Anno 1800
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 20h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Ticket Home” and “Nosey Parker”: from 100% to 62% of starters.
- Only 66% 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 32,822 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 28.5h for positive, 4.8h 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 (65.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Ticket Home Obtain a ticket home. 100%
- Nosey Parker Open the letter you were asked to deliver to Eli Bleakworth. Most players quit here 63% −37
- Back in Business Fulfill Sir Archibald Blake's bulk order. 49% −14
- Isabel Found Discover the New World in the campaign. 39% −10
- For Company,... Finish the campaign on normal difficulty. 18% −20
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (112)
story milestone ending side
- A Ticket Home Obtain a ticket home. 100%
- City Planner Have 10 buildings planned in blueprint mode. 88%
- Gold Digger Reach 100,000 coins. 68%
- Nosey Parker Open the letter you were asked to deliver to Eli Bleakworth. 63%
- DLC: Living it Large Achieve a population of 2,000 on a single island, using only hacienda residence buildings (Seeds of Change). 55%
- Winter Is Coming Have 10t of Bread, Fish, Beer, Schnapps and Canned Food in stock. 54%
- Back in Business Fulfill Sir Archibald Blake's bulk order. 49%
- Fake News Swap all the articles in a newspaper and then publish it. 44%
- Isabel Found Discover the New World in the campaign. 39%
- Choo Choo! Own your first train. 35%
- Climate Change Denier Build a power plant. 35%
- DLC: Long Term Grains Have one working silo in the Old World region (Bright Harvest). 34%
- Dutiful Child Read the whole of your father's diary. 33%
- Full Steam Ahead! Build a steam ship. 29%
- What's That Smell? Have a burning sailing ship. 27%
- Special Operations Rescue Isabel's comrades. 25%
- Leviathan Build a battle cruiser. 23%
- The Truth Uncovered Learn the secret behind your father's death. 22%
- Isambard's Kingdom Build wood, stone and railway bridges. 20%
- On a Knife Edge Finish an expedition with morale below 15%. 20%
- Discreet Deliver the letter to Eli Bleakworth unopened. 19%
- DLC: Sounds Familiar Equip a music pavilion with sheet music from Anno (Botanica). 19%
- For Company,... Finish the campaign on normal difficulty. 18%
- An Outpost in Paradise Settle on Manola. 17%
- DLC: Into the Depths Use the Diving Bell for the first time (Sunken Treasures). 15%
- DLC: Devil of a Deal Establish three Export/Import Contract (Docklands) 15%
- Besties Form an alliance with both Bente Jorgensen and Princess Qing. 14%
- The Great Eastern Obtain The Great Eastern via Archibald's special quest The 'Floating City' 13%
- No Business like Ship Business Sell 5 Schooners. 12%
- Bankster Make someone happy by building a bank. 12%
- Great Exhibitionist Organise an exhibition. 12%
- Brain Gain Attract 100 artistas. 11%
- DLC: Touch the Sky Build a rigid airship hangar and construct an airship (Empire of the Skies). 11%
- DLC: Experimental Chef Unlock 1 Additional Recipe (Tourist Season). 9.9%
- DLC: All Under Control Unlock all the Departments of the Palace (Seat of Power). 9.7%
- DLC: For the Long Haul Unlock all of a trade partner's goods (Docklands) 9.3%
- DLC: Fully Operational Build an airship platform with all modules (Empire of the Skies). 9.1%
- Party Like It's 1851 Organise a truly sumptuous exhibition. 8.4%
- DLC: By the Busload Attract 500 Tourists (Tourist Season). 7.9%
- DLC: Busman's Holiday Connect a Zoo and a Museum to a Hotel by bus, and fulfill these needs to at least 50%. (Tourist Season). 7.8%
- DLC: Great Estate Have more than 20 modules linked to a single hacienda (Seeds of Change). 7.8%
- Powered Up Provide electricity to 20 factories in the New World. 7.4%
- DLC: Coming Up Roses Complete a Botanical Expedition (Botanica). 7.1%
- DLC: Monumental Knowledge Build the Research Institute (Land of Lions) 7.1%
- DLC: Going Up! Build three engineer and three investor skyscrapers (The High Life). 7.1%
- DLC: City in Bloom Place the first botanical ornament in a cultural building (Botanica). 6.8%
- DLC: The Lost Expedition Find Sir John Faithful's lost expedition to the Northwest Passage (The Passage). 6.1%
- Busy As A Beaver Complete the construction of the dam. 5.6%
- DLC: Megopalace Build 40 wings for the palace (Seat of Power). 5.5%
- DLC: The Queen's Favour Complete the story quest 'The Great Exhibition' (Sunken Treasures). 5.2%
- DLC: La Dame De Fer Construct the 'Iron Tower' (Tourist Season). 5.2%
- DLC: The Voiceless City Build 100 docklands modules across all islands (Docklands) 4.9%
- DLC: 360° Panorama! Have 10 Intense Panorama Effects in your investor skyscrapers at the same time (The High Life). 4.9%
- DLC: Traction Control Have at least 10 farms with working tractors supplied by only one fuel station (Bright Harvest). 4.6%
- DLC: The Actual Art of the Deal Simultaneously have goods in every specialty slot (Docklands) 4.6%
- DLC: Muck Spreader Use fertiliser to boost a farm outside of the New World (Seeds of Change). 4.6%
- DLC: The Glamorous Life Reach the 'glamorous' attractiveness level on a city or higher on Crown Falls (Sunken Treasures). 4.4%
- DLC: Prime Minister Unlock all the palace policies (Seat of Power). 4.4%
- DLC: El Gran Hacendado Build all hacienda modules (Seeds of Change). 4.4%
- DLC: Spread Anarchy Publish at least one of Dr. Hugo Mercier's propaganda articles in your newspaper (The Anarchist). 4.4%
- DLC: Flooding the Market Export 50,000t of any one good(Docklands) 4.3%
- Thank you, Mr. Scrooge. Lure Carl Leonard von Malching into gifting you money. 4.3%
- Supply Chain Management Defend all royal supply ships and destroy all supplies of your enemy. 4.1%
- Committed To Your Goals Construct a stadium and launch a football championship. 4.0%
- One for all, all for one. Play a multiplayer match with 3 other players. 4.0%
- DLC: Profits Rising Have 15 active trade routes using airships (Empire of the Skies). 3.5%
- ...Queen,... Finish the campaign on advanced difficulty. 3.3%
- Chartered Company Reach Investors using only charter routes. 3.2%
- DLC: Reach for the Stars – Almost! Build the Skyline Tower (The High Life). 2.9%
- DLC: All Inclusive Fulfill the need for Restaurants, Bars and Cafés by 100% for at least 5 Hotels for 1 hour (Tourist Season). 2.7%
- DLC: Seriously Invested Reach 50,000 investors on Crown Falls (Sunken Treasures). 2.6%
- DLC: Conciliator Unify Waha Desher, Kidusi Anitoni and Angereb with Enbesa. (Land of Lions). 2.4%
- DLC: Better Safe Than Sorry Organize a Plan B with Miss Jenny during the Skyline Tower quest (The High Life). 2.3%
- DLC: Stick Together Complete 10 Inuit or arctic residents' quests (The Passage). 2.1%
- DLC: Arcticologist Complete all the cultural sets from the Arctic (The Passage). 2.1%
- DLC: The Wilde Ones Reach a population of 25,000 scholars (Land of Lions) 2.1%
- Fire and Rescue Find all the arsonists and evacuate Bright Sands. 2.1%
- DLC: Importer Supply a metropolis on Crown Falls via trade routes only for 5 minutes (Sunken Treasures). 2.0%
- DLC: Encyclopaedia Botanica Complete all the cultural sets for the botanical garden (Botanica). 1.8%
- DLC: Cultural Capitol Have at least a zoo, a museum, a world's fair and a public mooring within the palace's area of influence for 30 minutes (Seat of Power). 1.7%
- DLC: No God, No Master Complete Dr. Hugo Mercier's main arc (The Anarchist). 1.7%
- DLC: Gardens of Babylon Reach 2,500 attractiveness points in a botanical garden (Botanica). 1.5%
- DLC: Fuel Imports Don’t build a charcoal kiln in the Arctic until you pass 1,000 technicians (The Passage). 1.5%
- ...and Empire. Finish the campaign on expert difficulty. 1.5%
- DLC: Crop Rotator Improve one of every type of farm with a tractor or silo in the Old and New World regions (Bright Harvest). 1.5%
- DLC: Major Discoverer Research all major discoveries at least once. (Land of Lions) 1.5%
- DLC: An Ocean of Knowledge Complete all the cultural sets from Sunken Treasures (Sunken Treasures). 1.4%
- DLC: Stir Crazy Reach a seafood stew production rate of 25 tonnes per minute. (Land of Lions). 1.4%
- DLC: Tower Of Power Have 3,400 investors living in the Skyline Tower (The High Life). 1.4%
- World Peace Form alliances with all players and pirates. 1.4%
- DLC: As Far as the Eye Can See Build at least 350 farm fields on any crop farm that requires this amount (Bright Harvest). 1.2%
- DLC: Memento Mori Reach a souvenir demand of more than 30t/min, and then supply it (Tourist Season). 1.2%
- DLC: It's Black Friday! Achieve the toasters, crockery and vacuum cleaners bonus effect for at least 150 residences at the same time (The High Life). 1.2%
- DLC: Earthly Delights Have every kind of hacienda crop farm operating simultaneously on a single island (Seeds of Change). 1.2%
- DLC: Environmental Campaigner Having passed 500 technicians, turn off any heaters heating residences for 60 minutes (The Passage). 1.1%
- DLC: Goatberg Variations The Goats Sing: Mi Ti So Do and ? (Land of Lions) 1.1%
- DLC: Make it Rain Perform 50 airship drop runs (Empire of the Skies). 1.1%
- DLC: Anarchy is Dead Defeat Dr. Hugo Mercier (The Anarchist). 1.1%
- DLC: Snagging the Market Upgrade 10 goods to Household Name level (Docklands) 0.9%
- DLC: Syndicalism Establish an alliance with Dr. Hugo Mercier (The Anarchist). 0.9%
- DLC: Apparatus of State Have at least one trade union, town hall and harbourmaster's office, with 4 item slots equipped at each (Seat of Power). 0.8%
- DLC: Flawless Defence Build a wooden fence entrance underneath a brick wall gate (Bright Harvest). 0.8%
- DLC: Fuel Efficient Reach a global production rate of fuel of at least 100 tons per minute (Bright Harvest). 0.8%
- State of the Art Host 50,000 Artistas on Manola. 0.8%
- Annoholic Win a custom game with the highest possible difficulty settings. 0.8%
- DLC: Propaganda of the Deed Complete 20 anarchy resident quests (The Anarchist). 0.8%
- DLC: Perambulator Build all the botanical ornaments in any cultural building (Botanica). 0.6%
- DLC: Aero Tycoon Build one hangar on each of the 4 Arctic plateaus (The Passage). 0.6%
- DLC: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Have 20+ flak monitors and 20+ flak emplacements in the same region (Empire of the Skies). 0.6%
- DLC: The Better Anarchist Defeat Dr. Hugo Mercier without luxury needs, public services or police stations (The Anarchist). 0.6%
- DLC: Lawgiver Have every hacienda edict employed simultaneously across your islands (Seeds of Change). 0.5%
- DLC: Aerial Armada Build 5 of each of the new rigid airships (Empire of the Skies). 0.5%