ActionAdventureIndieSimulationStrategy
Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 1,247
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 90% 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 1,258 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 28.5h for positive, 9.5h 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 (90.1% 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 (31)
- Perfect Complete a mission without any crew members becoming incapacitated 100%
- Shiny shiny! Customise paint or decals on the Battle Wagon 71%
- WASTED Use WASTE mode to attack subtarget 59%
- Defeat Boarder Defeat an enemy boarder 55%
- Going up in the world Construct a ladder on your vehicle 53%
- Vulture's Rise Defeat Lord Griffon in Vulture's Rise 35%
- All your base are belong to us Start a mission from a captured stronghold 35%
- Max Attribute Level up an Attribute to its maximum level on a crew member 35%
- Lower Badlands Defeat Major Krank in the Lower Badlands 35%
- There's room for more Increase the size of your crew 32%
- Need a lift? Rescue a legendary crew member 31%
- Noisy neighbour Aggravate a warlord with a War Drum aggravation bonus 24%
- Big rig Add an extra trailer to the Battle Wagon 19%
- Say cheese! Use photo mode 19%
- Atomic Wastes Defeat Major Krank in the Atomic Wastes 18%
- The Salt Flats Defeat Giggles in The Salt Flats 18%
- Oil Fields Defeat Chief Dante in the Oil Fields 18%
- Big gear Craft a legendary piece of crew gear 17%
- Bomber Crew Find the hidden Lancaster Bomber in the Badlands 15%
- Raptor's Perch Defeat Lord Griffon in Raptor's Perch 15%
- Big gun Craft a Legendary weapon turret station 14%
- The Quarry Defeat Giggles in The Quarry 13%
- Space Crew Find part of Athena Station in the Badlands 12%
- The Sandworm Graveyard Defeat the Orator in The Sandworm Graveyard 11%
- Lava Flows Defeat Chief Dante in the Lava Flows 10%
- Max Crew Maximise the size of your crew 8.3%
- The Orator's Refuge Defeat The Orator in The Orator's Refuge 8.1%
- Om nom nom Narrowly avoid being eaten by a sandworm 7.1%
- Running light Complete a mission without any trailers attached to the Battle Wagon 4.2%
- Reveal Map Reveal the entire map 2.7%
- Every last scrap Collect all the blueprints in the game 1.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.