Strategy
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 1,021
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 20h it's 1 in 13 (7%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 83% 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 1,019 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 47.5h for positive, 15.4h 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 (83% 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 (26)
- Mythic Cast a Mythic rare spell in a game 100%
- Metalcraft Control three artifacts in a game 95%
- Magic: The Puzzling Solve a Challenge 95%
- Arcane Knowledge Unlock twelve cards for one deck 87%
- Soldier Win a game with Gideon’s deck 86%
- You’ll Never Get Away With It Defeat an Archenemy in a game 72%
- Final Exam Defeat Karn in a campaign game 72%
- Predator Win a game with Garruk’s deck 61%
- Artificer Win a game with Tezzeret’s deck 61%
- Summoner Win a game with Kiora’s deck 60%
- Mind Sculptor Win a game with Jace’s deck 57%
- Vampire Win a game with Sorin’s deck 57%
- Hammer Win a game with Koth’s deck 56%
- Dragon Win a game with Sarkhan’s deck 52%
- Hot Shot Win a game with Chandra’s deck 51%
- Savior Win a game with Nissa’s deck 48%
- Duelist Win five matches online 35%
- Necromancer Win a game with Liliana’s deck 29%
- Evil’s End Complete the Archenemy campaign 28%
- Auramancer Win a game with Ajani’s deck 28%
- Tempest Win a game with Ral’s deck 22%
- My Crushing Masterstroke Defeat Jace, Jace and Jace as the Archenemy in a campaign game 20%
- Gather Your Allies Host an Archenemy match online with two human teammates 14%
- Puzzling Master Solve fifteen challenges 14%
- Your Fate is Thrice Sealed Win three Archenemy matches online 11%
- Your Puny Minds Cannot Fathom Host a match online as the Archenemy 7.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.