When does Assassin's Creed® Odyssey get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%). The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.

How many players finish Assassin's Creed® Odyssey?

35% of players who start reach the ending.

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Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

Oct 5, 2018 Steam: Very Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Reach the ending 35% of players who started

Started playing 92% of owners

Steam reviews 89% positive of 189,788

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
35% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “This is Sparta!” (Complete the Battle of 300) and “An Odyssey in the Making” (Complete Episode 1): from 100% to 77% of starters.
92% 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 190,402 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 50.3h for positive, 21.2h 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 (91.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
This is Sparta! Complete the Battle of 300. 100%
An Odyssey in the Making Complete Episode 1. Most players quit here 77% −23
Past Mistakes Complete Episode 2. 71% −7
Evil Unearthed Complete Episode 3. 64% −6
The Bright Minds Complete Episode 4. 55% −10
From the Ashes Complete Episode 5. 46% −8
Democracy Falls Complete Episode 6. 46% −1
Legend in the Making Complete Episode 7. 37% −9
Taking Back Athens Complete Episode 8. 36% −1
Odyssey's End Complete Episode 9 + Epilogue. 35%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (93)

story milestone ending side

This is Sparta! Complete the Battle of 300. 100%
Shiny! Acquire and equip your first Legendary item. 92%
I am Legend Equip 1 Legendary melee weapon and 5 Legendary armor pieces. 82%
Fashion's Creed Equip a Legendary Armor set. 78%
An Odyssey in the Making Complete Episode 1. 77%
Past Mistakes Complete Episode 2. 71%
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Upgrade the Adrestia for the first time. 69%
You Work for Me Now Recruit and assign a Legendary NPC for your ship. 68%
Ramming Speed Cleave a ship in half. 68%
Make It Your Own Engrave your first item. 66%
Evil Unearthed Complete Episode 3. 64%
Aphrodite's Embrace Spend the night with another character. 63%
Scourge of the Aegean Sink your first Epic Ship. 58%
Hero for Hire Win your first on land conquest battle in any region (excluding Megaris in Hero's Journey). 56%
The Bright Minds Complete Episode 4. 55%
War Master Kill the Leader of any Region with Low Resources, other than Megaris. 53%
From the Ashes Complete Episode 5. 46%
The Midas Touch Engrave a Legendary Item with a Legendary Effect. 46%
Democracy Falls Complete Episode 6. 46%
Infamous Raise your Bounty to the maximum level. 44%
One Head Down… Defeat a full cluster of Cultists of Kosmos. 41%
Godly Power Acquire a Tier 3 active Ability. 40%
Birthright Discover Atlantis and speak with Pythagoras. 40%
Going For Gold Complete the Olympic questline. 38%
The Argonauts Fully crew the Adrestia with Legendary Lieutenants. 38%
Legend in the Making Complete Episode 7. 37%
Blood Sport Defeat a Mercenary in the Arena. 36%
Taking Back Athens Complete Episode 8. 36%
Riddle Me This Outwit the Sphinx. 36%
Odyssey's End Complete Episode 9 + Epilogue. 35%
Demigod Reach Level 50. 35%
A-maze-ing Victory! Defeat the Minotaur. 35%
Wrath of the Amazons Cleave a ship while having an all-women crew. 33%
Eye on the Prize Defeat the Cyclops. 33%
Lightning Rod Defeat Steropes the Lightning Bringer. 33%
Are You Not Entertained? Become Champion of the Arena. 33%
Top of the Food Chain Become the first Mercenary. 32%
In Perseus's Image Defeat Medusa. 30%
Legacy Restored Upgrade your Spear to Tier 6. 26%
The Cult Unmasked Defeat all the Cultists of Kosmos. 26%
Without a trace Kill 10 enemies using the Death Veil ability 26%
Master of the Hunt Complete the Daughters of Artemis questline. 25%
Volcanic Sunscreen Defeat Arges, the Bright One 25%
Lord of the Seas Upgrade the Adrestia to Legendary Status. 23%
The Heir of Memories Complete The Heir of Memories 21%
Misthios in Training Complete 20 Bounties, War Contracts, or Naval Quests from Message Boards. 20%
The Daughters of Lalaia Complete The Daughters of Lalaia 18%
I Have the Power Perform an Overpower Attack with every weapon type. 18%
Divine Intervention Complete Divine Intervention. 18%
A Friend Worth Dying For Complete A Friend Worth Dying For 18%
A Brother's Seduction Complete A Brother's Seduction 17%
The Start of a Legacy Discover the truth about Darius' past 17%
Seeing Red Kill 10 enemies using the Fury of the Bloodline Ability. 16%
Every Story Has an Ending Complete Every Story Has an Ending 15%
Island Hopper Complete 20 Quests on Pephka, Obsidian and Abantis islands. 15%
Everybody Benefits Complete Markos's questline. 15%
Predator and Prey Kill all the Ancients in the Order of the Hunters in Makedonia 15%
The Image of Faith Complete The Image of Faith 14%
Blood of Leonidas Continue the bloodline. 14%
One Really, Really Bad Day Complete One Really, Really Bad Day 14%
The Show Must Go On Complete The Show Must Go On. 14%
Gathering Strength Collect all the Keeper's Insights in Episode 1. 13%
No More Rulers Kill all Overseers in Elysium. 13%
Fire on Water Set 10 enemy ships on fire. 13%
In the Face of the Gods Remember who you are. 13%
A Poet's Legacy Complete A Poet's Legacy. 13%
Bittersweet Beginnings Secure your bloodline 13%
Stormculler Kill all of the Ancients in the Order of the Storm in Achaia. 12%
Stink Eye Recover the Cyclops's eye from a goat on Kephallonia. 12%
Bad Dog! Defeat Cerberos. 12%
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Complete the Hippokrates questline. 12%
For Love of Persia Kill all the Ancients in the Order of Dominion in Messenia 12%
Kingmaker Acquire the Sword of Kings 11%
Gathering More Strength Collect all the Keeper's Insights in Episode 2. 11%
Old Flames Burn Brighter Complete Old Flames Burn Brighter 11%
A True Ruler Dethrone the king. 11%
Gathering Full Strength Collect all the Keeper's Insights in Episode 3. 9.9%
Isu Bloodline Completely fill the Knowledge Sequence. 9.7%
The One Defeat all of the Fallen. 9.6%
The Conqueror Win the conquest of Elysium with freed humans from the 3 main regions. 9.4%
1 Versus 100 Defeat the Hekatonchires. 9.3%
Hephaistos's Apprentice Forge the 3 Legendary Weapons. 8.6%
A Pirate's Life for Me Complete Xenia's questline. 8.4%
Blasphemer Destroy all of the Marble Maiden Tributes. 7.2%
Breaking the Limit Land a Rush Assassinate that chains 4 times with the Blade of the Lion 6.3%
Guardian of the Underworld Close all Tartaros Rifts. 6.0%
Lone Lion Kill the Makedonian Lion 5.7%
Hermes's Homie Unveil all sub-regions of Greece. 4.7%
Rain of Arrows Kill 10 enemies using the Rapid Fire ability. 4.7%
Child of Poseidon Complete all underwater location objectives. 4.4%
Parry to Carry Heal by parrying 10 times with the Judgment of the Lion. 4.1%
Surgical Sniper Heal by getting 10 headshot kills while you have the Golden Harbinger equipped. 3.3%
Your Own Medicine Kill 10 Isu Soldiers with the Blessing of Kronos enhancement. 3.3%

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