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Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 8% of players who started
Started playing 68% of owners
Steam reviews 67% positive of 3,330
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (72%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- At least 8% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Train Job” (Complete Chimera's 2nd Episode) and “Judgment Day” (Complete Chimera's 3rd Episode): from 82% to 60% of starters.
- Only 68% 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 3,338 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 28.4h for positive, 7.1h 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 (67.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Raid Complete Chimera's 1st Episode 96% −4
- The Train Job Complete Chimera's 2nd Episode 82% −14
- Judgment Day Complete Chimera's 3rd Episode Most players quit here 60% −22
- Death Toll Complete Chimera's 4th Episode 44% −16
- Hacker Complete Chimera's 5th Episode 38% −7
- Sword of Damocles Complete Chimera's 6th Episode 28% −10
- Neutral Ground Complete Chimera's 7th Episode 20% −8
- Sputnik Complete Chimera's 8th Episode 15% −4
- Coup d'Etat Complete Chimera's 9th Episode 13% −2
- Moctezuma Complete Chimera's 10th Episode ≥8% −5
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (85)
story milestone ending side
- Heist Take control of a bank 100%
- The Raid Complete Chimera's 1st Episode 96%
- Tin Woodman Extract 500 aluminum 91%
- Stakhanovist Produce 50 units in a single game 90%
- Collector Complete 10 achievements 84%
- Rapace Deploy a plane 84%
- The Train Job Complete Chimera's 2nd Episode 82%
- Capitalist Extract 5000$ from the banks 81%
- Air Interdiction Destroy 10 helicopters 77%
- Battle Royale Play a FFA game 73%
- Reign of Terror Launch a super weapon 71%
- Golem Extract 500 rare earth elements 68%
- No quarter Win a game without taking any prisoners. 61%
- Judgment Day Complete Chimera's 3rd Episode 60%
- Last Survivor Win a FFA game 54%
- Bounty Hunter Get 10 POW in jail or in hospital. 54%
- Like a truck (Highway to Serbia) Don't lose a single truck you're tasked to protect 52%
- Butcher Destroy 500 enemy units 51%
- Team Player Add 1 friend (who must accept) 51%
- Everybody is at home today (The Hunt for Yao) Don't lose a single soldier during Yao's arrestation 50%
- Arsenal of Democracy (Solo) Win a skirmish game with the US faction 50%
- Duel Play a skirmish game opposing 2 teams 45%
- Death Toll Complete Chimera's 4th Episode 44%
- None shall pass! Intercept an enemy super weapon 39%
- Hacker Complete Chimera's 5th Episode 38%
- Quick Reaction Force (Solo) Win a skirmish game with the Chimera faction 35%
- Schizophrenic (Solo) Win a skirmish game with each of the 3 factions 33%
- Experienced Beat a Medium AI in a skirmish game 32%
- Bellerophon (Solo) Win a skirmish game with the Cartel faction 31%
- First step Beat an Easy AI in a skirmish game 31%
- Sergeant Reach level 5 28%
- Sword of Damocles Complete Chimera's 6th Episode 28%
- Arsenal of Democracy (Multiplayer) Win a multiplayer game with the US faction 26%
- Ghostbuster (Covert ops) Kill one of the most powerful enemy prototype 23%
- Come down here and fight! (Highway to Serbia) Knock down a maximum of mortars in a defensive situation 20%
- Quick Reaction Force (Multiplayer) Win a multiplayer game with the Chimera faction 20%
- Neutral Ground Complete Chimera's 7th Episode 20%
- Superfind (Covert ops) Steal the equipement stored in a Cartel Outpost 19%
- Schizophrenic (Multiplayer) Win a multiplayer game with each of the 3 factions 18%
- Bellerophon (Multiplayer) Win a multiplayer game with the Cartel faction 16%
- ¡Viva la Revolución! Complete Cartel's 1st Episode 16%
- Sputnik Complete Chimera's 8th Episode 15%
- Master Collector Complete 30 achievements 15%
- Coup d'Etat Complete Chimera's 9th Episode 13%
- Salvation (Into the Chimera's Lair) The more we are, the stronger we become 13%
- Veteran Beat a Hard AI in a skirmish game 13%
- Wolf Tamer Complete Cartel's 2nd Episode 13%
- Squad Leader Add 5 friends (who must accept) 12%
- Unbreakable (Sword of Damocles) M1 Abrams is reputed to be impossible to destroy, let the legend live on 12%
- Thrifty (White Wolves Extinction) Every Soldier is important, take care of them 10%
- No one was left behind (When the Wolves howl) Save every single wounded soldier in a desperate situation 9.8%
- Half men, Half machines, 100% soldiers (Covert ops) Keep all your commando alive during the chinese operation 9.3%
- Speedy Gonzales (Countdown to Apocalypse) No time to waste, be quick, be efficient 9.0%
- Mexican Standoff Play a skirmish game opposing 4 teams 8.7%
- Thor's Hammer Complete Cartel's 3rd Episode 8.7%
- Moctezuma Complete Chimera's 10th Episode 8.4%
- Antitrust Complete all Chimera's Episodes 8.4%
- Eat a Mushroom (Mexican Stand-Off) One single button for heavy damage 8.4%
- Ground Control (Countdown to Apocalypse) Neutralize all the hostile command centers in the Baïkonour Cosmodrome 8.3%
- Ignition (Mexican Stand-Off) One Shot, One kill... or much more 8.3%
- Lieutenant Reach level 10 8.1%
- The Offensive Level (Coup d'état) Do not hesitate, do not think, attack straight forward into the trap no matter the losses 8.0%
- Jail break (Backstab) Liberate all the prisonners held captive by the enemy 7.9%
- Soviet supreme (Countdown to Apocalypse) Don't waste the gifts you are given 7.6%
- Taste your own medicine (The American Civil War) Crush the rebels with their own stuff 7.6%
- Bloodshed (Mexican Stand-Off) Make a total annihilation for a mass effect 7.3%
- The budget was cut (The Train Job) Good commanders don't need reinforcement 7.0%
- Iron dome (Into the Chimera's Lair) What are the Anteys used for? You should try them …twice 6.8%
- Into the valley of death... Complete Cartel's 4th Episode 5.9%
- Showdown Complete Cartel's 5th Episode 4.7%
- Among the shadows Complete all Cartel's Episodes 4.4%
- Janus Complete all of Chimera & Cartel's Episodes 4.4%
- You shall not pass (White Wolves Extinction) Create an impassable wall of fire and steel 3.9%
- Triumvirate Play a skirmish game opposing 3 teams 3.1%
- By the numbers (Exodus) Prevent the enemy to cut your escape route 3.1%
- The best defense (Fall of Olympus) "My centre is yielding. My right is retreating. Situation excellent. I am attacking." 3.1%
- All your bases belong to us (Mexican Stand-Off) You can play Chimera and US forces, is that all ? 3.0%
- Competitor Play a ranked game 2.8%
- Wrath of Wotan (Mexican Stand-Off) Use the Asgard power 2.8%
- Air superiority (Fall of Olympus) Defeat the most powerfull airforce in the world 2.7%
- Where is my umbrella? (Into the Chimera's Lair) A rain of fire from the sky is not enough for you to retreat 2.5%
- Colonel Reach level 20 2.2%
- Greedy Schaefer (The American Civil War) Make sure there is no ressource left in the airbase stocks 2.2%
- Mi casa es tu casa (Fall of Olympus) Manage to turn enemy facilities against him during the last strand 2.2%
- Wisp of smoke (White Wolves Extinction) He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.