When does SurrounDead get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 10h it's 1 in 18 (6%). Fully opens up by hour 4.

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SurrounDead

Jun 24, 2022 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

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

Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 96% of owners

Steam reviews 91% positive of 27,365

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 10h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
Fully opens up by hour 4.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
96% 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 27,530 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 20.1h for positive, 10.1h 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 (96.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (21)

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Play During Early Access Play SurrounDead during Early Access release. 100%
Enter The Unknown Play 'Survival'. 87%
Fixed A Boo-Boo Use a medical item on the player. 85%
No One Lives Forever Cause the death of your player. 83%
Here Comes The Colonel Gain access to a secure area. 78%
Driver Find & drive a vehicle. 75%
Construction Worker Place down a buildable. 72%
Life Taker Take out a human survivor. 65%
Wanderer Traverse for 10km with one character. 58%
Tough Guy Take out a zombie boss. 56%
Surviving A Fall Break a bone from a high fall. 50%
Zombie Smasher Take out 500 zombies with one character. 32%
The Reckoning Take out 10 zombies bosses. 28%
Catch A Fish Catch a fish. 22%
Globe Trotter Traverse for 100km with one character. 19%
Laboratory XX Gain access to a hidden secure laboratory. 17%
What We've Come To Take out 100 human survivors with one character. 12%
The Final Decision **REDACTED** 10%
The Hunter Take out 50 animals. 3.7%
Zombie Expert Take out 5000 zombies with one character. 1.3%
The Hunter Expert Take out 200 animals. 0.9%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.