Pistol Whip
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 75 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 72% 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 4,186 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 281 reviews: 4.2h for positive, 0.7h 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 (72.3% 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 (25)
story milestone ending side
- Baby Driver Reload on beat 100 times 100%
- Warmed up Finish any scene on Easy ("Classic" style only) 73%
- Parabellum Complete the Basic Tutorial 71%
- Repaired Pistol Whip an enemy when you have no armour ("Classic" style only) 71%
- Thinkin' I'm Back Kill a total of 1000 enemies on beat 67%
- Hitman Finish any scene on Normal ("Classic" style only) 62%
- Melee Master Pistol Whip 10 or more enemies in a single run ("Classic" style only) 57%
- Super Earn an S rank or higher in any scene 54%
- Civilized Finish any scene without taking damage ("Classic" style only) 43%
- Globetrotter Travel a total of 15 kilometers 41%
- Not very good at retiring Finish any scene with no armour remaining ("Classic" style only) 38%
- Grandmaster Earn 5,000,000 points (cumulative per play) 32%
- Synchronized Empty your entire clip without missing a beat ("Classic" style only) 32%
- Mmm... Pistol Whip Finish any scene with at least 3 modifiers active 31%
- Baba Yaga Finish any scene on Hard ("Classic" style only) 24%
- Gun Kata Finish any scene on Hard while using "Dual Pistols" style 23%
- Tapered Earn an accuracy rating of 90% or higher in any scene ("Classic" style only) 11%
- Pistol Whip Pistol Whip 1000 enemies 10%
- You're Breathtaking! Unlock all other achievements 5.5%
- Parley Pistol Whip every enemy on the bridge in R U Afraid on any difficulty 4.0%
- Take the night off Finish Death without harming the dancers 3.9%
- Perfectionist Kill all enemies in a scene without missing a shot ("Classic" style only) 2.6%
- Sharpshooter Finish any scene on Hard while using "Proper Legacy" (Pistol Deadeye) style 2.1%
- Old Boy Finish High Priestess with "Brawler" style on Hard 1.9%
- True Pacifist Finish any scene without hitting an enemy ("Classic" style only) 1.5%