Strategy
R.U.S.E.™
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 24% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 4,660
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 20h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- At least 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First Contact” (Seize Colditz Castle) and “Holding the Pass” (Successfully hold Kasserine Pass): from 100% to 78% of starters.
- 78% 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 4,669 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 29.4h for positive, 10.5h 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 (77.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Contact Seize Colditz Castle 100%
- Holding the Pass Successfully hold Kasserine Pass Most players quit here 78% −22
- Sand Storm Throw the Axis out of Africa 67% −10
- From Cover to Cover Neutralize the Italian secondary HQ by moving from cover to cover 62% −5
- Tank Buster Eliminate the last Italian forces 60% −2
- Highway to Heaven Complete the Italian Campaign 58% −2
- D-Day Successfully land at Utah Beach 54% −4
- Hedgerow War Complete the Cotentin Campaign 48% −7
- Death from Above Complete Operation Market Garden 43% −5
- Battered Bastard of Bastogne Successfully hold Bastogne 39% −4
- V-E Day Survive to see the German capitulation 35% −3
- The Facility Recover Germany's secret weapon plans 32% −3
- Payback! Prevent the Russians from attacking the western allies 26% −6
- Brigadier General Prevent World War III in Easy difficulty level ≥24% −2
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- First Contact Seize Colditz Castle 100%
- Desert Fox Play two RUSEs on the same sector 95%
- Holding the Pass Successfully hold Kasserine Pass 78%
- Sand Storm Throw the Axis out of Africa 67%
- Recruit Defeat an A.I. in battle mode 65%
- Regular Get to level 20 63%
- From Cover to Cover Neutralize the Italian secondary HQ by moving from cover to cover 62%
- Tank Buster Eliminate the last Italian forces 60%
- Highway to Heaven Complete the Italian Campaign 58%
- D-Day Successfully land at Utah Beach 54%
- Hedgerow War Complete the Cotentin Campaign 48%
- Death from Above Complete Operation Market Garden 43%
- Parasite Capture 50 buildings 42%
- First Captain Complete 50% of the secondary objectives from the Campaign. 40%
- Battered Bastard of Bastogne Successfully hold Bastogne 39%
- Got Your Back! Play a game with a friend in the same team 36%
- V-E Day Survive to see the German capitulation 35%
- The Facility Recover Germany's secret weapon plans 32%
- Destroyer Destroy 5000 enemy units 31%
- Eug-virus Defeat one of Eugen Systems' team or someone having already unlocked this achievement 27%
- Payback! Prevent the Russians from attacking the western allies 26%
- Ace Defeat an A.I. In battle mode on Hard difficulty level with Total victory 25%
- Brigadier General Prevent World War III in Easy difficulty level 24%
- Competitor Complete an operation 20%
- Cunning Use all RUSEs 14%
- Ambassador Defeat an A.I. in battle mode while playing each nation 12%
- Lieutenant General Prevent World War III in Medium difficulty level 12%
- War God Get to level 100 8.1%
- Trooper Defeat an A.I. in battle mode on Medium difficulty level and in all time periods (39/42/45) 7.3%
- Nemesis Complete all 1 vs. 1 operations 6.3%
- Best Enemies Play a four-player or more game with your friends only 6.0%
- One vs. All Complete all 1 vs. all operations 5.4%
- Who's Your Daddy? Achieve a 200% or more kill rate in a ranked match 4.6%
- General of the Army Prevent World War III in Hard difficulty level 4.4%
- Invincible Achieve a 90% or more survival ratio in a ranked match 3.3%
- Collector Defeat all A.I. profiles in 1v1 battle at least in Medium difficulty 3.0%
- The Terrible Achieve a winning streak of 3 in ranked matches 2.6%
- Best Friend Complete all cooperative operations 2.4%
- Occasional Allies Play a game with a stranger in team ranked match 1.8%
- One Hand behind My Back Defeat an opponent without using the airfield and armor and artillery base camps in a ranked match 1.4%
- Hard Boiled Complete all the secondary objectives from the Campaign. 1.3%
- Staff Officer Complete all operations 1.2%
- Veteran Reach the Veteran league. 1.2%
- Battle Hardened Achieve a victory in every ranked match mode 1.2%
- Top Gun Defeat an opponent with air units only in a ranked match 1.2%
- The Great Achieve a winning streak of 10 in ranked matches 0.9%
- Atlas Play a game on every map in a ranked match 0.8%
- Achiever Complete all operations' bonus objectives 0.6%
- Elite Reach the Elite league. 0.6%
- Mercenary Win 5 games with every nation in ranked matches 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.