OPERATOR
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (54%); after 7h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 82% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 67% 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 9,882 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11h for positive, 2.6h 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 (67.3% 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 (26)
story milestone ending side
- TOTAL MISSION FAILURE Fail an operation, this better be the last. 100%
- Geneva Suggestion Commit your first warcrime 99%
- Fallen Eagle Die in combat. 97%
- Mozambique Drill "two to the body, one to the head" 95%
- We're so back baby. Complete your first operation. 89%
- WATCH YOUR FIRE! "Accidently" kill a teammate 55%
- LAST MAN STANDING Win as the last one alive 35%
- Dumbass. Apply a tourniquet on your head. 34%
- TIER 1 EXECUTION Complete the mission without anyone taking damage. (Requires more than 1 person) 28%
- Dirty Mess Complete "Clean House" on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants 23%
- Dead in the Water Complete "Darkwaters" on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants 14%
- Force Multiplier Survive all 20 waves at Combat Outpost Cobra, Afghanistan. 13%
- El Dinero Hombre? Complete Sinola Highlands, Mexico on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants 12%
- Kinetic Justice Complete Adjara Province, Georgia on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants 12%
- High Speed, Low Drag Complete an operation in less than a minute. 12%
- Hanging by a thread Extract with less than 75 total HP 11%
- Urban Legend Complete Kabul Streets on Tier 1 difficulty with 40 or more enemy combatants 11%
- Return to Sender Complete Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants. 11%
- Compound Interest Complete Logar Province, Afghanistan on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants 10%
- Forever War Complete Kandahar Province, Afganistan on Tier 1 difficulty with 40 or more enemy combatants 10%
- Clipping Wings Complete Lori Province, Armenia on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants 10%
- Violence of action Complete Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine on Tier 1 difficulty with 30 or more enemy combatants 9.8%
- Apex Predator Beat all Tier 1 difficulty challenges 6.5%
- Predator Vision Beat all Tier 1 difficulty challenges at night time. 4.9%
- Seasoned Operator Kill 500 armed combatants without dying 2.2%
- FEAR NO MAN. Kill 10,000 armed combatants 1.3%