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Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 64% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 8,259
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 87% of games we track.
- 64% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “We are the Champions” (Defeat the Spider Goddess!) and “Off with your head!” (Defeat Bram the Beheader): from 64% to 44% of starters.
- 91% 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 8,317 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.1h for positive, 10h 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 (90.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Why so serious? Defeat Hi-Hi Enha, the Gnoll Chieftain. 87% −13
- Game of Thrones Defeat Malicia! 73% −13
- We are the Champions Defeat the Spider Goddess! 64% −9
- Off with your head! Defeat Bram the Beheader. Most players quit here 44% −21
- The Pick of Destiny Defeat Godieth the Dark Balrog. 43% −1
- My Lord Bag of Rice Defeat Baj'Nimen the hateful warlord. 42% −1
- Great Defender Complete the Campaign in Normal difficulty. 64% +23
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (83)
story milestone ending side
- Get the party started Win stage 1 with 3 stars. 100%
- Only counts as one Defeat 10 enemies with a single thunderbolt power. 92%
- Gnollbuster Defeat 900 gnolls. 92%
- I need a Hero Complete 3 stages without the hero dying. 91%
- Stargazer Earn 15 stars. 88%
- Why so serious? Defeat Hi-Hi Enha, the Gnoll Chieftain. 87%
- Garden Song Activate 50 magical plants. 85%
- Gloomicide Defeat 100 gloomies before they duplicate. 83%
- Footloose Perfect Parry for a total of 1000 damage. 83%
- Vorpal Blade Defeat 5 Bandersnatches only by dealing them damage. 82%
- Truth or Dare Call 13 or more early waves on any given stage. 82%
- The Art of War Read all tip cards. 81%
- I volunteer as tribute Deploy 500 or more reinforcements into battle. 79%
- Robin Of Elfwood Earn 3 stars on each Elven Woods campaign stage. 79%
- The Bone Collector Collect 100,000 gold from defeated enemies. 77%
- Stardust Earn 30 stars. 76%
- Game of Thrones Defeat Malicia! 73%
- Not Today! Complete 7 stages without the hero dying. 73%
- Brave Little Tailor Don't let the hero die against an Ettin on Stage 4. 68%
- Great Defender Complete the Campaign in Normal difficulty. 64%
- We are the Champions Defeat the Spider Goddess! 64%
- War never changes Have 1,500 of your own soldiers defeated in battle. 63%
- It's a kind of magic Defeat 50 enemies with Eldritch Doom explosions. 62%
- The bigger they are... Defeat 7 Golems before they walk past half the stage. 58%
- Pixiebell Earn 3 stars on each Faery Grove campaign stage. 56%
- Rockstar Earn 50 stars. 56%
- Gnollum Defeat 100 Bloodsydian Gnolls. 56%
- Gargamel Squish 10 gnomes! 56%
- Simcity Build a Level 4 tower on every holder of a stage. 56%
- Jurassic Lake Crystalize a single creep for more than 10 secs. 55%
- 1.21 Gigawatts! Cast 1210 lightning bolts. 54%
- Dwarf Falls Save 13 barrelled dwarves. 53%
- Rambo Style Defeat 50 flying enemies with Arcane Burst arrows. 50%
- Scissorfinger Find the matching bushes. 48%
- City of Splendors Earn 3 stars on each Ancient City campaign stage. 48%
- Gathering the magic Defeat 80 enemies with the magic Blossoms. 47%
- Starcraft Earn all stars from each Campaign stage. 45%
- Candy Rush Save Hans and Ethel. 44%
- I like to move it! Entertain the funny lemure. 44%
- Off with your head! Defeat Bram the Beheader. 44%
- Lullaby! Defeat 50 sleeping enemies. 43%
- The Pick of Destiny Defeat Godieth the Dark Balrog. 43%
- Peekaboo Find the three playing friends. 42%
- My Lord Bag of Rice Defeat Baj'Nimen the hateful warlord. 42%
- It's a Trap! Prevent Mactans from webbing at least 8 towers. 41%
- Shroom Says Complete a 9 tap challenge of the Shroom game. 40%
- Killtacular! Crimson Sentence 10 enemies in a single wave. 39%
- 1,2,3...Plant! Grow 100 barbed vines! 39%
- Green Arrow Defeat 500 enemies with reinforcements' projectiles. 38%
- Malik Unchained Help Malik escape. 38%
- D&D Have Beresad and Ashbite defeat 100 enemies. 36%
- Winter is coming Freeze 100 enemies with the Sorcerer's Stones. 34%
- Sorcerer's Apprentice Find the three apprentice relics! 34%
- Tauriel Apprentice Make 600 Blade Dance moves. 34%
- George Fall Find George! 33%
- Ace of Spades Complete Stage 5 without building any barracks. 32%
- Phantom Zoned Keep enemies out of time for a total of 1000 seconds. 28%
- Wile E. Help Wile E. capture the elusive bird. 27%
- Red Five Complete any stage with 5 active arcane sentinels. 26%
- White rabbit Scare 11 idle white rabbits! 24%
- Fee-fi-fo-fum! Grow the beanstalk to the clouds! 23%
- Shenzi, Banzai & Ed End stage 3 without scaring more than 3 hyenas. 23%
- Mitchell-Hedges Collect the 3 strange skulls. 21%
- Heavyweight Class Stun 10 or more enemies with a single clobber. 20%
- Supreme Defender Complete the Campaign in Veteran difficulty. 19%
- Killer Tomatoes! Defeat 500 enemies with the poison Vines. 16%
- Beornings Have 8 or more Runed Bears in any single stage. 16%
- Heroic Rush Complete all campaign Heroic challenges. 16%
- Iron Rush Complete all campaign Iron challenges. 15%
- Counter Master Defeat 250 enemies while silenced. 14%
- Ding! Ding! Ding! Raise all 3 basic heroes to level 10. 12%
- Dogfight Ace Have your Gryphon Riders defeat 25 Perythons. 9.9%
- I meant the red wire Have your soldiers avoid 50 blasting spell explosions. 9.4%
- Valar Morghulis Mark a total of 5 targets simultaneously. 8.7%
- Nimloth the Fair Stun 200 enemies with the white trees' power. 8.5%
- Call me Mr. Pig Make the Razor Boars trample and kill 20 enemies. 8.0%
- Peerless Defender Complete the Campaign in Impossible difficulty. 7.9%
- Kingsfoil Leaves Give regeneration 25 times to the same soldier. 7.9%
- Brother vs brother Have your Renegades defeat 50 twilight elves. 7.7%
- The Banner Saga Have Bolverk kill 100 enemies. 7.4%
- Pest Control Kill 100 Mounted Avengers. 7.1%
- No Pain, No Gain Deal over 100,000 damage with Sylvan Curses. 6.7%
- Wildfire harvest Throw 1,000 burning nuts. 6.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.