When does Intravenous get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (4%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

How many players finish Intravenous?

At least 10% of players who start reach the ending.

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Intravenous

Jul 26, 2021 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending at least 10% of players who started

Started playing 70% of owners

Steam reviews 90% positive of 5,645

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
At least 10% of players who start reach the ending.
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 5,705 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 169 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 2.5h 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 (69.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
...is my Friend Finish the campaign with the Baker spared. ≥10% −90

story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (45)

story milestone ending side

Sweet Dreams Choke an enemy out. 100%
Lucky Shot Kill 3 enemies with guns under 5 seconds. 76%
Rude to Interrupt Knock a startled enemy out 67%
Iron Man Complete a level without saving once. 56%
Unscathed Complete a level without taking any damage. 36%
Somebody Stop Me! Kill 6 enemies with guns in under 5 seconds. 29%
Knock-knock... Knock an enemy out with a door bash. 27%
Best Served Cold Kill the Degenerate. 26%
Whodunit? Take out an enemy that's investigating an enemy body. 26%
Ghost Complete a level without being detected. 26%
...who's there? Get killed by a door bash. 25%
How Do I Shot Web? Kill yourself with your own frag grenade. 23%
Pacifist Complete a level without killing anyone. 22%
Beginner Tactician Kill 3 (or more) enemies with a single frag grenade. 19%
Death Metal Kill someone with the shrapnel from a frag grenade. 18%
Out of Their Misery Neutralize someone while they are under the effect of a flashbang. 18%
Illusion of Safety Have your frag grenade shrapnel kill you. 18%
Room Clearing Service Kill 5 enemies with a shotgun in 10 seconds. 15%
Collateral Damage Have a flashbanged enemy accidentally kill his own friend. 14%
The Enemy of my Enemy... Spare the Baker. 13%
Hands-on Experience Complete the game with ammo auto-grab disabled. 13%
Master Baiter Bait an enemy by talking nonsense, then take them out. 12%
Pugilist Complete a level unarmed. 12%
Melted Ice-cream Over-cook a frag grenade. 11%
Alcoholics United Pass out from drinking too much. 11%
Precious Explosives Kill 5 (or more) enemies with a single frag grenade. 10%
Cause and Effect Kill the Baker. 10%
Paparazzi Over-cook a flash grenade. 10%
...is my Friend Finish the campaign with the Baker spared. 9.9%
Creep You really enjoy listening in on private matters, don't you? 8.5%
Good Vocals Bait an enemy with your microphone, then take them out. 8.5%
On My Own Finish the campaign with the Baker killed. 7.6%
True Grit Complete the game on the 'True' difficulty. 7.6%
Do Not Disturb Complete the level "Steve's House" without firing a single shot. 5.9%
Gun Nut Unlock all unique weapons. 5.4%
CBT You must really enjoy pain. Finish the game on 'Masochist' difficulty. 5.3%
Electro Complete a level whilst using naught but the Taser. 5.3%
Sleeping Pills Complete a level whilst using naught but the Tranquilizer Rifle. 5.3%
Perfect Opportunity Kill 8 (or more) enemies with a single frag grenade. 5.2%
Smooth Operator Finish 'Abandoned Complex' without killing anyone. 4.9%
Games Journalist Complete the game on the 'Easy' difficulty. 4.4%
Hippy Complete the game without killing a single enemy, unless when forced to. 4.3%
Sniper Obtain a 100% accuracy rating with 40 or more shots fired. 4.2%
Unrelenting Anger Kill everyone throughout the campaign. 4.0%
Professional Boxer Finish the campaign without using any weapons. 3.9%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.