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Holdfast: Nations At War
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 56% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 29,671
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 10h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 56% 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 29,898 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 22.3h for positive, 31h 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 (55.7% 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 (38)
story milestone ending side
- Coward’s Gamble Complete the T2 'A Coward’s Gamble' field order. 100%
- Ranker Complete the T1 'Ranker' field order. 91%
- Mime Complete the T1 'Mime' field order. 89%
- A Field Commission Complete the T1 'A Field Commission' field order. 79%
- A Volunteer's Duty Complete the T1 'A Volunteer's Duty' order. 76%
- Conscientious Objector Complete the T2 'Conscientious Objector' field order. 76%
- Not A Step Back! Complete the T1 'Not A Step Back!' field order. 61%
- Patriotic Complete the T1 'Patriotic' field order. 50%
- Pomp & Circumstance Complete the T1 'Pomp & Cirumstance' field order. 47%
- Dedicated Performer Complete the T1 'Dedicated Performer' field order. 45%
- Regiment Pride Complete the T3 'Regiment Pride' field order. 34%
- Rank & File Complete the T1 'Rank & File' order. 30%
- Bayonet Drills Complete the T1 'Bayonet Drills' order. 27%
- Gifted Surgeon Complete the T2 'Gifted Surgeon' field order. 25%
- Indestructible! Complete the T3 'Indestructible!' field order. 25%
- Clever Wordsmith Complete the T1 'Clever Wordsmith' field order. 18%
- Motherly Love Complete the T2 'Motherly Love' field order. 18%
- For King & Country! Complete the 'For King & Country!' feat of strength. 15%
- Vive L'Empereur! Complete the 'Vive L'Empereur!' feat of strength. 13%
- Sporting The Colours Complete the T1 'Sporting The Colours' field order. 13%
- Crewman Complete the T2 'Crewman' field order. 13%
- Lang Lebe Der König! Complete the 'Lang Lebe Der König!' feat of strength. 13%
- For the Fatherland! Complete the 'For The Fatherland!' feat of strength. 12%
- Viva l'Italia! Complete the 'Viva l'Italia!' feat of strength. 12%
- Barking Orders Complete the T3 'Barking Orders' field order. 11%
- Regiment Veteran Complete the T1 'Regiment Veteran' field order. 9.5%
- Minden's Pride Complete the T2 'Minden's Pride' field order. 9.0%
- Regiment Honours Complete the T2 'Regiment Honours' field order. 8.8%
- Building Bridges Complete the T2 'Building Bridges' field order. 8.6%
- Sharpe' Recruit Complete the T3 'Sharpe Recruit' field order. 7.4%
- Largest Lot Complete the T2 'Largest Lot' field order. 6.6%
- Harper's Pride Complete the T2 'Harper's Pride' field order. 5.6%
- Press-Ganged Complete the T1 'Press-Ganged' field order. 4.5%
- Lang Lebe Der Kaiser! Complete the 'Lang Lebe Der Kaiser!' feat of strength. 4.1%
- Grill & Skewer Complete the T3 'Grill & Skewer' field order. 3.1%
- A Helping Hand Complete the T3 'A Helping Hand' field order. 1.8%
- Not So Little Drummer Boy Complete the T3 'Not So Little Drummer Boy' field order. 1.4%
- Flashbacks From Another War Complete the T2 'Flashbacks From Another War' field order. 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.