Wargame: European Escalation
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 20h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Another Brick in the Wall/The Wall” (Complete first BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission) and “Redcoats” (Complete second BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission): from 100% to 72% of starters.
- Only 64% 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 3,411 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 16.7h for positive, 6.6h 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 (63.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Another Brick in the Wall/The Wall Complete first BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 100%
- Redcoats Complete second BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. Most players quit here 72% −28
- Hell’s Highway Complete third BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 56% −16
- The Bear awakes Complete fourth BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 45% −11
- The Peacemaker Complete fifth BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 38% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Another Brick in the Wall/The Wall Complete first BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 100%
- Redcoats Complete second BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 72%
- Hell’s Highway Complete third BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 56%
- The Bear awakes Complete fourth BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 45%
- The Peacemaker Complete fifth BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission. 38%
- Fratricide Complete first NATO operation. 38%
- Dabrowski’s Legions Complete first DABROWSKI'S MAZURKA mission. 23%
- Raider Complete second DABROWSKI'S MAZURKA mission. 20%
- Blackhorse Complete first ABLE ARCHER mission. 19%
- Oil War Complete third DABROWSKI'S MAZURKA mission. 17%
- Feuer Frei! Complete second ABLE ARCHER mission. 16%
- Hamburger Hill Complete fourth DABROWSKI'S MAZURKA mission. 15%
- The Great Escape Complete fifth DABROWSKI'S MAZURKA mission. 14%
- You won’t have Alsace-Lorraine Complete third ABLE ARCHER mission. 11%
- Deterrence Theory Complete fourth ABLE ARCHER mission. 9.6%
- Hero of the West Complete all NATO operations. 9.6%
- The Hunter Complete sixth DABROWSKI'S MAZURKA mission. 8.6%
- Mazurka Dancer Complete first WARSAW PACT operation. 8.6%
- Warlord Complete first WASTELAND mission. 7.4%
- Civil War Complete second WASTELAND mission. 7.1%
- Bridge over troubled Water Complete third WASTELAND mission. 6.8%
- The Hammer Complete fourth WASTELAND mission. 6.6%
- The Anvil Complete fifth WASTELAND mission. 6.4%
- Stranglehold Complete sixth WASTELAND mission. 6.1%
- Cold Warrior Complete all operations. 5.2%
- Dr. Strangelove Complete seventh WASTELAND mission. 5.0%
- Hero of the Soviet Union Complete all WARSAW PACT operations. 5.0%
- Imperialist Unlock all NATO units. 3.9%
- Stakhanovist Unlock all WARSAW PACT units. 3.8%