MORDHAU
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 74% 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 113,763 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 233 reviews: 14.7h for positive, 18.3h 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 (73.9% 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
- The ABCs Complete the tutorial 100%
- Home Run Deflect a projectile with a strike 96%
- Justice from the Grave Kill an enemy after dying 95%
- Keeps Coming Off Lose your head three times in a single match 95%
- Guts Kill two enemies with a single attack from a melee weapon 61%
- Coming Through Kill 5 enemies by trampling them with the horse 55%
- Lived to Tell the Tale Regenerate to full health after getting down to 1 health 52%
- Burning Man Kill an enemy while you are on fire 51%
- Meat Grinder Get 30 kills in a single match 42%
- The Queen of Weapons Kill 20 enemies with the longsword 39%
- Just a Scratch Take 400 damage without dying 39%
- Tough Nut to Crack Block 1000 melee attacks 38%
- Highlander Decapitate 5 enemies in a single game 36%
- Unstoppable Kill 10 enemies in a row without dying 34%
- Long List of Names Kill 1000 enemies 28%
- Yoink Take a melee weapon out of a living enemy’s body 28%
- This isn’t Sparta Cause someone to fall to their death after kicking them 24%
- Pyromaniac Kill 10 enemies with fire 23%
- Put That Away Perform 20 disarms 21%
- Chambermaid Chamber 200 attacks 21%
- Crybaby Battlecry 500 times 18%
- I Know Kung Fu Finish off 10 enemies with a kick 17%
- Friend Indeed Reach 1000 assists 17%
- You’re Welcome Get 30 assists in a single match 16%
- Poacher Kill 5 enemies with the bear trap 14%
- Flyswatter Block 100 projectiles 14%
- Boxer Kill 30 enemies with fists 12%
- Training Accident Kill an enemy with the training sword 12%
- Eagle Eye Land 10 headshots on enemies with projectiles in a single game 11%
- Vlad the Impaler Kill 20 enemies with the ballista 10%
- Whack-A-Mole Kill 5 enemies with headshots with a couched weapon on horseback 9.6%
- Rock’n’Roll Kill 5 enemies with rocks 8.7%
- Virtuoso Kill 5 enemies with the lute 8.1%
- Clobbered Kill 5 enemies with the mallet 5.0%
- Living Sculpture Kill 10 enemies with the carving knife 4.5%
- That’s No Ordinary Cold Kill an enemy with an icicle 4.2%
- Ended Rightly Kill an enemy with the pommel throw 3.8%
- Stairway to Hell Kill 5 enemies while climbing a ladder 3.7%