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The Battle of Polytopia
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 0% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 6,053
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 0% 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 6,102 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 13.3h for positive, 15.4h 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 (0.1% 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 (15)
story milestone ending side
- Chainsaw Kill 5 units in the same turn with one unit. A Knight is probably the best unit to do this with since it can chain many units in a row. 100%
- Grand Achitect Become the greatest Architect of all time by completing all 7 monuments in a single Perfection game. 100%
- Peace Keeper Have a peace treaty with 100% of your opponents at the same time in a Domination game. Requires the Diplomacy tech and some creative play to make everyone love you. 100%
- Epidemic Perfect the unique Poison ability of the Cymanti tribe until you have 20 enemy units infected at the same time. 100%
- Farm Master Create a max level Windmill. Burning forests can be a way to create the crop you need to succeed. 100%
- Age of Fire Raise 7 Fire Dragons and keep them alive. The ∑∫ỹriȱŋ tribe is the only one who has the ability to raise Dragons, so that is a requirement to succeed. 100%
- Permafrost Freeze every single tile of the world. The Polaris tribe is a requirement since that is the only tribe that has the power to freeze, using their Moonies and Gaamis. 100%
- Houdini Unsiege a city by making the enemy just disappear into thin air. This is for the Pro players, if you don't know how it is done, consult the mighty Oracle (the internet). 100%
- Pantheon Please all of the Polytopian Gods by building four unique types of temples: Forest Temple, Mountain Temple, Water Temple and a Field Temple (Ice Temple also works if you are Polaris). 100%
- Tower of Babylon Focus all your effort to make one of your cities reach level 12 before the time runs out in a Perfection game. 100%
- Monoculture Win a domination game training only 1 type of unit in your cities. Your starting unit does not count, Giants and ship upgrades are also allowed. 100%
- Love & Might Win a game without making any attacks. Mind Benders can be used to convert your enemies in a non violent way and it is ok to capture cities as long as you don't hurt anyone. 100%
- Get Rich... ...or die trying. Have 1000 stars at your displosal at any time in a Perfection game. Try to build your economy while also saving up stars each turn (this is tricky). 100%
- Stay Wet Win a Domination game as the Aquarion tribe without ever touching any land tiles. Remember that the puffer fish can drain land tiles from a distance to allow your water units to move inland. 100%
- Wood Master Create a max level Saw Mill. The Spiritualism tech gives you the ability to plant new forests if the map spawn is not in your favour. 100%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.