Halo Infinite
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- Most players drop off before “First Contact” (Lost, and found): only 21% of starters get there.
- Only 63% 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.
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Based on all 182,780 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 16.4h for positive, 9.6h 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 (62.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Contact Lost, and found. Most players quit here 21% −79
- Ascension Defeat the Banished warlord Tremonius. 20% −1
- Zeta Fight your way through Outpost Tremonius and step out onto the surface of Zeta Halo. 20%
- Fallen Follow the UNSC signal to a Banished stronghold called the Tower. Find the source. Get out alive. 18% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (144)
story milestone ending side
- Clocking In Complete a Daily Challenge. 100%
- We Have a Job For You Complete a Weekly Challenge. 82%
- Humble Beginnings Complete one level in a Battle Pass. 73%
- I'm Ready, How 'Bout You? Change your Spartan's look in the Customize menu. 72%
- Peak Performance Earn 2,000 score in a matchmade game. 70%
- Passion for Fashion Wear a new armor customization item. 69%
- Which One of Us is the Machine? Get and equip a new AI. 56%
- Reporting for Duty Change your Spartan Tag. 47%
- "Need a Weapon?" Try out a new weapon customization item. 43%
- Brutality Kill an enemy with melee using a bladed weapon in a matchmade game. 42%
- Slaying with Style Earn a Mythic Medal in a matchmade game. 40%
- Limited Addition Complete a Limited Time Challenge. 39%
- You're Up, Rook' Play a Ranked Match. 34%
- Peeker's Disadvantage "Back Smack" an enemy who is zoomed in with a scoped weapon in a matchmade game. 31%
- Customary Play a custom game. 29%
- Running Laps Capture the flag twice in a matchmade Capture the Flag game. 29%
- Just the Two of Us Access your Personal AI. 26%
- Kebab Destroy an enemy vehicle with the Skewer in a matchmade game. 26%
- That Thing on the Left is the Brake Test drive a new vehicle customization. 26%
- They See Me Rollin' Spectate an ally that is driving a Warthog or Razorback in a matchmade game. 25%
- Sharpshooter Complete a Weapon Drill. 23%
- Doing Your Part Complete the Tutorial. 23%
- First Contact Lost, and found. 21%
- All About the Grind Finished Ranked Placement Matches. 21%
- Bomb Returned Repel an enemy grenade with the Repulsor in a matchmade game. 21%
- Together. Again? Explore the underbelly of Zeta Halo and retrieve a weapon to turn the tide of this conflict. 20%
- Infinity Down Access your first Spartan Audio Log. 20%
- Two Sides to Every Story Access your first Banished Audio Log. 20%
- Ascension Defeat the Banished warlord Tremonius. 20%
- Those Wonderful Toys Successfully use the Grappleshot 50 times. 20%
- Working Remote Pick up a weapon using the Grappleshot in a matchmade game. 20%
- Zeta Fight your way through Outpost Tremonius and step out onto the surface of Zeta Halo. 20%
- Hidden Experience Locate and secure a Spartan Core. 20%
- Dispatches From the Front Access your first UNSC Audio Log. 20%
- Getting Strong Now Launch into Training Mode for the first time. 19%
- Control Freak Assist in capturing all zones that lead to a score in a matchmade Total Control game. 19%
- Zone Ranger Secure 5 zones in a matchmade Strongholds game. 19%
- Reclaimer Capture your first Forward Operating Base. 19%
- Back to the Chopper Earn "Splatter" with a Brute Chopper in a matchmade game. 19%
- Visionary Unlock the Threat Sensor ability. 18%
- Outpost Discovery Complete a Banished outpost. 18%
- Fallen Follow the UNSC signal to a Banished stronghold called the Tower. Find the source. Get out alive. 18%
- We're On Our Way Answer a UNSC distress call. 18%
- Multi-class Racer Drive 4 unique vehicles in a matchmade game. 18%
- Money in the Bank Access your first Mjolnir Armor Locker. 17%
- Headhunter Eliminate a Banished High-Value Target. 17%
- A Fellow of Infinite Jest Kill three enemies with the ball in a matchmade Oddball game. 17%
- Please Shut Up Take out a Banished Propaganda Tower. 16%
- Unearthed Shut down the Banished mining laser and gain access to the Conservatory. 16%
- Grab Some Cover Unlock the Drop Wall ability. 16%
- Evasive Maneuvers Unlock the Thruster ability. 15%
- Takes One to Make One Splatter an enemy with a Ghost. 15%
- Hunter. Killer. Defeat the Hunter pair stationed at the base of the Spire. 15%
- Pelican Down Shut down the first Spire and stop Zeta's Reformation before it's too late. 15%
- Whip-Riding the Ghost Use the Grappleshot to board an enemy Ghost. 15%
- One Down… Destroy a Banished anti-aircraft gun. 15%
- Brothers Grim Take down the Spartan Killers Hyperius and Tovarus. 14%
- Gun Runner Take down all three Banished AA guns. 14%
- Wait, I Can Throw Those? Throw 50 fusion coils. 13%
- Natural Formation Location Sensation Gain access to a loot cave in a matchmade game. 13%
- Light the Way Reach the Beacons, assemble the Sequence, and gain access to the Command Spire. 13%
- Sick Burn Kill an enemy with the Ravager's charged shot in a matchmade game. 13%
- What Will It Take? Enter the Nexus and learn the secrets of the Spires. Trust is a fragile thing, isn't it? 12%
- Hear These Words! Infiltrate the Command Spire and put an end to the Reformation. 12%
- Wars with Friends Bring some rescued UNSC Marines along for the ride into a main mission. 12%
- Together. Again. A friend is in danger and time is running out. It's time to face your past and save your future. 12%
- Reckoning Storm the House of Reckoning. 12%
- Deadeye Earn 3 stars in a Weapon Drill. 12%
- Legends At the end he was just a soldier. Hoping he'd done the right thing. 12%
- Eld Aficionado Scan a Forerunner Artifact. 12%
- Too Many Goodbyes Defeat the Harbinger. Confront the truth. 11%
- Set a Fire in Your Heart Complete the main campaign. 11%
- Reaching Out Fully upgrade the Grappleshot. 11%
- New Kid on the Block Earn "Perfect" with a VK78 Commando in a matchmade game. 11%
- Getting Defensive Fully upgrade your Energy Shields. 11%
- Bare Your Fangs Complete the main campaign on Normal difficulty. 10%
- Enemies Everywhere! Mark 3+ enemies at once in a matchmade game. 10%
- Headstrong Discover your first hidden Skull. 10%
- Get the Popcorn View a clip in theater. 9.7%
- Sparring Partners Change any training mode option. 9.7%
- Wanna Have a Catch? Stick 50 enemies with grenades. 9.4%
- Watt Say You? Earn "Chain Reaction" with a Shock Rifle in a matchmade game. 9.1%
- Resurgency Capture all available Forward Operating Bases. 8.9%
- Bunker Buster Complete all seven Banished outposts. 8.4%
- Battle Tested Complete a Battle Pass. 8.1%
- One Shot, Top Mid Mark an enemy located at "Top Mid" in a matchmade game. 7.6%
- Bloodstars' Bane Eliminate all 15 Banished High-Value Targets. 7.5%
- Nosebleed Check out the best possible view. 7.3%
- Skyhook Shot "Grapplejack" an enemy flying vehicle in a matchmade game. 7.0%
- All-Seeing I Use the Threat Sensor 50 times. 6.7%
- No One Left Behind Answer all UNSC distress calls. 6.7%
- Thrusters On Full Fully upgrade the Thruster ability. 6.5%
- Big Brother Fully upgrade the Threat Sensor ability. 6.4%
- Impervious Fully upgrade the Drop Wall ability. 6.2%
- Do You Even Gift? Drop a Power Weapon for an ally in a matchmade game. 6.2%
- Fight Hard, Die Well Complete all main campaign missions on Heroic difficulty. 5.6%
- Augmented Earn 3 stars in 5 Tier 3 Weapon Drills. 5.6%
- Secret Stash Place an item in the Razorback's storage in a matchmade game. 5.4%
- MEDIC! Revive 3 allies in an Attrition/Elimination round in a matchmade or custom game. 5.4%
- Straight to the Bank Deposit 5 Power Seeds in a matchmade Stockpile game. 5.4%
- Run Rabbit, Run Use the Thruster 50 times. 4.5%
- Aegis Fate Deploy the Drop Wall 50 times. 4.0%
- Mjolnir Master Acquire all Spartan Cores. 3.3%
- Armory Amore Access all 34 Mjolnir Armor Lockers. 3.3%
- Bring Shiela Home Safely Get the Scorpion all the way to the "House" without it blowing up. 3.3%
- Passing the Gas Kill a Grunt that's been thrown by a Brute. 3.0%
- Haruspis Scan all seven Forerunner Artifacts. 2.9%
- A True Test of Legends Complete all main campaign missions on Legendary difficulty. 2.7%
- Know Your Enemy Unlock all Banished Audio Logs. 2.5%
- Make a Little More Noise Grab a power weapon from the Tutorial armory. 2.5%
- Catacomb Discover all hidden Skulls. 2.1%
- Forza Veloce Complete all 14 main missions in under eight hours. 2.1%
- Who is Max Valor? Complete all Valor-awarding activities. 1.9%
- Off the Air Destroy 40 Banished Propaganda Towers. 1.9%
- Canon Collector Unlock all UNSC Audio Logs. 1.9%
- Party Bus Earn "Mount Up" in a Razorback in a matchmade game. 1.8%
- Gatecrasher Breach the Auditorium in under three minutes. 1.8%
- Rubicon Protocol Unlock all Spartan Audio Logs. 1.6%
- Greased Lightning Complete the Movement Yard in under 25 seconds. 1.4%
- Stick Around Defeat Tremonius with the Skewer. 1.3%
- Turnabout is Fair Play Kill one Chieftain and use his turret to kill another in the Repository. 1.3%
- More Than He Bargained For Defeat War Chief Escharum without ever fully losing your shields. 1.3%
- Vintage Fisticuffs In the Nexus, kill the Hunter pair with melee final blows. 1.1%
- Inseparable In co-op, kill a Hunter and its bond brother within three seconds of each other. 1.1%
- What's Rightfully Ours In co-op, capture all Forward Operating Bases on any difficulty. 1.1%
- Wardens of Zeta In co-op, complete all seven Banished outposts on any difficulty. 1.1%
- Headmaster Complete all main missions on Legendary with all Skulls active. 1.0%
- Workplace Safety Violation Kill an enemy with the Banished mining laser. 1.0%
- First Responders In co-op, answer all UNSC distress calls on any difficulty. 1.0%
- Hunting Party In co-op, eliminate all Banished High-Value Targets on any difficulty. 1.0%
- Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly Destroy both Phantoms before they leave Outpost Tremonius. 0.8%
- Out with a Bang Kill the Tower commander with a Plasma grenade. 0.8%
- Conservation of Momentum Complete the Conservatory in less than 15 minutes. 0.8%
- It Really Does Beat Everything Eliminate all enemies at the South Beacon with a Scorpion Tank. 0.8%
- Air Raid In co-op, kill 100 enemies while all players are riding air vehicles. 0.8%
- Mix Things Up Get at least one kill with every available weapon and grenade on the Banished ship. 0.6%
- Cow Catcher In co-op, splatter 50 enemies while riding in a vehicle with another player. 0.6%
- Gruesome Twosome In co-op, kill 50 enemies while riding a Mongoose with another player. 0.6%
- Keep It Steady Kill 5 enemies with a Sniper Rifle from a vehicle. All players aboard vehicle share progress. 0.6%
- Rolling Thunder Kill 5 enemies with a Gravity Hammer from a vehicle. All players aboard vehicle share progress. 0.6%
- You, Me, Same Page In co-op, destroy all cooling towers at the Dig Site within 60 seconds of each other. 0.6%
- Controlled Demolition In co-op, destroy four Fuel Silos within five seconds at either Ransom Keep or the Forge of Teash. 0.6%
- Wolves at the Doors In co-op, lower all three gates within 15 seconds of each other at Riven Gate. 0.6%
- Spire Stalker Kill 40 enemies with the Stalker Rifle at the Command Spire. 0.6%