RIVE

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 1,068 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 4.5h for positive, 2.6h 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 (62.8% 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 (44)

• Breaking and Entering Infiltrate Galaxian Service Vessel #6. 100%
• Captain Ahab Defeat the Super Skywhale. 49%
• Sleeping with the Fishes Die while underwater. 21%
• Eye of the Tiger Defeat the Mega Smashbot. 17%
• 01110100 01101000 01100101 00000001 Hack 50 enemies. 17%
• Master of the Universe Defeat the RIVE endboss. 12%
• Pay Attention, Houdini! Congratulations, you managed to escape the ship! 12%
• Hide and Reap Destroy 25 enemies with a hacked turret, while hiding underwater. 11%
• Lock and Load Fully upgrade your spider tank using the upgrade station. 11%
• Turncoat Get a hacked Smashbot to destroy two other Smashbots. 9.6%
• Spray and Pray Fire non-stop for 2 minutes. 8.6%
• Got Your Back Destroy a Wily Walker without destroying its shield. 7.5%
• Old McDonald Ye olde farmer detected! 5.9%
• L-IFE Find the secret L-IFE room. 5.6%
• Access Denied! Destroy the Wily Walker that follows you back into the starship in Mission 6. 4.0%
• CHOO CHOO! Destroy 12 enemies with a single train. 3.0%
• Heartless Destroy 10 depleted nurse drones and harvest their loot. 2.7%
• Don't Shoot The Messenger Finish a campaign without destroying DLL yourself. 2.4%
• Squeeky Clean Spend 60 seconds under a waterfall. 2.4%
• Greenpeace Complete Mission 2 without destroying the Skywhale. 2.2%
• Mint Condition Burst through the hull in Mission 7 with full health. 2.2%
• Willy Play the Dutch anthem in the main menu. 2.2%
• Minesweeper Destroy all floating mines in Mission 6. 2.1%
• We Come in Peace Reach the warp room in Mission 1 without shooting anything. 2.1%
• Pest Control Destroy all baby taxis in the warp room when it’s flooded. 2.1%
• Big Saver Max out before Mission 9. 1.9%
• Purge Destroy all malfunctioning kamikaze enemies in the Epilogue. 1.9%
• Smashed and Slivered Destroy 2 Smashbots in the same fight using a shredder. 1.9%
• Doggy Style Get rid of all laser turrets after being ejected into space in Mission 9. 1.9%
• Unblockable Get past the dropped container in the warp room in the Epilogue. 1.9%
• Bronze Bigwig Complete all Challenges with a bronze medal. 1.8%
• Follow the Leader Get a nurse drone all the way to the top in Mission 3. 1.8%
• Friendly Waters Return to the warp room after completing Mission 10, without destroying any enemies. 1.8%
• Fried Squid Get 3 squid enemies to electrocute themselves on the train track during the Mission 4 gravity bubble fight. 1.8%
• Motherloot Complete a campaign with 10,000 loot left. 1.8%
• New Sheriff in Town Reach the final boss in a campaign mode without firing any special attacks. 1.8%
• Scavenger Find all secret pickups. 1.8%
• Silver Surfer Complete all Challenges with a silver medal. 1.8%
• Single Purchase Complete a campaign with only 1 purchase. 1.8%
• We Never Actually Tested This Complete the entire campaign in Single-Credit Mode. 1.6%
• God Mode Defeat the RIVE end boss in Single-Credit Mode. 1.6%
• Golden God Complete all Challenges with a gold medal. 1.6%
• But They're Harmless! Find all innocent cockroaches on the starship, and kill them dead. 1.6%
• You Can Do It, In Theory Complete all missions in Single-Credit Mode. 1.6%