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Necromunda: Hired Gun
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 18% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 65% positive of 8,025
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Bounty” (Finish Chapter 1) and “The Captive” (Finish Chapter 2): from 100% to 68% of starters.
- 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 8,121 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.5h for positive, 4.7h 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 (82.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Bounty Finish Chapter 1 100%
- The Captive Finish Chapter 2 Most players quit here 68% −32
- The Beast Finish Chapter 3 50% −18
- The Ambush Finish Chapter 4 39% −11
- The Escape Finish Chapter 5 37% −3
- The Siege Finish Chapter 6 31% −6
- The Dark Finish Chapter 7 28% −3
- The Stair Finish Chapter 8 25% −3
- The Meeting Finish Chapter 9 23% −2
- Gang War Finish Chapter 10 22% −1
- The Scent Finish Chapter 11 20% −1
- Martyr's End Finish Chapter 12 20%
- The Past Finish the Main Campaign 18% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- The Bounty Finish Chapter 1 100%
- Small update Buy your first upgrade to the Rogue Doc 87%
- Who's a good boy? Pet your dog in Martyr's end 72%
- The Captive Finish Chapter 2 68%
- Future best friend ? Let Brickjaw live in Koloss 44 56%
- Headache You have killed 100 enemies with a headshot 56%
- The Beast Finish Chapter 3 50%
- Additional income Finish your first secondary mission 43%
- Man's best friend Buy an upgrade for your Mastiff 42%
- Banker Amass 100.000 credits 42%
- The Ambush Finish Chapter 4 39%
- The Escape Finish Chapter 5 37%
- Who let the dogs out Kill 30 enemies with your Mastiff 35%
- The Siege Finish Chapter 6 31%
- Still human? Upgrade one implant to the class 4 30%
- The Dark Finish Chapter 7 28%
- Bull's Eye Complete the shooting training in Martyr's End 27%
- Sadistic You have performed 100 Takedowns 26%
- Treasure hunt Open 20 chests 26%
- The Stair Finish Chapter 8 25%
- The Meeting Finish Chapter 9 23%
- Explorer Find a +3 weapon 22%
- Gang War Finish Chapter 10 22%
- The Scent Finish Chapter 11 20%
- Martyr's End Finish Chapter 12 20%
- Ruthless Kill Brickjaw in Koloss 44 19%
- The Past Finish the Main Campaign 18%
- Bionic master Kill 100 enemies by using Augmetics powers 18%
- I hate walking Travel 5km using the grapnel 17%
- Perfect weapon Customize every aspect of a single weapon 15%
- Zap Kill 30 enemies with the Blast module 14%
- Who needs weapons Kill 5 enemies in one use of Strength Booster 12%
- Sniper Kill 10 enemies in a row with headshots only 12%
- Kaboom Kill 30 enemies with the Crush module 11%
- It's not cheating! Kill 60 enemies with the Perfect Aim module 10%
- Who's the boss now? Finish a mission with an S rank 7.6%
- Now I see you Take out 50 shields with the grapnel 7.4%
- New allies Fill one faction bar 6.5%
- God speed Place the 5 bombs in a gap of less than 3 minutes in Escher Lab 5.2%
- Kill it with fire Kill a Genestealer with a grenade launcher 4.0%
- Weapons lover Kill an enemy with every weapon 3.3%
- The specialist Finish a mission using only special weapons 3.0%
- The one and only Finish Kaerus without using any other weapons than the Ironfist 2.6%
- Defuser Trigger all mines on Steel way 2.2%
- Pedestrian Finish Avarus without using the grapnel 1.9%
- Gecko's feet Wallrun 2500m 1.6%
- The best student Finish all main missions with a rank of A or more 1.6%
- Death comes from above Kill 100 enemies while wallrunning 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.