Ballistic Overkill
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 7h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 51% 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 7,043 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 17.1h for positive, 5.1h 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 (50.9% 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 (37)
story milestone ending side
- On Point Capture 3 points in the same life in Capture Point mode 100%
- No Microtransactions Drop your first Lockbox 87%
- Teamplay Get 30 kill assists 84%
- Unstoppable Kill 3 enemies with the same weapon without reloading 78%
- Force of Nature Deal 2000 damage in a single life 59%
- LMG Master Kill 500 enemies with LMGs 56%
- Geologist Killed by falling into one of Citadel’s holes 47%
- Hero Get 20 savior kills 40%
- Back Scratcher Kill 2 enemies with backstabs within 5 seconds 38%
- Sneaky Beaky Kill an enemy while inside of Hollow’s tube 35%
- Vandal Break all glasses in Sunsquare Mall in a single match 34%
- Floor is lava Killed by lava 33%
- Big Boom Kill 2 enemies with the same grenade 28%
- Melee Master Kill 100 enemies with Melee Attacks 22%
- This isn’t Half-Life Try to open a door 19%
- True King Kill 5 enemies while in the King of the Hill point in the same life 18%
- This isn’t Quake Kill yourself with a grenade launcher right after jumping 17%
- Grenade Master Kill 100 enemies with Grenades or Grenade Launchers 14%
- Go Ballistic Get an Overkill 13%
- This isn’t Portal Kill yourself by jumping from a very high place 12%
- Assault Rifle Master Kill 500 enemies with Assault Rifles 12%
- Heavy Machinery Killed by being smashed by one of Overhead’s cranes 11%
- Sniper Rifle Master Kill 500 enemies with Sniper Rifles 11%
- MVP Finish a match with more than 1500 score 10%
- Machine Pistol Master Kill 500 enemies with Machine Pistols 10%
- SMG Master Kill 500 enemies with SMGs 9.6%
- Swag Unlock your first accessory 8.6%
- Shotgun Master Kill 500 enemies with Shotguns 8.3%
- Headhunter Kill 1000 enemies with headshots 6.1%
- Nostalgia Find a place to play F2P Ballistic 6.1%
- Otters can what? Look at an out-of-the-way piece of advertising in Wonderdome 6.1%
- Pistol Master Kill 500 enemies with Pistols 5.9%
- I see dead people See a ghost in Blackfield 5.7%
- The stuff I’ve seen... Play a thousand matches 5.7%
- Appreciator of Art Look at every painting in Nox Museum in a single match 5.5%
- Infinite Learning Write and send on chat all words in Hakim’s Hunting Words board in a single match 5.3%
- Rehab Shoot all the coffee machines on Corporate Park in a single match 5.3%