Strategy
Scythe: Digital Edition
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 50% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 3,824
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 10h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 50% 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 3,855 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11.1h for positive, 1.9h 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 (49.8% 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 (56)
story milestone ending side
- The Four Mechmen Deploy all mechs. 100%
- The Challenger Complete the objective. 99%
- Proletariat Get all workers. 96%
- Speed Demon Be the first person in the Factory. 90%
- In the Army Now Enlist all recruits. 88%
- This Land Is My Land At the end of the game, have the most tiles under your control. 87%
- Real Estate Magnate Build all structures. 82%
- The Winner Takes It All Win a game. 78%
- Udarnik At the end of the game, have the most resources under your control. 77%
- Well-Oiled Machine Acquire all upgrades. 76%
- Seize the Means of Production Control the Factory at the end of the game. 76%
- To the Victor Go the Spoils Win 2 battles. 75%
- Armed to the Teeth Get 16 power. 73%
- Execute Order 66 Defeat an enemy hero. 68%
- Ubergeek Win a battle on the Factory field. 57%
- Welcome to Scythe Complete any tutorial 55%
- Rags to Riches Win with total $100 score or more. 43%
- Is This the Real Life...? Win a match while your opponent has 6 stars. 41%
- Adventurer Collect 5 or more encounters during the game. 40%
- The Power of Love Get 18 popularity. 39%
- Better Feared than Loved Win with 6 or less popularity. 38%
- Successful Developer Get the highest tier from the structures bonus. 36%
- All Power to the Rusviets [IFA] Win a game with the Rusviet Union 32%
- A Bit of Coloured Ribbon [IFA] Win a game with the Patriotic Mat 32%
- Rule Polania [IFA] Win a game with the Polania Republic 31%
- Bread and Salt [IFA] Win a game with the Agricultural Mat 31%
- Warmonger Win the game and have won more than 2 combats. 30%
- Velvet Glove [IFA] Win a game without initiating a single battle 30%
- Where Eagles Dare [IFA] Win a game with the Crimean Khanate 30%
- Mind over Machine [IFA] Win a game with the Engineering Mat 28%
- Rome Wasn't Built in a Day Win without any structures. 27%
- Hero of Heavy Labour [IFA] Win a game with the Industrial Mat 27%
- Mechs in Shining Armour [IFA] Win a game with the Mechanical Mat 27%
- The North Remembers [IFA] Win a game with the Nordic Kingdom 26%
- Hold My Tankard and Watch This [IFA] Win a game with the Saxony Empire 26%
- Smells Like... Victory [IFA] Win an online game 25%
- Technological Imperative [IFA] Win a game with the Innovative Mat 19%
- Smear Campaign [IFA] Win a game with the Militant Mat 17%
- Ganbare Togawa! [IFA] Win a game with the Togawa Shogunate 17%
- Highland Advantage [IFA] Win a game with Clan Albion 16%
- Full-Scale Invasion [IFA] Win a game while controlling 13 territories or more 16%
- Luddite Win without any upgrades. 14%
- Army of Me Win without any recruits. 14%
- Keelhauled Win a battle on a lake. 12%
- Iron Curtain [IFA] Win a game while controlling all 3 land territories adjacent to the Factory 11%
- Tools of the Trade [IFA] Win a game with each of the seven mats 9.6%
- League of Nations [IFA] Win a game with each of the seven factions 9.4%
- One-Man Army Win without any mechs. 8.8%
- The Art of War Win a battle with 0 power. 7.8%
- Boar Katsudon [IFA] As the Togawa Shogunate, beat units of Clan Albion in battle 7.0%
- Fifteen-Year Plan [IFA] Win a game in 15 turns or less 7.0%
- Monkey Haggis [IFA] As Clan Albion, beat units of the Togawa Shogunate in battle 6.2%
- The Art of Trolling Build a mine near the enemy base. 6.2%
- Well-Deserved Promotion [IFA] Reach an ELO rating of 1250 or more 6.0%
- Iron Hand [IFA] Win a game after winning 5 battles or more 5.4%
- Teleporting back to homebase [IFA] Complete all achievements 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.