Shank 2
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 7h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Story Ends” (Complete Campaign Mode on Normal difficulty): only 20% of starters get there.
- 82% 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 3,660 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5.3h for positive, 3.7h 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 (81.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Story Ends Complete Campaign Mode on Normal difficulty Most players quit here 20% −80
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- The First Dozen Kill 12 enemies 100%
- Combo King Do 10 combos of 20 hits or more 27%
- The Story Ends Complete Campaign Mode on Normal difficulty 20%
- And the Kitchen Sink Find the kitchen sink and kill someone with it 12%
- Pistol Heimlich Perform 60 Pistol Counter Kills 7.3%
- Surf's Up Go 15 waves without either player dying in Survival Mode 7.0%
- No Bargains Buy nothing for 10 straight waves of Survival 6.8%
- Freedom Fighter Rescue 50 Civilians From The Militia 6.7%
- Shank, SMASH! Kill 50 enemies with the heavy object smash 6.4%
- Zombie Killer Reach the zombie wave in each Survival map 6.0%
- Gimmick Free Kill a Survival Boss with no traps or grenades 4.9%
- Up Close and Personal Beat a Campaign level with no ranged attacks 4.8%
- Shopaholic Buy everything in Survival Mode 4.6%
- That's Gonna Leave A Mark Perform 100 Machete Counter Kills 4.5%
- Too Easy Complete Campaign Mode on Hard difficulty 4.5%
- Trigger Happy Get 30 firetrap kills in one Survival match 3.8%
- Ultimate Survivalist Defeat all the waves in any Survival Mode map 3.4%
- Batter Up! Execute 150 kills with the baseball bat 3.3%
- Not So Fast... Do 30 counters in one Survival match 3.3%
- Ditch Digger Kill 100 enemies using the shovel 3.1%