When does Infestation: The New Beginning get good?

Give it 15 hours. In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (77%); after 35h it's 1 in 2 (47%). Fully opens up by hour 35.

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Infestation: The New Beginning

Steam: Mixed

Give it 15 hours

Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 4% of owners

Steam reviews 42% positive of 25,388

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (77%); after 35h it's 1 in 2 (47%).
Fully opens up by hour 35.
The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 4% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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 25,463 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 21.2h for positive, 6.8h 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 (3.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (69)

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Last Breath! Kill someone when you are under 5% health. 100%
Surviving is tough! Be at least for 1 hour in a server without logging out. 71%
That looks cool! Learn 1 skin. 61%
Beginner's Luck Complete the tutorial 42%
Brawler Kill a player only by using bare hands. 42%
Whoops! Kill someone that is in your group. 40%
Lucky bullet! Kill a player with the last bullet in your magazine. (This can not be with a sniper) 21%
Boom! Get a kill with a grenade. 18%
Fists of Fury Kill 100 zombies with only bare hands. 16%
Giant Killer Kill 100 super zombies. 13%
Hunter Kill 10,000 zombies. 13%
Skin Master Learn 25 skins. 13%
Backstabber Kill your team-mate after winning a battle royale. 11%
Combo Breaker End another player's kill-streak. 11%
First of many Win your first Battle Royale! 11%
Headshot I Get 1,000 headshots. 11%
Hide your kids! Get a 10 killstreak in Battle Royale. 11%
Quick and painless Kill 1,000 sprinting zombies. 11%
Red Hot! Get a 5 player kill-streak. 11%
Skin Collector Learn 50 skins. 11%
2 Heros! Win 50 Battle Royale games in a 2 man group. 7.9%
Arsonist! Get a 20 player kill-streak. 7.9%
Assault Rifle Expert Kill 10,000 players using an assault rifle. 7.9%
Assault Rifle Specialist Kill 1,000 players using an assault rifle. 7.9%
Battle Royale Expert I Win 25 Battle Royale games 7.9%
Battle Royale Expert II Win 50 Battle Royale games. 7.9%
Battle Royale Expert III Win 100 Battle Royale games. 7.9%
Bloodthirsty Kill 100,000 players. 7.9%
Boxing Legend Kill 1,000 players by only using bare hands. 7.9%
Bullseye! Kill someone that is further than 500 meters away from you. 7.9%
Can't touch this! Kill someone while having a zombie repellent consumed. 7.9%
Double the trouble! Win a Battle royale in a 2 man group. 7.9%
Giant Slayer Kill 1,000 super zombies. 7.9%
Giants Bane Kill 10,000 super zombies. 7.9%
Headshot II Get 10,000 headshots. 7.9%
Headshot III Get 100,000 headshots. 7.9%
Hide your family! Get a 20 killstreak in Battle Royale. 7.9%
I can't see! Kill someone while you're blinded by a flashbang. 7.9%
Iron Fist Kill 1,000 zombies with only bare hands. 7.9%
Killing machine Kill someone with a car. 7.9%
LMG Expert Kill 10,000 players using a LMG. 7.9%
LMG Specialist Kill 1,000 players using a LMG. 7.9%
On Fire! Get a 10 player kill-streak. 7.9%
Pistol Expert Kill 10,000 players using a pistol. 7.9%
Pistol Specialist Kill 1,000 players using a pistol. 7.9%
Professional Boxer Kill 100 players by only using bare hands. 7.9%
Quick and painful Kill 10,000 sprinting zombies. 7.9%
SMG Expert Kill 10,000 players using a SMG. 7.9%
SMG Specialist Kill 1,000 players using a SMG. 7.9%
Showstopper End 5 other players kill-streak without dying. 7.9%
Slayer Kill 100,000 zombies. 7.9%
Sniper Expert Kill 10,000 players using a sniper. 7.9%
Sniper Specialist Kill 1,000 players using a sniper. 7.9%
Spray & Pray! Kill a total of 50 players while being blinded by a flashbang. 7.9%
Spray & Pray! II Kill a total of 100 players while being blinded by a flashbang. 7.9%
Superman! Kill a player while being airborne. 7.9%
Supplys needed! Call in an airdrop. 7.9%
Survival of the Fittest Win a Battle Royale without killing any player. 7.9%
The Dealer Reach 100 succesful trades. 7.9%
The Trump Reach an amount of 100,000,000 Game dollars. 7.9%
Unstoppable! Kill 20 players without dying 7.9%
We are a team! Win 25 Battle Royale games in a 2 man group. 7.9%
World Savior Kill 1,000,000 zombies. 7.9%
You've got mail! Read a note. 7.9%
Hitman I Kill 100 players in total. 2.6%
Hitman II Kill 1,000 players in total. 2.6%
Hitman III Kill 5,000 players in total. 2.6%
The Trump II Reach an amount of 1,000,000 Battle Royale Tokens. 2.6%
The Trump III Reach an amount of 1,000,000 Competitive Tokens. 2.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.