Into The Flames
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (64%); after 7h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- Only 56% 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 1,791 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 12.6h 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 (55.7% 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 (23)
- I'll be back Die 100%
- Layout Connect a supply line to a hydrant 97%
- Engine Operations Put out a fire 93%
- Gap Set Pry Force open a door 84%
- Rescue Operations Rescue a Victim 61%
- Knock Knock Break a door down 56%
- I'm the captain now Take command of an incident 56%
- Rescue Team Rescue a downed Firefighter 47%
- My name is Change your role at an assignment board 45%
- Truck Operations Ventilate a Roof 40%
- Airborne Parachute out of a helicopter 37%
- Fully Involved Put out a car fire 36%
- Under Control! Manually place an incident under control 33%
- Found it! Recover a hazardous barrel 32%
- All better now Shut off a hazardous valve 30%
- Timber Cut down a tree 21%
- Taxi Transport a patient to the hospital 20%
- Rookie Completed the academy 18%
- House Fire Completed The House Fire level 14%
- Farm Fire Completed the Farm fire level 12%
- Warehouse Fire Completed the Warehouse Fire level 11%
- Special Mayo Find the Golden Mayo bottle on the county map 2.9%
- Special Mayo 2 Find the Golden Mayo Bottle on the city map 2.7%