Strategy
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Give it 35 hours
Gets good by 35h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending at least 23% of players who started
Started playing 54% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 6,674
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 35h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- At least 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 54% 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 6,709 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 47.5h for positive, 8.3h 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 (54.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Wide Awake Complete the Vanguard Campaign ≥23% −77
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 (80)
story milestone ending side
- Builder Complete The Builder quest 100%
- Emissary Complete The Emissary quest 99%
- Economist Complete The Economist quest 88%
- Technologist Complete The Technologist quest 81%
- Diplomat Complete The Diplomat quest 73%
- Warmonger Complete The Warmonger quest 61%
- Invader Complete The Invader quest 56%
- Operator Complete The Operator quest 53%
- Story Master Complete 25 NPC Faction Quests 51%
- Expeditionary Forces Win as Vanguard leader 46%
- Negotiator Complete The Negotiator quest 46%
- The very best, like no one ever was Achieve Integration with a NPC faction 36%
- Xenophile Have colonies of 3 different races in your empire 34%
- Futurist Research a Tier X skill 33%
- Unifier Complete The Unifier quest 30%
- Paragon Achieve maximum reputation 29%
- Star Bureaucrat Have 7 doctrines active 28%
- Only way to travel Send a unit between two orbital relays 27%
- Harbinger Complete The Harbinger quest 26%
- Friendly Fire Kill your own unit by missing a shot 25%
- Emperor Complete The Emperor quest 24%
- Escape to Freedom Win as Kir'Ko leader 24%
- Wide Awake Complete the Vanguard Campaign 23%
- RedCore Mining Co. Win as Dvar leader 21%
- Spymaster Complete The Spymaster quest 21%
- Galactic Warlord Win 100 manual battles 19%
- Galactic Matriarchy Win as Amazon leader 18%
- Justice Prevails Declare war using at least 15 casus belli in a scenario 18%
- Syndicate Collective Win as Syndicate leader 16%
- Resistance is Futile Win as Assembly leader 14%
- Homecoming King Complete the Kir'Ko Campaign 14%
- Me, the Kingpin Win a game of interdimensional poker 13%
- We built this city Have 7 sectors in a single colony 12%
- Consortium Dominium Complete the Dvar Campaign 11%
- Make your own luck Score 7 successful critical hits in a single round of combat 11%
- Is this seat taken? Assign a Lord or Lady to a Colony while having maxed Colony Lord Skills 11%
- Conquerer Complete The Conquerer quest 9.6%
- Pustules Everywhere! Complete the Amazon Campaign 8.5%
- Eater of the Dead Recruit an Eater of the Dead from the Forgotten faction 8.5%
- Heartbreaker Refuse Valer-E's proposal 7.9%
- Power Play Get your commander to level 20 and have them equip 4 mods 7.7%
- Digging Deep Complete 40 Anomalous Sites 7.6%
- The superior version While holoshifted, use the Infiltrator to kill the unit it transformed into 7.6%
- Well Done Win a game using the Promethean Doomsday weapon 7.4%
- The Art of Deception Complete the Syndicate Campaign 6.1%
- Numerous Anomalies Complete 10 Anomalous Sites in a single Scenario. 6.1%
- Missing a Few Lungs Complete the Assembly Campaign 5.7%
- Pariah Achieve minimum reputation 5.7%
- Singularity Win a game using the Synthesis Doomsday weapon 5.5%
- Patron Complete The Patron quest 5.2%
- All Your Base Win a multiplayer match 5.2%
- Critical Failure Make enemy units fumble 13 attacks in a single battle 5.0%
- Eye of the Storm Complete the Final Campaign mission 4.8%
- The Alpha Strain Win a game using the Xenoplague Doomsday weapon 4.4%
- Against all odds Defeat the Invasion during a regular scenario game. 4.1%
- Four Noble Truths Win a game using the Celestian Doomsday weapon 3.9%
- Hello darkness my old friend Win a game using the Psynumbra Doomsday weapon 3.9%
- Beyond the Void Win a game using the Voidtech Doomsday weapon 3.9%
- Mr. Universe Achieve a Unifier Victory 3.9%
- It's Essential Collect a total of 500 Essence Charges 3.7%
- Now you see me… Capture an enemy colony while covered in Reflective Dust 3.3%
- A New Beginning Win a game using the Heritor Dynasty Doomsday Weapon 2.9%
- Hear me roar! Have a hero inject DNA to take the form of an Apex. 2.6%
- The Fifth Noble Truth Complete the Oathbound campaign 2.6%
- Alchemist Complete Vrascal's elixir in the first Oathbound mission without asking your scientists for help 2.6%
- Es'Teq Reformer Side with Hatyl Es'Ran at the end of the Revelations campaign 2.4%
- Es'Teq Prophet Side with Xito Rhemenses at the end of the Revelations campaign 2.2%
- Line 'em up! Use a Shakarn Deadeye to hit 3 units by using a single ability 2.2%
- Mr. Jones Find and Collect 5 Relics belonging to NPC factions (i.e. any 5 of the 7) 2.2%
- Shakarn Defector Win the Invasions campaign as an ally of the ELOP Confederation 2.0%
- The True Emperor Reach Empire Level 200 2.0%
- Wololo Permanently convert 30 units to your side 1.8%
- Overlord Have 3 vassals during a single playthrough 1.7%
- Hide and Seek Over the course of a single game, find at least 15 hidden Shakarn sleeper agents 1.7%
- Shakarn Loyalist Win the Invasions campaign for the Shakarn 1.1%
- Nihilist Win the Invasions campaign for the Voidbringers 1.1%
- Stacked Deck Complete a planet with a 300% exp multiplier or higher 1.1%
- No one could survive that! Kill 5 units with a single tactical operation 0.9%
- Master Infiltrator Complete the Celaudius-2 mission on high difficulty without your cover getting blown 0.9%
- Saint George Use an Aspirant to kill a Savage Tyrannodon 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.