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Sniper Elite: Resistance
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 62% of players who started
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 75% positive of 6,441
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 20h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- 62% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Dam Buster” (Sabotage the Dam and destroy the AA guns) and “Welcome to the Resistance”: from 100% to 90% of starters.
- 92% 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 6,484 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 15.4h for positive, 11.4h 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 (91.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Dam Buster Sabotage the Dam and destroy the AA guns. 100%
- Welcome to the Resistance Find the Mole and uncover the Superweapon plot. Most players quit here 90% −10
- Trainwreck Raid the Hotel Terminus and sabotage the Sonderzüge. 81% −8
- Bomb Squad Ensure Allied secrets remain unknown and confirm the location of Site D. 78% −4
- Industrial Action Destroy the underground chemical weapons plant and cease Kleine Blume production. 74% −4
- Blast from the Past Infiltrate Fort Rouge and escape before Allied bombers level the site. 70% −5
- Grapes of Wrath Infiltrate the V1 rocket launch site and destroy the Zugwerfer. 66% −3
- Whatever it Takes Stop the Zugwerfers from leaving and obliterating the D-Day landings. 63% −3
- Vive La Résistance Complete the campaign. 62% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (70)
story milestone ending side
- Dam Buster Sabotage the Dam and destroy the AA guns. 100%
- Welcome to the Resistance Find the Mole and uncover the Superweapon plot. 90%
- Trainwreck Raid the Hotel Terminus and sabotage the Sonderzüge. 81%
- File O' Facts Recover all evidence implicating Resistance members within the Library in Dead Drop. 81%
- Bomb Squad Ensure Allied secrets remain unknown and confirm the location of Site D. 78%
- Industrial Action Destroy the underground chemical weapons plant and cease Kleine Blume production. 74%
- Sprung a Leak Sabotage the Dam's pump room in Collision Course. 71%
- Blast from the Past Infiltrate Fort Rouge and escape before Allied bombers level the site. 70%
- Grapes of Wrath Infiltrate the V1 rocket launch site and destroy the Zugwerfer. 66%
- Whatever it Takes Stop the Zugwerfers from leaving and obliterating the D-Day landings. 63%
- Vive La Résistance Complete the campaign. 62%
- Silent but Deadly Kill 50 enemies during a Sound Mask. 58%
- Jack of All Trades Get a kill with 20 different Weapons. 56%
- Stopping Traffic Destroy the Trucks carrying Kleine Blume ingredients in Devil's Cauldron. 52%
- Open Surgery Hit every Organ at least once with a Rifle. 51%
- Finders Keepers Kill 50 enemy soldiers with Found Weapons. 51%
- Full English Complete 11 Optional objectives. 48%
- Just a Scratch Complete any mission, excluding Mission 1 and Mission 9, on any difficulty without healing. 48%
- Sharpshooter Kill 350 enemies with a Rifle. 48%
- Le Fantôme Achieve 250 Ghost Kills. 46%
- Tanks for Nothing! Destroy the Panzer Tank in End of the Line. 46%
- Climbing the Ranks Reach rank 40. 40%
- Das Nuts! Get a testicle shot with a Rifle from a distance of 100 meters or more. 40%
- Gunslinger Kill 150 enemies with a Pistol. 39%
- That’s a Wrap! Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Complete the mission. 33%
- Always Greener While in Tall Grass, kill 50 Soldiers. 31%
- Three Birds, One Stone Kill 3 on-foot soldiers with one Grenade. 30%
- Knives for a Pro Perform 100 lethal Takedowns. 30%
- B-Movie Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Complete the mission with a 2 star rating. 29%
- Mortar Combat Vercors Vendetta - Complete the mission. 26%
- Nein-a Blume Vercors Vendetta - Complete the mission with a 2 star rating. 26%
- Blaze of Gory Kill 50 enemies with Traps. 25%
- Vergeltungswaffe Striking Range - Complete the mission. 24%
- Communication Breakdown Striking Range - Complete the mission with a 2 star rating. 24%
- Top Secret Collect 35 Classified Documents. 23%
- Treasure Hunter Collect 22 Hidden Items. 22%
- Mis-guided-missile Mud and Thunder - Complete the mission. 22%
- Lethal Love letter Mud and Thunder - Complete the mission with a 2 star rating. 22%
- Skirmisher Kill 300 enemies with a Secondary Weapon. 21%
- Going the Distance Total kill distance of 100,000 meters. 21%
- The Big Guns Kill 50 soldiers with Heavy weapons. 21%
- Hostile Takeover Win one Axis Invasion as an Invader. 20%
- Hold the Line Defeat an invading Sniper Jager. 19%
- Pistol Perfectionist Obtain Six Pistol-related Mastery Medals. 18%
- Innovator Interact with 22 Workbenches. 18%
- Eyes on the Prize Kill 150 enemies with any weapon while in Iron Sights. 18%
- Pen Pal Collect 35 Personal Letters. 17%
- Spread Your Wings Destroy 21 Dead-eye Targets. 16%
- Set to Blow Kill 20 soldiers using Booby traps. 14%
- Tactician Make a Tank shoot and destroy another enemy Vehicle. 14%
- Brothers in Arms Play one team-based PVP match. 13%
- Mastermind Headshot Kruger. 12%
- In The Dead Of Reich Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Kill Hitler and exfiltrate without ever being detected. 12%
- Fast and Fuhrer-less Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Kill only Hitler and exfiltrate. 9.3%
- Take 5, and... ACHTUNG! Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Kill Hitler 5 times. 9.2%
- Survivalist Complete an entire Survival mission. 9.1%
- Crème de la Crème Complete the entire campaign on Authentic difficulty. 5.8%
- Mein Juewel Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Kill Hitler with a testicle shot. 5.7%
- Blockbuster Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Complete the mission on Authentic difficulty. 5.6%
- Lost its way Gnome Find the French Resistance Gnome and take a Picture. 4.5%
- Vercors' Vengeance Vercors Vendetta - Complete the mission on Authentic difficulty. 4.5%
- He did Nazi-it Coming Lights, Camera, ACHTUNG! - Kill Hitler at a distance of 250 meters or more. 4.0%
- Jailbreak Striking Range - Complete the mission on Authentic difficulty. 4.0%
- The Path of Most Resistance Mud and Thunder - Complete the mission on Authentic difficulty. 3.8%
- Scoping Mechanism Kill 150 enemies with a Rifle while in Iron Sights. 3.6%
- Revered with Rifles Obtain Seven Rifle-related Mastery Medals. 3.4%
- Propagandist Complete all Propaganda missions with a 3 star rating. 3.4%
- Secondary Supremacy Obtain Eight Secondary-related Mastery Medals. 2.6%
- Master-at-arms Become the Master of each Weapon. 2.4%
- Propaganda Machine Complete all Propaganda missions with a 3 star rating on Authentic difficulty. 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.