EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 20h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 52% 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.
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Based on all 11,647 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 35.5h for positive, 16.9h 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 (51.6% 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 (39)
story milestone ending side
- Rescue Rescued 5 other players in co-op play. 100%
- Conquest 5% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 5%. 98%
- Conquest 10% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 10%. 70%
- Master Diver Wing Diver's health has reached 550. 59%
- Medic Healed another player in co-op play. 58%
- Master Ranger Ranger's health has reached 1000. 53%
- Super Rescue Rescued 50 other players in co-op play. 51%
- Master Air Raider Air Raider's health has reached 1000. 48%
- Master Fencer Fencer's health has reached 1250. 46%
- Conquest 15% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 15%. 42%
- Conquest 20% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 20%. 22%
- Conquest 25% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 25%. 15%
- Conquest 30% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 30%. 12%
- Conquest 35% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 35%. 10%
- Conquest 40% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 40%. 8.9%
- Conquest 45% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 45%. 7.9%
- Conquest 50% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 50%. 7.4%
- Conquest 55% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 55%. 6.8%
- Conquest 60% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 60%. 6.4%
- Conquest 62% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 62%. 5.6%
- Conquest 64% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 64%. 5.4%
- Conquest 66% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 66%. 5.2%
- Conquest 68% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 68%. 5.0%
- Conquest 70% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 70%. 4.8%
- Conquest 72% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 72%. 4.3%
- Conquest 74% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 74%. 4.1%
- Conquest 76% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 76%. 3.9%
- Conquest 78% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 78%. 3.7%
- Conquest 80% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 80%. 3.5%
- Conquest 82% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 82%. 3.3%
- Conquest 84% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 84%. 3.3%
- Conquest 86% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 86%. 3.1%
- Conquest 88% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 88%. 3.1%
- Conquest 90% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 90%. 2.9%
- Conquest 92% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 92%. 2.9%
- Conquest 94% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 94%. 2.9%
- Conquest 96% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 96%. 2.9%
- Conquest 100% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 100%. 2.7%
- Conquest 98% Main Story Total Completion Rate has reached 98%. 2.7%