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Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 49% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 1,234
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 4h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- Only 49% 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 1,249 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 7.2h for positive, 3.7h 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 (48.6% 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 (16)
- I HEAR YA... First sonar contact! 100%
- AND SO IT BEGINS... First battle completed! 47%
- BARREL O' FUN First U-Boat hit with depth charges! 47%
- THUNDERCLAP First artillery hit! 44%
- UNSCATHED No merchant losses! 37%
- IRON COFFIN First U-Boat sunk! 36%
- TOP SUB HUNTER High rank achieved! 34%
- BULLSEYE First U-Boat critical hit! 32%
- CANUCKS ENTER THE FIGHT First U-Boat sunk by escort! 27%
- THE FIRST CROSSING First mission completed! 22%
- DEATH FROM ABOVE First U-Boat sunk by air support! 16%
- ASW EXPERT 10 U-Boats sunk! 11%
- ASW MASTER 50 U-Boats sunk! 3.7%
- BRITAIN SURVIVES! Career completed! 2.9%
- ASW GOD 100 U-Boats sunk! 2.7%
- THE CHOSEN FEW Career in Iron Man mode completed! 2.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.