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Empire of Sin
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending at least 6% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 48% positive of 6,301
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 10h it's 1 in 2 (48%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- At least 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Whacked” (Kill Ronnie O'Neill): only 86% of starters get there.
- 88% 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 6,348 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 21.1h for positive, 18.4h 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 (88.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Whacked Kill Ronnie O'Neill Most players quit here 86% −14
- Alphonse Capone, No. 1 Win as Alphonse Capone ≥6% −81
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (57)
story milestone ending side
- Bullseye Take down all of an enemy's health with a single shot 100%
- Whacked Kill Ronnie O'Neill 86%
- My Specialty Get a synergy bonus 86%
- Let This Be A Warning Perform an execution 85%
- On My Own Complete the tutorial 84%
- I've Got Your Back Form a Business Arrangement 78%
- There Goes the Neighborhood Took over a neighborhood 51%
- This Never Happened Bribe a cop 51%
- Jack of All Trades, Master of None Own five of each racket type 50%
- Reliable Max the loyalty of one member of your crew 47%
- I Know A Guy Hire a gangster of each profession 42%
- Maximizer Get a hotel and have all synergies simultaneously 42%
- Trust Me Land a hit with 10% or lower odds 29%
- Flor De Muerto Kill Elvira Duarte 24%
- Pushing Daises Kill Dean O'Banion 23%
- Into the Sunset Kill Salazar Reyna 23%
- Last Call Kill Joseph Saltis 23%
- Like Shootin' Ducks in a Pond Kill Sai Wing Mock 22%
- It's Just Business Kill Frank Ragen 22%
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight Kill Maggie Dyer 22%
- Luck of the Draw Kill Stephanie St. Clair 22%
- Shoulda stayed in Sicily Kill Angelo Genna 22%
- The Ice Queen Go-eth Kill Mabel Ryley 22%
- Curtain Call Kill Goldie Garneau 21%
- The Irish Goodbye Kill Frankie Donovan 21%
- Closed Casket Kill Daniel McKee Jackson 20%
- You Know Who I Am Kill Alphonse Capone 19%
- Public Enemy 1 Became Enemy of the State while maintaining the highest notoriety 11%
- I'll Be Back Have someone in your crew go to jail 8.7%
- Bulletproof Finish the game without getting anyone in your crew killed 7.6%
- Alphonse Capone, No. 1 Win as Alphonse Capone 5.8%
- Red Ocean Make 20K in a week from Loan Shark rackets alone 5.3%
- Daniel McKee Jackson, No. 1 Win as Daniel McKee Jackson 4.5%
- This is Bigger Than You and Me Hire two gangsters who hate each other (in the same game) 4.3%
- Frankie Donovan, No. 1 Win as Frankie Donovan 3.7%
- Goldie Garneau, No. 1 Win as Goldie Garneau 3.7%
- Burn the Books Kill Maxim Zelnick 3.4%
- Angelo Genna, No. 1 Win as Angelo Genna 3.3%
- Sai Wing Mock, No. 1 Win as Sai Wing Mock 2.8%
- Mabel Ryley, No. 1 Win as Mabel Ryley 2.7%
- Accounts Cleared Finished Maxim Zelnick’s boss mission 2.7%
- Frank Ragen, No. 1 Win as Frank Ragen 2.6%
- Salazar Reyna, No. 1 Win as Salazar Reyna 2.6%
- Dean O'Banion, No. 1 Win as Dean O'Banion 2.4%
- Lone Wolf Finish the game without recruiting a gangster 2.3%
- Joseph Saltis, No. 1 Win as Joseph Saltis 2.0%
- Elvira Duarte, No. 1 Win as Elvira Duarte 2.0%
- Stephanie St. Clair, No. 1 Win as Stephanie St. Clair 1.9%
- Maggie Dyer, No. 1 Win as Maggie Dyer 1.8%
- Maxim Zelnick, No. 1 Win as Maxim Zelnick 1.7%
- Overachiever Collect all achievements 1.6%
- Ahead of Time Convince the policeman to leave your dance clubs alone 0.5%
- Are we gangster or are we dancer? Kill Robin Kray 0.3%
- Blue Ocean Make 20K in a week from Dance Clubs alone 0.3%
- Robin Kray, No. 1 Win as Robin Kray 0.2%
- The Luckiest Dog in Chicago Risk your life for your dog 0.1%
- Wounded Snake Hunter Get injured while hunting a snake 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.