Burden of Command™

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 666 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 22.7h for positive, 3.5h 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 (74.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (82)

• Lace Up Your Boondockers Successfully complete first stage of Bootcamp. 100%
• Sniped! Get shot at by an "enemy" sniper during training. 69%
• Brotherly Love Get a Major Victory in Bootcamp for the Men Victory Condition. 62%
• French Trophy Capture/Destroy a French machine gun at Casablanca. 43%
• Boot Licker Successfully licked (completed) Bootcamp 40%
• Surrender Frenchie! Force a French unit to surrender. 40%
• Under Fire! Get shot at by the Vichy French. 39%
• Off the beach! Get off the beach during the Morocco landing. 39%
• Fedala After Action Help Wilson figure things out. 39%
• Checking Out Reach the Hotel Miramar. 33%
• His Little War Speak with Stern on the road to Casablanca. 32%
• Can't Outsmart A Bullet Help Dearborn figure war out. 32%
• In Command Become the Captain. 31%
• My Company, My Mission Get a Major Victory in Bootcamp for the Mission Victory Condition. 31%
• Barn Reaper Capture the Barn in Bootcamp mission #4. 28%
• Italian Trophy Secure an Italian machine gun. 27%
• Dig a Foxhole! Get shot at by the Germans. 27%
• Coffee, Coffee, Coffee Get caffeinated three times. 26%
• Thompson's War Help Lieutenant Thompson figure things out. 26%
• Crisis at Palma Di Montechiaro Deal with the crisis at Palma Di Montechiaro. 25%
• Germany Trophy Secure an MG42 while advancing in Sicily, 23%
• Morocco Complete Complete the Morocco Campaign 23%
• Surrender Kraut! Force a German unit to surrender. 23%
• FT What? Take a shot at an FT17. 23%
• Trophy Trifecta Capture a German, an Italian, and a French machine gun. 23%
• Recon on the Ridge Scout the German positions on Million Dollar Ridge. 23%
• Take That Gun! Capture or destroy an Italian anti-tank gun during the Sicily Landing. 22%
• Maximum Mindset! Maximize any Mindset to >4 22%
• Hot Pursuit Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men on the Road to Casablanca. 22%
• Quiet time Tread quietly, don't wake the French at Hotel Miramar. 22%
• Priorities Save a critical piece of gear from the Volturno. 21%
• Knock Out! Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at Casablanca. 21%
• Zee Germans! Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at the Hotel Miramar. 21%
• Inland Advance! Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men during the Sicily landing. 20%
• What History? Achieve three ahistorical victories... or defeats. 18%
• Sicily Complete Complete the Sicily Campaign. 18%
• Ruin of War Secure the occupied farmhouse at San Fratello. 16%
• Rapid Advance Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men in Sicily. 16%
• Sicily Tourist Visit one of three historical locations at Palma Di Montechiaro (Monastero, Palazzo degli Scolopi, Chiesa Madre). 16%
• Up the Long Hill Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at Million Dollar Ridge. 14%
• Go to Rome Enter the storied city of Rome. 14%
• Concrete Advance Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at Cape Fedala. 14%
• Hold On! Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at the Volturno Crossing. 14%
• Publish or Perish? Get your Anzio experiences published by Miss Magrina. 13%
• Churchill Where is Churchill? Here is Churchill! 13%
• Settling Accounts Secure the Church, take an important prisoner at Cisterna. 13%
• 88! Capture or destroy an 88mm Cannon at La Londe. 11%
• Fatal Attraction Get hit by your own artillery. 11%
• Champagne Campaign Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at La Londe. 10%
• The Baron Meet the Baron during the Anzio Advance. 10%
• Winter Came Winter Came. 10%
• Concrete Jungle See the Siegfied Line. 9.2%
• Tigerfibel! Recover the Tiger tank manual from the wreck near Anzio. 9.0%
• Vive la France! Complete the French Liberation Campaign. 8.3%
• Quiet Pretty Quiet on the Western Front. 8.3%
• Welcome to Green Hell Finish up in the Vosges. 8.3%
• My Mission Rescue the Rangers while advancing to Anzio. 8.2%
• Followed the Leader Followed the Colonel Over the Wall. 8.0%
• Epilogue The Epilogue. 7.9%
• Crossroads Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men amid the Vosges. 7.9%
• The Best Party The War is Over. Celebrate! 7.9%
• Breakthrough! Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at Cisterna. 7.5%
• Rescued Rangers Achieve at least a Minor Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men during the Anzio Advance. 7.4%
• Sole Survivor Speak with the sole survivor at Vy-les-Lure. 7.4%
• Blockade Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at Montelimar. 7.0%
• Bah Bah! Play with the sheep on the road to Casablanca. 6.7%
• The Heavy Crown Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men at Augsburg. 6.7%
• Gotcha! Capture Anzio Annie. 6.3%
• Screw Your Pocket! Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men amid the Colmar Pocket. 6.1%
• Keep Pushing! Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men near Vy-les-Lure. 6.0%
• Concrete Foolishness Achieve a Major Victory for the Mission and at least a Draw for the Men across the Siegfried Line. 3.3%
• Another Burn Ward Rescue the wounded tankers at Bardenberg. 2.0%
• A Bitter Winter Complete the Bardenberg Scenario 1.5%
• Military Necessity Use the Mortars on the graveyard in Sacred Ground. 1.3%
• Walk the Ground Complete the Sacred Ground Scenario 0.9%
• The Enemy Nest Seize the enemy's MG nest in Bardenberg. 0.9%
• Master Tactician Completed Cottonbalers campaign at Tactician Difficulty Level. 0.8%
• Respect for the Dead Do not use the mortars on the graveyard in Sacred Ground. 0.8%
• German Soil Take the town of Utweiler. 0.7%
• Terrifying Thunder Get shot at by the 20mm AA gun in Sacred Ground. 0.7%
• Discretion and Valor Accept an offered draw or withdraw from battle at Bardenberg. 0.5%
• Hero Time During Bardenberg, use the Panzerschreck to kill the Panther tank. 0.4%