IndieSimulationStrategy
RIOT: Civil Unrest
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 22% of owners
Steam reviews 68% positive of 1,971
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 3h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Only 22% 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 1,996 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 5h for positive, 3.4h 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 (22.4% 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 (10)
- No Tav, No Problems Complete No Tav as Police 100%
- Liberation Italy! Complete No Tav as Rioters 75%
- Train on track Complete Keratea as Police 60%
- End the Violence Complete Arab Spring as Rioters 58%
- Under Control Complete Indignados as Police 54%
- Scrapping the Junkyard Complete Keratea as Rioters 30%
- We Will Be Heard! Complete Indignados as Rioters 28%
- Hold the line! Complete Arab Spring as Police 22%
- Law and Order Complete all levels as Police with zero violence 6.2%
- Just Cause Complete all levels as Rioters with zero violence 5.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.