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Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 58% of owners
Steam reviews 62% positive of 30,229
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (81%); after 7h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Rising Threat” and “Black Sky”: from 100% to 87% of starters.
- Only 58% 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 30,340 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.4h for positive, 5.3h 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 (57.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Rising Threat Complete Rising Threat. 100%
- Black Sky Complete Black Sky. Most players quit here 87% −13
- Operation Port Armor Complete Operation Port Armor. 77% −10
- Operation Burn Water Complete Operation Burn Water. 64% −13
- Operation Dark Quarry Complete Operation Dark Quarry. 60% −5
- Operation Black Flag Complete Operation Black Flag. 57% −3
- Operation Blood Storm Complete Operation Blood Storm. 55% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (88)
story milestone ending side
- Rising Threat Complete Rising Threat. 100%
- New Gun Collector Scan your first weapon! 97%
- Boots on the Ground Go 2 minutes without double jumping or wall running in a mission where these abilities are available. 90%
- Black Sky Complete Black Sky. 87%
- Captain's Log Use the computer in the Captain's office. 84%
- Gear Up Find your first equipment upgrade. 80%
- Make it Personal Load out with a custom weapon. 78%
- Ante Up Get your first kill on the most-wanted board. 78%
- Operation Port Armor Complete Operation Port Armor. 77%
- Serious Gun Collector Scan 10 weapons. 72%
- Reality TV Watch a news cast. 69%
- Operation Burn Water Complete Operation Burn Water. 64%
- Fangs Out Earn your first Jackal item (weapon or upgrade). 60%
- Operation D-Con Complete Operation D-Con. 60%
- Operation Dark Quarry Complete Operation Dark Quarry. 60%
- Operation Black Flag Complete Operation Black Flag. 57%
- Operation Blood Storm Complete Operation Blood Storm. 55%
- Operation Deep Execute Complete Operation Deep Execute. 54%
- Operation Phoenix Complete Operation Phoenix. 52%
- Operation Taken Dagger Complete Operation Taken Dagger. 50%
- Operation Safe Harbor Complete Operation Safe Harbor. 50%
- Aces High Clear half of the most-wanted board. 48%
- Operation Grave Robber Complete Operation Grave Robber. 45%
- Operation Pure Threat Complete Operation Pure Threat. 44%
- Targets of Opportunity Complete all ship boarding side missions. 43%
- Operation Sudden Death Complete Operation Sudden Death. 41%
- Jackal Ace Earn all Jackal weapons and upgrades. 40%
- Top Gun Complete all Jackal-only side missions. 32%
- Operation Trace Kill Complete Operation Trace Kill. 32%
- Royal Flush All SDF Aces and Captains killed. 32%
- Peace to the Fallen Listened to all of the death letters of the fallen. 32%
- Get Packed In Spaceland Pack-A-Punch a weapon. 25%
- Peek-a-boo! Kick open a door, peek open a door, and throw a grenade while peeking a door. 23%
- C12 Kill 3 C12s all 3 ways in one playthrough (right rodeo, left rodeo, and self destruct) 22%
- Gravity Kills Kill an enemy while floating in your own anti-gravity grenade. 20%
- The Bigger They Are In Spaceland, defeat 5 Brutes in one game without dying. 13%
- Rock On! In Spaceland, craft a Weapon of Rock. 13%
- Danger Close Kill 15 enemies with a zero G grappling hook. 8.8%
- Pump It Up In Rave in the Redwoods, Pack-a-Punch a weapon. 7.4%
- Sooooul Key In Spaceland, recover the piece of the Soul Key. 6.9%
- You Know Nothing Kill Kotch before his speech ends. 6.6%
- Locksmith In Rave in the Redwoods, recover the piece of Soul Key. 6.0%
- Stick 'em In Rave in the Redwoods, earn 100 kills with an upgraded crossbow. 6.0%
- Double Feature In The Beast From Beyond, return to the theater. 5.5%
- Message Received The end of the longest journey is a single step. 5.5%
- Brain Dead In Spaceland, play 30 games and get to scene 10. 5.4%
- Hoff The Charts! In Spaceland, unlock David Hasselhoff. 5.2%
- Pest Control In Shaolin Shuffle, recover one piece of the Soul Key. 5.2%
- Soul Brother In Shaolin Shuffle, collect all the newspaper clippings. 5.2%
- The Longest Day Complete all Single Player missions on Veteran. 5.2%
- Batteries Not Included In Spaceland, create an Exquisite Core. 5.0%
- Friends Forever In The Beast From Beyond, fully restore N31L. 4.7%
- Soul-Less In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, recover the piece of the Soul Key. 4.7%
- Ride For Your Life In Rave in the Redwoods, ride every zipline. 4.3%
- Super Slacker In Rave in the Redwoods, unlock Kevin Smith. 4.1%
- The End? In The Beast From Beyond, collect the final piece of the Soul Key. 4.1%
- Sliced and Diced In Shaolin Shuffle, Pack-A-Punch the final Weapon. 4.0%
- Sticker Collector In Spaceland, find all of the quest items and complete the sticker pack. 4.0%
- Belly of the Beast In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, enter the bomb codes correctly on first try. 3.8%
- MAD Proto In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, assemble the M.A.D. (Modular Atomic Disintegrator). 3.8%
- Mistress of the Dark In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, unlock Elvira. 3.5%
- Encryption Decryption In The Beast From Beyond, Pack-a-Punch the Venom-X twice. 3.3%
- Gun Nut All weapons scanned. 3.3%
- Exterminator In Shaolin Shuffle, defeat the final boss with the special guest. 3.1%
- Fully Equipped Earn all equipment upgrades. 2.9%
- Hallucination Nation In Rave in the Redwoods, stay in Delirium for 5 minutes after scene 10. 2.9%
- Tables Turned In Rave in the Redwoods, kill the Slasher with his weapon. 2.9%
- Unpleasant Dreams In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, collect the piece of Soul Key as Elvira. 2.9%
- I Love the 80s In Spaceland, find the MW1 and MW2 songs. 2.4%
- Top Camper In Rave in the Redwoods, earn all camp badges. 2.4%
- Beat of the Drum In Shaolin Shuffle, find the hidden song. 2.2%
- Coin-Op In Shaolin Shuffle, complete Skullbuster. 2.2%
- Insert Coin In Spaceland, play every Arcade game at least once. 2.2%
- Rave On In Rave in the Redwoods, find the secret song. 2.2%
- Shaolin Skills In Shaolin Shuffle, max all Chi abilities in a single game. 2.2%
- Broken Record In The Beast From Beyond, unlock the hidden song. 2.1%
- Cracking Skulls In The Beast From Beyond, complete Skullbreaker. 2.1%
- Egg Slayer In The Beast From Beyond, equip the Venom-X. 2.1%
- Message Sent In The Beast From Beyond, send the Turnstile back to the past. 2.1%
- Scrapbooking In Rave in the Redwoods, complete your photo collection and mementos. 2.1%
- Some Assembly Required In Shaolin Shuffle, build all the craftable items in a game. 2.1%
- Super Duper Combo When playing Skullbreaker, build a combo of size 10 or larger. 2.1%
- Bait and Switch In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, restore and use all traps. 1.9%
- Book Worm In Shaolin Shuffle, find and collect all bios for AJ, Andre, Poindexter and Sally. 1.9%
- Dear Diary In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, listen to all of Willard’s personal recordings. 1.9%
- Dominion Win 5 online matches in Multiplayer. 1.9%
- Failed Maintenance In The Beast From Beyond, kill zombies with every trap. 1.9%
- Quarter Muncher In Attack of the Radioactive Thing, complete Skullhop. 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.