Strategy
Commandos: Origins
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 32% of players who started
Started playing 70% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 2,586
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 15h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 75% of games we track.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Operation Daybreak (Recruit)” and “Operation Falchion (Recruit)”: from 100% to 85% of starters.
- Only 70% 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 2,599 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 39.7h for positive, 11.3h 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 (69.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Operation Daybreak (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Daybreak' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 100%
- Operation Falchion (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Falchion' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty Most players quit here 85% −15
- Operation Nightfall (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Nightfall' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 70% −14
- Operation Cleaver (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Cleaver' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 62% −8
- Operation Rapture (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Rapture' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 57% −5
- Operation Blindfold (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Blindfold' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 52% −4
- Operation Magpie (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Magpie' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 48% −4
- Operation Trident (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Trident' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 45% −3
- Operation Aries (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Aries' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 42% −3
- Operation Harbinger (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Harbinger' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 39% −3
- Operation Reunite (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Reunite' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 37% −2
- Operation Wave Breaker (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Wave Breaker' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 36% −2
- Operation Guardian (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Guardian' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 34% −1
- Operation Reckoning (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Reckoning' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 32% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- Operation Daybreak (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Daybreak' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 100%
- Operation Falchion (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Falchion' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 85%
- Operation Daybreak (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Daybreak' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 81%
- Operation Nightfall (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Nightfall' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 70%
- Operation Falchion (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Falchion' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 70%
- Operation Cleaver (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Cleaver' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 62%
- Operation Nightfall (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Nightfall' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 59%
- Operation Rapture (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Rapture' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 57%
- Operation Blindfold (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Blindfold' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 52%
- Operation Cleaver (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Cleaver' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 52%
- Operation Magpie (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Magpie' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 48%
- Operation Rapture (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Rapture' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 48%
- Accidents Happen Use environmental kills to kill 5 enemies in the same mission 48%
- Operation Trident (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Trident' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 45%
- Operation Blindfold (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Blindfold' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 44%
- Operation Aries (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Aries' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 42%
- Operation Magpie (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Magpie' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 41%
- Operation Harbinger (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Harbinger' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 39%
- Operation Trident (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Trident' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 38%
- Operation Reunite (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Reunite' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 37%
- Operation Wave Breaker (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Wave Breaker' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 36%
- Operation Aries (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Aries' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 35%
- Operation Guardian (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Guardian' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 34%
- Operation Harbinger (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Harbinger' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 33%
- Panzering to the Crowd Use the tank during 'Operation Harbinger' 33%
- Operation Reckoning (Recruit) Complete 'Operation Reckoning' on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 32%
- Operation Reunite (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Reunite' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 32%
- Operation Wave Breaker (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Wave Breaker' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 30%
- Operation Guardian (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Guardian' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 29%
- Operational Success Complete all operations on Recruit (or higher) difficulty 28%
- Operation Reckoning (Soldier) Complete 'Operation Reckoning' on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 27%
- Operational Excellence Complete all operations on Soldier (or higher) difficulty 23%
- Operation Daybreak (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Daybreak' on Veteran difficulty 21%
- Operation Falchion (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Falchion' on Veteran difficulty 20%
- Operation Nightfall (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Nightfall' on Veteran difficulty 18%
- Ripe for the Picking Shoot an enemy with a stationary gun 18%
- Operation Cleaver (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Cleaver' on Veteran difficulty 17%
- A Soldiers Best Tool Since 1939 Eliminate 3 enemies using a single explosive barrel 16%
- Farming Sim Give back to nature by hiding 10 bodies in the same hiding spot 16%
- Happy Landing Eliminate a Paratrooper 16%
- Operation Rapture (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Rapture' on Veteran difficulty 16%
- Operation Blindfold (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Blindfold' on Veteran difficulty 15%
- Operation Magpie (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Magpie' on Veteran difficulty 14%
- Operation Trident (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Trident' on Veteran difficulty 14%
- Back in Action Rescue Kyria Andris 14%
- Island Vacation Complete every mission of the Crete campaign 13%
- Operation Aries (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Aries' on Veteran difficulty 13%
- Operation Harbinger (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Harbinger' on Veteran difficulty 12%
- Operation Reunite (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Reunite' on Veteran difficulty 12%
- No Signal Eliminate a Radio Operator without raising an alarm 12%
- Shadow Tactics Complete 'Operation Reckoning' without raising an alarm on Soldier or Veteran difficulty 12%
- Operation Wave Breaker (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Wave Breaker' on Veteran difficulty 12%
- Quite the Catch Unlock the optional Commando in Crete campaign mission 3 11%
- Operation Guardian (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Guardian' on Veteran difficulty 11%
- Operation Reckoning (Veteran) Complete 'Operation Reckoning' on Veteran difficulty 11%
- Industrial Espionage Discover all methods to destroy the V3 10%
- Unsung Hero Rescue all fugitives in the forest 9.9%
- Nothing Left Unbroken Sabotage every available component of the V3 8.2%
- Shrouded Ascend Raise no alarm in Operation Rooster 8.1%
- Operational Perfection Complete all operations on Veteran difficulty 8.1%
- Sherlock O'Hara Find all clues in Operation Rooster 7.8%
- Ghost of Crete Complete each mission of the Crete campaign without triggering an alarm 6.9%
- On the Chase Investigate every clue in Operation Bloodhound 6.9%
- Crete Veterans Complete every mission of the Crete campaign on Veteran difficulty 6.3%
- If the World were a Village Complete operation 2-14 despite setting off a global alarm 6.0%
- Ghost of a Friend Complete all missions of the France Campaign without raising an alarm 5.3%
- No Stone Left Unkilled Kill every German enemy in every operation 3.7%
- Knock Them Out With Kindness Complete all operations without killing any German enemies (excluding mandatory kills) 1.6%
- Was somebody here? Don't kill a single enemy in Operation Bloodhound 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.