Dawn of Man
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 20h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 78% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 100% 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 17,963 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 46.3h for positive, 28.7h 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 (99.8% 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 (24)
story milestone ending side
- Launch Forth Launch the game 100%
- Ancient Apprentice Complete tutorial 77%
- Massive Hunter Hunt a Mammoth 63%
- Continental Settlement Achieve a population of 50 in the Continental Dawn scenario 59%
- Iron Man Get to the Iron Age 41%
- Ancient Miner Have at least 3 mines at one given time in the Neolithic era 32%
- Master of Steel Produce 10 Steel Swords in one game 19%
- Megalith Madness Build a Menhir, Dolmen, Stone Circle, Statue and Cairn in the same game 17%
- North Settlement Achieve a population of 50 in The Northlands scenario 16%
- Challenger Complete 1 challenge 13%
- Overpopulation Get 200 people in your settlement 10%
- Warrior Settlement Achieve a population of 50 in the Ancient Warriors scenario 9.2%
- Siege Progress Unlock the Bronze Age in the Ancient Warriors scenario 8.9%
- The Deer Hunter Hunt 100 deer in one game 8.0%
- Prestigious Reach 1000 prestige 7.5%
- Hardened Survivor Complete 5 milestones in hardcore mode 6.7%
- Siege Overcome Unlock the Steelmaking tech in the Ancient Warriors scenario 6.0%
- Express Evolution Research all techs in the tech tree in less than 6 hours of gameplay 5.8%
- Completion Complete all 30 milestones 3.3%
- Hyper Challenger Complete all 4 challenges 3.2%
- Paleolithic Overpopulation Get 100 people in your settlement in the Paleolithic era 1.4%
- Stone Prestige Reach 900 prestige in the Stone Age 1.2%
- Ultimate Challenger Complete all 4 challenges in hardcore mode 1.1%
- Ultimate Completion Complete all 30 milestones in hardcore mode 1.1%