When does KILLBUG get good?

Hooks you right away. 94% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (95%). The opening is criticised less than in 97% of games we track.

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KILLBUG

May 3, 2023 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 91% of owners

Steam reviews 97% positive of 556

What the data shows

94% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (95%).
The opening is criticised less than in 97% of games we track.
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.

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Based on all 567 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 2.1h for positive, 0.2h 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 (90.5% 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 (29)

Aerial Advantage Kill a bug with an air dash 100%
Exiled Complete the tutorial 99%
Stop Hitting Yourself Kill a bug with a reflected projectile 98%
Locked and Loaded Reload your gun when fully empty 88%
Not Dead Yet Recover health after almost dying 87%
A Fine Mist Fall to your death 79%
Earthquake Perform a ground smash 77%
Mortein Kill 10 bugs in one melee swing 74%
Medic! Recover a lot of health from one centipede 71%
Height Is Might Perform a knife jump 69%
Nice Reload your gun 69 times 64%
Juvenile Delinquent Kill a Larva Hive 63%
Sharpshooter Kill a bug with the demon shot 59%
Crowd Control Kill 10 bugs in one ground smash 58%
Aphid Die to a ladybug 58%
SKILLBUG Kill 2 bugs with 1 demon shot 48%
She’ll Be Right Recover 500% of your health in one run 45%
Centi-peeved Anger 42 centipedes 43%
A Bug’s Death Die 13 times 38%
A Worthy Sacrifice Kill a bug with the blood shot 35%
A Deal with the Devil Regain 666 health 33%
Kill It With Fire Destroy 6 spider eggs quickly 32%
From the Bowels of the Earth Kill a Tapeworm 31%
Dance with Death Climb back up after nearly falling into the mist 28%
BAM! And the Worm is Gone! Kill a Tapeworm quickly 27%
The Floor Is Larva Stay in the air for a long time 20%
Not Today, Satan Reflect 666 projectiles 15%
Return to Sender Kill a Larva Hive with only its projectiles 13%
Deceived Kill a god 13%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.