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Empires Apart
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 63% of owners
Steam reviews 69% positive of 2,495
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 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 2,522 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 7.7h for positive, 1.6h 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 (62.7% 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 (57)
story milestone ending side
- Through the Ages First Civilization Development researched. 100%
- Remnants Collected the first Relic. 44%
- Combatant Killed 1000 enemy units. 14%
- Survivor Survived 4 nights in Survival Mode. 13%
- Ready for War Completed the Practice Skirmish. 12%
- Hand of God Collected 5 relics in a game. 10%
- Raider Destroyed 500 enemy buildings. 8.1%
- Defender Survived 8 nights in Survival Mode. 5.9%
- Guardian Survived 12 nights in Survival Mode. 4.8%
- Cataphract Completed all the Byzantines challenges. 4.6%
- Champion Killed 5000 enemy units. 4.6%
- NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_NAME_54_24 Won 15 King of the Hill games. 3.8%
- This seems familiar Converted a unit with the Arab priest. 3.7%
- Pillager Destroyed 2000 enemy buildings. 3.7%
- Emissary Played 10 Diplomacy matches. 3.5%
- Warlord Killed 10000 enemy units. 3.5%
- Deceiver Played 10 Assassination games. 3.3%
- Captain Played 50 Skirmish games. 3.3%
- Noble Won 5 Diplomacy games. 3.3%
- Agent Won 5 Assassination games. 3.3%
- Strategist Won 25 Skirmish games. 3.3%
- Competitor Played 25 Ranked games. 3.2%
- NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_NAME_54_23 Won 5 King of the Hill games. 3.2%
- Destroyer Destroyed 5000 enemy buildings. 3.0%
- Mamluk Completed all the Arabs challenges. 3.0%
- Eagle Warrior Completed all the Aztecs challenges. 3.0%
- Shaolin Monk Completed all the Chinese challenges. 3.0%
- Paladin Completed all the French challenges. 3.0%
- Khan Completed all the Mongols challenges. 3.0%
- Herald Played 25 Diplomacy matches. 3.0%
- NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_NAME_54_20 Played 10 King of the Hill games. 3.0%
- Scout Played 50 Unranked games. 3.0%
- Assassin Played 25 Assassination games. 3.0%
- Prince Won 15 Diplomacy games. 3.0%
- Fighter Won 25 Unranked games. 3.0%
- Warrior Won 25 Ranked games. 3.0%
- Spy Won 15 Assassination games. 3.0%
- Hwarang Completed all the Koreans challenges. 2.9%
- Ambassador Played 50 Diplomacy matches. 2.9%
- NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_NAME_54_21 Played 25 King of the Hill games. 2.9%
- NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_NAME_54_22 Played 50 King of the Hill games. 2.9%
- Adventurer Played 100 Unranked games. 2.9%
- Soldier of Fortune Played 200 Unranked games. 2.9%
- Fighter Played 100 Ranked games. 2.9%
- Challenger Played 200 Ranked games. 2.9%
- Executioner Played 50 Assassination games. 2.9%
- Marshal Played 200 Skirmish games. 2.9%
- General Played 500 Skirmish games. 2.9%
- King Won 30 Diplomacy games. 2.9%
- NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_NAME_54_25 Won 30 King of the Hill games. 2.9%
- Brawler Won 50 Unranked games. 2.9%
- Gladiator Won 100 Unranked games. 2.9%
- Hero Won 100 Ranked games. 2.9%
- Legend Won 250 Ranked games. 2.9%
- Master Assassin Won 30 Assassination games. 2.9%
- Expert Strategist Won 100 Skirmish games. 2.9%
- Master Strategist Won 250 Skirmish games. 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.