Waves

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 1,590 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 1h for positive, 0.5h 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 (51.8% 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 (54)

• Kill them all! Kill 1000 Enemies in total. 100%
• GET TO THE CHOPPA Pick up a multiplier just before it despawns. 66%
• Roundhouse Kick Get 10 point blank kills in 1 second. 65%
• Couldn't Hold It In Use a bomb without killing a single enemy. 64%
• They just keep coming... Kill 5000 Enemies Total. 55%
• Need a Breath Mint Get 30 point blank kills in a row. 53%
• Extra Life Reach Level 10 in Survival. 52%
• It fires more than once? Drop 3 bombs in a single combo. 51%
• Mega Kill Kill 60 enemies with a single bomb in either Survival, Crunch Time or Rush. 50%
• Killing Spree Get a 100X combo in any game mode. 45%
• Antivirus Destroy 250 Virus Cells with in a single combo. 45%
• Pandemic Have a third of the arena covered by the Virus. 40%
• B-B-B-B-BOMB Drop 5 bombs in a single combo. 33%
• !*$@ Die 3 times in a row without having killed anything. 32%
• Star 5-Star a Challenge 29%
• Sweaty Palms Score over a million points in Bombing Run 26%
• Sine of the times Get a 15X Multiplier in a single game. 25%
• Playing Chicken Kill a Cube at Point Blank range while it's Charging. 25%
• I love the smell of geometry in the morning. Kill 25000 Enemies Total 24%
• Death Blossom Get 100 Slowmo Kills in 1 second 23%
• Show-Off Kill 30 Enemies with a single bomb while in Slowmo in either Survival, Crunch Time or Rush. 23%
• Thug Get 1000 Point Blank kills total. 22%
• Hard Boiled Get 1000 Slowmo kills total. 19%
• Premature Manually trigger the shield in Bombing Run before an enemy touches you. 17%
• All the time in the world Survive for 5 minutes in Rush 17%
• Ultra Kill Kill 120 enemies with a single bomb in either Survival, Crunch Time or Rush. 17%
• Power Leveller Reach Level 20 in Survival. 17%
• Carpet Bomber Drop 10 bombs in a single combo. 15%
• Hypercrate Kill Two Cubes with the same bomb. 12%
• Unstoppable Get a 200X combo in any game mode. 12%
• Smells like... Victory. Kill 100000 Enemies Total. 10%
• Just In Time Detonate the Bomb in Bombing Run with less than 1 second on the clock. 10%
• Multiply THIS! Get a 25X Multiplier in a single game. 10%
• Mathmatically Challenged Reach Level 10 without collecting any multipliers. 9.1%
• ROLL AWAY! ROLL AWAY! Survive 1 minute without firing a shot in Survival Mode. 9.1%
• Outta time Reach level 15 in Crunch Time. 8.9%
• Godlike Get a 300X combo in any game mode. 8.5%
• Stop Touching Me! Bombing Run shield triggered 10 times in a single life. 8.1%
• Impossible is Nothing Score over 10 million points in Bombing Run 8.1%
• My Other Ball is Epic Reach Level 30 in Survival. 7.9%
• Tower Defense Reach level 5 without Moving or dying. 6.6%
• End Game Reach Level 40 in Survival. 5.8%
• You're insane Survive for 10 mins in Rush. 5.8%
• Needs More Gun Complete a game scoring more than 10 million points without using a bomb. 5.6%
• Juggler Have 6 lives at once. 5.2%
• I Am FPDrummond Counter Stop the Game in any mode. 4.8%
• Balls of Steel Survive for 10 minutes on a single life in any game mode. 4.8%
• Why are you doing this? Survive for 15 mins in Rush. 4.4%
• Star-ting out Get at least 3 stars across all levels in Challenge mode in a single game. 4.4%
• Marathon Survive for 25 minutes in Rush 4.2%
• Constellation 5-Star 10 Challenges in one game. 4.2%
• Galaxy 5-Star every Challenge in a single game. 4.2%
• Rising Star Get at least 4 stars across all levels in Challenge mode in a single game. 4.2%
• Stars In My Eyes Get 5 stars for all 20 levels in Challenge mode (across any number of games) 4.2%