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Rise of the Triad
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 6% of players who started
Started playing 76% of owners
Steam reviews 66% positive of 2,548
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 7h it's 1 in 4 (26%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Buried in a Lunchbox” (Complete Episode 1): only 19% of starters get there.
- 76% 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 2,558 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.3h for positive, 3.8h 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 (75.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Buried in a Lunchbox Complete Episode 1 Most players quit here 19% −81
- Do You Even Stand? Complete Episode 2 9% −10
- Enemosity Complete Episode 3 7% −2
- Cult Following Complete Episode 4 6% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (80)
story milestone ending side
- Executioner Kill an Enemy While He's Begging for His Life 100%
- It's Like DLC, But Free! Run the Game with a Custom Mod or Map Installed 89%
- Collateral Damage Kill an Enemy with an Exploding Barrel 84%
- I'm a Plumber By Trade Collect 10 Coins in 5 Seconds 72%
- Triple Triad Kill 3 Different Types of Triads with One Attack 69%
- Fool Me Once Get Killed by an Enemy Who Was Previously Begging for His Life 69%
- Gib Fest Gib 50 Enemies 65%
- Shop Smart, Shop S Mart Pick up the Doomstick for the first time 56%
- ATGM Kill an Enemy While Under the Effects of a Jump Pad 51%
- Come at me World Submit a Score to the Leaderboard 49%
- Consider This An Intervention Get Shrooms Mode for the First Time 45%
- Raining Blood Kill 5 People at Once with Explosives or Magical Weapons 45%
- Rocket Scientist Kill an Enemy During a Rocket Jump 43%
- Holy Shit Run the Game on Maximum Ludicrous Settings 26%
- Sausage Fest Eat 50 Meals 26%
- Dat Nostalgia Activate the Original Soundtrack 24%
- Buried in a Lunchbox Complete Episode 1 19%
- Aaron the Porridge Baron Eat 3 Porridge Bowls in 5 Seconds 15%
- Spray and Pray Kill 666 Enemies with the MP40 15%
- Beaglefaaaace! Kill 3 Enemies at Once with the Barkblast 12%
- Ludicrosity Get "Ludicrous gibs" With All Weapons that are Capable of Gibbing 10%
- Steppin' Razer Kill 50 Enemies by Using Their Own Traps Against Them 9.4%
- Do You Even Stand? Complete Episode 2 9.0%
- Grandma's Boy Disable Gore 8.2%
- 1 On 1 Beat General Darian in 3 Minutes 7.1%
- Enemosity Complete Episode 3 7.0%
- Robo Nono Beat NME in 5 Minutes 6.7%
- Weak Legs Beat Krist in 3 Minutes 5.8%
- Slow Your Roll, Bro Finish the Game in 4 Hours or Less 5.5%
- Cult Following Complete Episode 4 5.5%
- Tryhard Kill an Enforcer with a Single Pistol 5.4%
- Seven Ten Gib 2 Enemies with the Split Missile 5.1%
- Rock-It Man Kill 666 Enemies with the Rocket Launcher 4.6%
- Munchies Eat 4 Health Pickups While in Shrooms Mode 4.4%
- Walk in the Park Beat the Game on Easy Difficulty 4.4%
- Deck the Hall Beat El Oscuro in 3 Minutes 4.4%
- El Oscuro Complete E4L5 100% 4.0%
- You Suck Get the Bad Ending 3.7%
- Nukem Kill 666 Enemies with the Firebomb 3.3%
- Bonus Bonus Get 2000000 Points in One Level 3.2%
- Over Easy Beat the Game on Medium Difficulty 3.2%
- Tequila Kill 666 Enemies with Pistols 3.2%
- In the Thick of It Complete E1L1 100% 3.2%
- Global Warming Kill 666 Enemies with the Flamewall 3.0%
- Head Hunter Find Scott's Mystical Head 2.9%
- Hot Blooded Kill 666 Enemies with the Heat Seeker 2.9%
- Burned and Amazed Complete E1L2 100% 2.8%
- General Darian's Lair Complete E1L5 100% 2.8%
- Spring Surprise Complete E1L4 100% 2.8%
- Double Vision Kill 666 Enemies with the Split Missile 2.6%
- This is my Doomstick! Kill 666 Enemies with the Doomstick 2.6%
- Know Thine NME Complete E3L5 100% 2.6%
- Too Much Room Complete E1L3 100% 2.6%
- That's Dope Find the Dopefish 2.5%
- WARP ZONED Play Through All The Secret Levels 2.5%
- You Shall Not Pass Kill 666 Enemies with the Dark Staff 2.5%
- Assault the Base Complete Episode 1 100% 2.5%
- Look Ma! No Legs! Complete E2L5 100% 2.5%
- Knife Party Kill 666 Enemies with Knives 2.4%
- Judgement Day Kill 666 Enemies While in God Mode 2.4%
- Juiced Kill 666 Enemies with the Excalibat 2.4%
- Shit Faced Kill 666 Enemies with the Drunk Missile 2.4%
- With a Vengeance! Beat the Game on Hard Difficulty 2.4%
- Circles of Fire Complete E4L4 100% 2.4%
- Down and Over Complete E3L2 100% 2.4%
- Four Way Chamber Complete E2L4 100% 2.4%
- Into the Castle Complete E2L1 100% 2.4%
- Robotricks Complete E3L1 100% 2.4%
- Spiraling In Complete E2L3 100% 2.4%
- You're Tearing Me Apart! Complete E2L2 100% 2.4%
- Old School Beat the Game on Ludicrous difficulty 2.2%
- You're The Dog Now, Man! Kill 666 Enemies While in Dog Mode 2.2%
- Backfire Complete E4L3 100% 2.2%
- Breach the Castle Complete Episode 2 100% 2.2%
- Clear and Present Dangers Complete E3L4 100% 2.2%
- Cult Classic Complete Episode 4 100% 2.2%
- Dead in 5 Seconds Complete E3L3 100% 2.2%
- Fire and Brimstone Complete E4L2 100% 2.2%
- Monky Business Complete E4L1 100% 2.2%
- What Lies Beneath Complete Episode 3 100% 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.