Strange Brigade
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Wonderful Things” and “Bully For You!” (Defeat The Champion in Hidden Valley): from 82% to 63% of starters.
- 80% 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 11,470 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 4.6h 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 (79.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Wonderful Things Open the Sarcophagus Room in Harbin's Dig Site 82% −18
- Bully For You! Defeat The Champion in Hidden Valley Most players quit here 63% −18
- The Mote out of thine eye Complete the Beam Puzzle in Tunnels of Wadjet 50% −13
- Get down, Shep! Defeat the Guardian in The Towering Temple 42% −8
- Hammer of the Gods Kill the Hammer Champion in Cursed Village 36% −5
- Eye say! Activate the Death Ray in the Great Pyramid level 26% −10
- Smile, you Son of a B… Shoot Seteki from Ammit's Jaws 23% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- It's not theft if you put it in a museum Find a Relic 100%
- Stiff Upper Lip Kill 20 enemies while on low health 87%
- Wonderful Things Open the Sarcophagus Room in Harbin's Dig Site 82%
- Not Out Kill 501 Enemies 69%
- Save Our Souls Destroy a Soul Cage 66%
- Bully For You! Defeat The Champion in Hidden Valley 63%
- What have you got against pottery? Destroy 100 pots 61%
- The trick is not minding that it hurts Spend a total of 20 minute at the low health level 57%
- Capital shot! Kill 3 enemies with a single shot 56%
- The Mote out of thine eye Complete the Beam Puzzle in Tunnels of Wadjet 50%
- One Simply Doesn't Rush These Things Annoy the Narrator 47%
- Hydra's Teeth Kill 100 skeletons 46%
- For Medicinal Purposes Drink 6 health potions within a level without dying or restarting 45%
- Get down, Shep! Defeat the Guardian in The Towering Temple 42%
- Minted Collect 10000 Gold from Chests 40%
- 7 league boots Travel for a little over 24 miles 40%
- Hammer of the Gods Kill the Hammer Champion in Cursed Village 36%
- Eye say! Activate the Death Ray in the Great Pyramid level 26%
- Pay the Piper Open a Gold Door in Horde 25%
- A secret door to another world? Open the Hidden Relic Room in Forsaken City 24%
- Smile, you Son of a B… Shoot Seteki from Ammit's Jaws 23%
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Savant Solve every kind of puzzle door across the game 23%
- This Is Becoming A Little Awkward Exit a Sarcophagus 5 times without restarting 21%
- Now That's Just Not Cricket Kill a teammate with any kind of trap 20%
- Everybody needs a hobby Rescue a teammate from a sarcophagus 10 times 19%
- These Are My Fighting Trousers Melee kill 5 enemies in 30 seconds 19%
- Dangers Untold Solve the Maze and open the door in Cutthroat Caverns 19%
- Queensberry Rules, ok? Flatten 100 enemies with a melee attack 16%
- Nobody Likes a Show-Off Chain 3 Amulet Attacks in a row 15%
- Back From the Mouth of Hell Complete the First Round in Horde 15%
- Snap Decision Enter photo mode 14%
- By George, I think they've got it! Collect the first half of the Shield of Bes 12%
- I'm stuck with a valuable friend Collect double the Gold of each of your teammates 11%
- Is that the Bes you can do? Reassemble the Shield of Bes 11%
- And stay down! Defeat the evil that lurks in the Pyramid 11%
- The heart of the mountain! Collect the second half of the shield of Bes 9.7%
- Cat got your tongue? Collect the golden Cat Idol from the jungle 7.9%
- The cat that got the cream.... Collect the Cat Idol from the cave 7.2%
- Combing the Cat-a-combs Collect the Cat Idol from beyond the Pyramids 7.0%
- Treasures of the Earth! Unearth all of the figures lost to the cave 6.3%
- The Pharoah's Curse Die 50 times 6.3%
- Ancient Action-Figures! Find all of the figures lost in Egypt 6.1%
- Hooked on a Feline Collect all the Cat Idols 5.8%
- Pirates' Plunder! Dig up all of the figures lost to the jungle 5.8%
- Knowledge is power! Find all of the Diaries in the cave 4.5%
- Master of the Armoury Unlock all the weapons 4.1%
- Conopic chaos complete! Destroy all Canopic Jars hidden in the cave 3.5%
- Don't go breaking my jar! Destroy all Canopic Jars hidden at the Pyramid 3.0%
- A smashing good time! Destroy all Canopic Jars hidden in the jungle 2.8%
- ...and read all over! Find all Diaries near the Pyramid 2.8%
- There's no 'I' in Team…but there is a 'me' Complete a level with each of the first four Brigade members 2.8%
- To preserve the past is to save the future Complete the Main Relic Collection 2.5%
- Evasive Action Get to Horde Wave 4 without taking any damage 2.5%
- Portrait of an adventurer Unhide the player and hide UI in a picture. Point camera at the player 2.5%
- When is a door not a door? Collect all the Canopic Jars 2.4%
- For King and Country Banish Ammit and defeat Seteki without delivering the Coup de Grace 2.3%
- Purloined Letters Complete the Main Diary Collection 2.1%
- Well-Read! Find all of the Diaries in the jungle 2.1%
- Master of the Mystical Unlock/Find every kind of Amulet and Gem 2.0%
- Definition of courage Complete the game on Extreme difficulty 1.9%