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CUSTOM MECH WARS
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 43% positive of 601
What the data shows
- 19% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (19%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- 95% 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 608 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 12.6h for positive, 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 (95% 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 (21)
- Crossing the Threshold Clear Mission 01 100%
- Still Just Getting Started Achieve a Mission Completion Rate of 5% 61%
- Long Road Ahead Achieve a Mission Completion Rate of 10% 46%
- Boosting Production Create parts in the Research Department 45%
- Shocking Obtain 4 Shock Launchers 41%
- Building a Bigger Unit Obtain an M-size part 34%
- Laser Gun Obtain Laser Gun-X-100 27%
- Absolutely Beaming Obtain Shotgun-LR-442 24%
- Special Operations Achieve an Easy Difficulty Completion Rate of 100% 21%
- G-Mech Rampage Neutralized Achieve a Normal Difficulty Completion Rate of 100% 20%
- Helping Hands Play 3 optional Co-op Missions 20%
- Approaching Gianthood Obtain an L-size part 19%
- A Touch of Originality Build a unit in the Research Department 14%
- Amateur Customizer Achieve a Part Acquisition Rate of 20% 11%
- Voice of a Distant Star Achieve a Hard Difficulty Completion Rate of 100% 6.9%
- Ace Up the Ace's Sleeve Achieve a Mission Completion Rate of 90% 3.8%
- Human & AI Achieve a Very Hard Difficulty Completion Rate of 100% 3.2%
- Grandmaster Achieve a Mission Completion Rate of 100% 2.7%
- Elite Customizer Achieve a Part Acquisition Rate of 50% 2.6%
- Master Customizer Achieve a Part Acquisition Rate of 70% 1.3%
- Completion Obtain every Achievement 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.