from Above Kill 100 enemies with meteor showers. 82%
- Starry Earn 15 stars. 82%
- Genie in a Bottle Defeat Nazeru, the red efreeti. 79%
- The Architect Build 150 towers. 79%
- Cannon Fodder Send 1.000 soldiers to their deaths. 78%
- Die Hard Have your soldiers regenerate a total of 50.000 life. 76%
- Land manager Clean debris from 10 holders. 73%
- Colonial Marine Kill 30 Parasytes or Reapers. 73%
- Terminator Kill 10.000 enemies. 72%
- Cull the weak Weaken 100 enemies with the Totem of Weakness. 71%
- Hawkeye Apply one Falconer bonus to 4 towers. 71%
- Feed me, Seymour Feed over 50 creatures to the Snapvines. 70%
- Supermario Earn 30 stars. 69%
- Save the princess! Save a captive princess. 69%
- Tarzan Boy Complete a jungle stage without the hero dying. 69%
- Organic Impulse Make a Desert Bantah move. 68%
- Money talks Hire 10 or more mercenaries. 67%
- Kongicide Defeat Quincon, the Jungle King. 67%
- G.I. Joe Train 1.000 soldiers. 67%
- Specialist Build all 8 tower specializations. 67%
- Legen (wait for it) dary Level up any hero to max level. 66%
- The Walking Dead Kill 100 Tribal zombies. 63%
- Tactician Change soldiers' rally point 200 times. 63%
- Is that Wilhelm? Defeat 10 climbing enemies. 62%
- Silence please! Silence 70 spellcasters with the Spirit Totem. 62%
- Mechwarrior Build 3 Mechas on any one stage. 58%
- Optimus Prime Have your Mechas defeat 500 enemies. 58%
- Great Defender Complete the Campaign in Normal difficulty. 58%
- You shall not pass! Defeat the Dark Lord and save the realm! 58%
- Superstar Earn 45 stars. 57%
- Stuff ’o’ maker Have a genie polymorph 10 enemies. 57%
- Caveman Complete an underground stage without the hero dying. 56%
- SOS to the world Find the secret message. 54%
- Dodge This! Have your assassins dodge 1000 attacks. 52%
- Necropolis Have 20 skeleton minions active at the same time. 52%
- Popular BBQ Set 20 enemies on fire at the same time. 50%
- Bolt out the Sun Have the Crossbow forts shoot 10.000 bolts. 47%
- Zombie Walk Destroy 100 zombies under a full moon. 47%
- One Froggy Evening Find the singing frog. 46%
- I'm the Lizard King Defeat Xyzzy, the Saurian King. 45%
- Waterworld Kill 50 swimming enemies. 44%
- Dr. Henry Walton Help Indiana find the secret passage. 44%
- Moonwalker Survive 13 full moons without losing a single life. 42%
- I See Dead People Defeat 6 Phantom Warriors before they harm any soldier with their aura of death. 40%
- In the Navy Sink 5 enemy gunboats. 40%
- Overcharged Deal over 30.000 damage with Critical Mass explosions. 39%
- Perfect Storm Kill 3 Bluegales while under a storm. 39%
- Ghostbusters Complete the desecrated grove without any ghosts escaping. 39%
- Dead and Loving it Defeat Vasile, the Everlasting Prince. 37%
- Squid in its ink Defeat Leviathan, the Underwater God. 37%
- Splash Find a mermaid. 32%
- Twist and shout Have the Spear maidens perform 50 whirlwinds. 31%
- Fujita #5 Pick up 500 enemies with the Twister spell. 30%
- Death from below Kill over 100 enemies with the drill. 30%
- Divide and conquer Build a specialist tower of each type on any stage. 23%
- Mummy at the Gates Kill a Sandwraith before it summons any Fallen. 23%
- The Black Pearl Kill 30 enemies with the pirate ship's cannons. 22%
- Grim Reaper Have your Death Riders claim 99 lives. 19%
- Jaws Kill 20 Sharks before they reach the shore. 19%
- One *ugly* $%@# Find all 3 alien hunters. 17%
- Come on you apes! Survive 30 Waves in the Temple of Evil. 16%
- Supreme Defender Complete the campaign in Veteran mode. 16%
- Iron Defender Complete all Iron stages. 16%
- Heroic Defender Complete all Heroic stages. 15%
- Highlander Have one templar revive 5 times in a row. 13%
- Mua’dib Complete stage 4 without losing any soldiers to the Sandworm. 13%
- You've found me Find the hidden mortal reptilian combatant. 12%
- Oakenshield Have a single dwarf soldier heal a total of 500 life. 12%
- Ali Baba Have your assassins steal 10.000 gold. 11%
- Let it bleed! Kill 100 enemies by letting them bleed to death. 9.5%
- Want a piece of me? Kill 300 Aliens in the Temple of Evil. 8.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.