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Dead Island Retro Revenge
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 39% of owners
Steam reviews 62% positive of 732
What the data shows
- 47% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (47%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- Only 39% 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 737 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 3.3h for positive, 0.6h 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 (39.2% 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 (13)
- INSERT COIN COMPLETE YOUR FIRST LEVEL 100%
- POUND CAKE KILL 10 ENEMIES WITH ONE SLEDGEHAMMER POWER UP 65%
- AIRBORNE APPENDAGES GET 20 PROJECTILE KILLS IN A SINGLE STAGE 52%
- CAN'T TOUCH THIS FINISH A STAGE WITHOUT TAKING ANY DAMAGE 47%
- FLYING BLIND FINISH A STAGE WITH THE CROSSHAIR OFF 27%
- PACIFIST FINISH A STAGE WITHOUT KILLING A SINGLE ENEMY 26%
- 99 PROBLEMS AND A ZOMBIE AIN'T ONE REACH A COMBO OF 99 HITS IN ANY MODE 25%
- NO CAT LEFT BEHIND COMPLETE THE FINAL STAGE IN STORY MODE 25%
- ON RAILS FINISH A LEVEL WITHOUT EVER CHANGING LANES 22%
- HALF MARATHON REACH STAGE 2-5 IN MARATHON MODE 20%
- BOW TO ME ATTAIN 5 STARS ON ALL STORY STAGES 20%
- A SURVIVOR IS BORN REACH WAVE 10 IN SURVIVOR MODE 20%
- BLISTERED FEET COMPLETE MARATHON MODE 20%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.