ActionAdventureRPG
Assassin's Creed® Origins
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 43% of players who started
Started playing 66% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 129,704
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- 43% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First Steps” (Complete the Prologue) and “I'm Just Getting Started” (Complete Main Quest "Aya"): from 100% to 81% of starters.
- Only 66% 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 130,270 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 37.1h for positive, 15.6h 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 (66.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Steps Complete the Prologue. 100%
- I'm Just Getting Started Complete Main Quest "Aya". Most players quit here 81% −19
- The Sea Complete Main Quest "Pompeius Magnus". 68% −14
- The Scarab Complete Main Quest "The Scarab's Lies". 68%
- The Hyena Complete Main Quest "The Hyena". 64% −4
- Wake Up! Complete Main Quest Dream Sequence. 62% −2
- The Lizard Complete Main Quest "The Lizard's Face". 60% −1
- The Crocodile Complete Main Quest "The Crocodile's Jaws". 52% −8
- The Siege Complete Main Quest "The Aftermath". 47% −6
- Almost There Complete Main Quest "The Final Weighing". 44% −3
- The End Complete the last Main Quest. 43% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (67)
story milestone ending side
- First Steps Complete the Prologue. 100%
- Raider of the Lost Tomb Complete a tomb. 96%
- The Festival Complete Side Quest "Lady of Slaughter". 86%
- I'm Just Getting Started Complete Main Quest "Aya". 81%
- You still need 8880... Reach level 20. 71%
- The Scarab Complete Main Quest "The Scarab's Lies". 68%
- The Sea Complete Main Quest "Pompeius Magnus". 68%
- Rider's Licence Use all types of vehicle at least once. 66%
- The Hyena Complete Main Quest "The Hyena". 64%
- Smash! Destroy 100 breakable objects. 64%
- Handy Man Craft 20 items. 64%
- Wake Up! Complete Main Quest Dream Sequence. 62%
- Run For Your Life! Run away from 3 fights with a hippo. 62%
- Triathlete Swim for 1500m, ride for 40km and run for 10km. 61%
- The Lizard Complete Main Quest "The Lizard's Face". 60%
- Free as a Bird Use the eagle for a total of 30 minutes. 60%
- Shadow of Egypt Kill 10 enemies in a row without being detected. 59%
- Defy Authority Defeat a Phylakes. 57%
- I'm Done Learning Activate a Master ability. 54%
- The Crocodile Complete Main Quest "The Crocodile's Jaws". 52%
- Slasher Kill 3 enemies with one hit. 50%
- The Siege Complete Main Quest "The Aftermath". 47%
- I'm a Legend Be equipped with only Legendary equipment. 47%
- Almost There Complete Main Quest "The Final Weighing". 44%
- The End Complete the last Main Quest. 43%
- Elementary, My Dear Bayek Solve a papyrus mystery. 38%
- The Arrow Whisperer Kill an enemy with the predator bow from more than 60 meters while controlling the arrow. 33%
- Seven Farmers Complete Side Quest "Seven Farmers". 25%
- Fatality! Finish an arena boss with an Overpower Attack. 25%
- Stargazer Complete all 12 Stone Circles. 24%
- Prison Break Free 20 Rebels (The Hidden Ones) 23%
- Ben-Hur Win the first Hippodrome tournament. 22%
- I Know My Land Defog the whole map. 20%
- Archer of the Month Headshot kill an enemy with the bow while in the air. 19%
- I Can See My House From Here! Reach the "Top of the World" in the Black Desert territory. 18%
- Roooaaarrrrr! Tame a lion. 18%
- Surgical Strikes Assasinate Tacito, Ptahmose and Ampelius (The Hidden Ones) 18%
- The Harder They Fall Defeat the war elephants Qetesh & Resheph. 18%
- The Greater Good Complete Main DLC Quest "The Greater Good" (The Hidden Ones) 18%
- Road Rage Destroy an opponent in a Hippodrome race. 18%
- Master Diver Complete 15 underwater locations. 18%
- Project Comet Craft an upgrade using Shards of a Star (The Curse of the Pharaohs) 17%
- Team Play Kill an enemy with a headshot while they are being harassed by Senu (The Hidden Ones) 17%
- Higher Power Reach level 55 (The Curse of the Pharaohs) 16%
- New Recruits Complete Side DLC Quests "Rise of Shaqilat" and "Shadows of the Scarab" (The Hidden Ones) 15%
- Walls of the Ruler Complete the Walls-of-the-Ruler citadel (The Hidden Ones) 15%
- Overheating Witness raining bugs in the desert. 15%
- Where's My Black Flag? Defeat 8 Ship Captains. 14%
- Lift the Curse Defeat Tutankhamun in the Afterlife (The Curse of the Pharaohs) 14%
- Circle of Life Feed a predator with a corpse. 14%
- Namaste Use Dawn & Dusk to make time speed forward 30 times. 13%
- First Visit Complete one tour 13%
- Words of Wisdom Complete all hermit locations. 13%
- For Those About to Die… Complete all arena events in the Krokodilopolis Arena. 12%
- Reporter Take 1 photo in 5 different territories. 11%
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Sell 100 trinkets at once. 10%
- Pyromaniac Kill a Mummy by setting it on fire (The Curse of the Pharaohs) 9.5%
- Set-up Date Bring a tamed lion to a crocodile. 8.0%
- Sting in the Tale Complete the 5 Serqet locations (The Curse of the Pharaohs) 7.9%
- Old Habits Complete all locations. 7.6%
- Overdesign Kill a poisoned level 35+ enemy with the torch in less than 30 seconds. 7.1%
- Dark Horse Acquire Eternal Maw for use outside the Afterlifes (The Curse of the Pharaohs) 6.3%
- What Time is It? Perform a leap of faith from Arsinoe's sundial obelisk between 10 am and noon (The Hidden Ones) 5.1%
- Zip it Off Perform 3 Assassinations from a zipline (The Hidden Ones) 5.0%
- Polymorph Complete tours with at least 5 different characters 4.8%
- BOOM! Kill 30 enemies by shooting a fire arrow at oil jars. 4.7%
- Archeologist Complete all tours in the Daily Life category 4.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.