Strategy
They Are Billions
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 62% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 51,558
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 35h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 62% 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 51,721 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 113.1h for positive, 17.2h 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 (61.8% 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 (34)
story milestone ending side
- Infected Killer Level 1 10.000 infected killed! 100%
- Colony Mayor Level 1 Build a colony with 1.000 colonists. 90%
- Infected Killer Level 2 50.000 infected killed! 76%
- Colony Mayor Level 2 Build a colony with 2.000 colonists. 65%
- Infected Killer Level 3 100.000 infected killed! 64%
- Giant Slayer Level 1 Kill an Infected Giant. 60%
- Giant Slayer Level 2 Kill two Infected Giant on the same map. 37%
- Giant Slayer Level 3 Kill three Infected Giant on the same map. 34%
- Survivor Level 2 Win a Survival game on Accesible mode. 33%
- Colony Mayor Level 3 Build a colony with 5.000 colonists. 31%
- Infected Killer Level 4 500.000 infected killed! 31%
- Survivor Level 1 Win a Survival game on Easy mode. 25%
- Survivor Level 3 Win a Survival game on Challenging mode. 23%
- The Most Wonderful Colony Build the six wonders in your colony. 22%
- Infected Killer Level 5 1 Million infected killed! 20%
- Survivor Level 4 Win a Survival game on Brutal mode. 13%
- Infected Killer Level 6 2 Millions infected killed! 12%
- For Quintus! Level 1 Win The New Empire Campaign with a score of 10.000 victory points. 9.5%
- Colony Mayor Level 4 Build a colony with 10.000 colonists. 7.8%
- Infected Killer Level 7 5 Millions infected killed! 6.1%
- For Quintus! Level 2 Win The New Empire Campaign with a score of 25.000 victory points. 5.7%
- Unstoppable Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 100%) without pausing the game. 5.2%
- For Quintus! Level 3 Win The New Empire Campaign with a score of 40.000 victory points. 4.2%
- Infected Killer Level 8 10 Millions infected killed! 3.6%
- No Towers Needed Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 200%) without using Attack Towers like Ballista or Executor. 3.4%
- Open Mind Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 100%) without using walls, gates and towers. 3.2%
- For Quintus! Level 4 Win The New Empire Campaign with a score of 70.000 victory points. 3.2%
- Soldier Wrath Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 100%) with just Soldiers in your army. No Attack Towers allowed. 2.6%
- Best General Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 100%) with no casualties. No Attack Towers allowed. 2.4%
- Sniper Slaughter Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 100%) with just Snipers in your army. No Attack Towers allowed. 2.4%
- Ranger Revenge Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 100%) with just Rangers in your army. No Attack Towers allowed. 2.3%
- Peaceful Win a Survival game (Score Factor >= 100%) with no new units trained. 2.1%
- Infected Killer Level 9 50 Millions infected killed! 1.1%
- Infected Killer Level 10 100 Millions infected killed! 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.