When does Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

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Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

Feb 20, 2015 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 68% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 5,420

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
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 5,454 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 10.4h for positive, 3.2h 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 (67.8% 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 (60)

story milestone ending side

Gettin' Educated Complete the tutorial. 100%
My New Gun Unlock your first weapon skin. 70%
Hup Hup Kill an enemy while you are both in the air. 69%
Pay To Lose Kill a player who owns Premium. 40%
Gross Take a refreshing swim in Dyson Sewers. 31%
Kill 'Em All Score your first BORING KILL. 22%
Connoisseur Collect your first vice in Survival. 22%
What Happened? Where Am I? Board the escape helicopter within 30 seconds after reviving in Zombrains. 22%
Champ Win a game of Deathmatch, Weapons Deal or Boring Royale. 22%
Baby's First Survival Complete wave 10 in Survival. 18%
Practice Makes Perfect Complete wave 25 in Survival. 16%
The Ground Is Entirely Fogged Out Reach an incredibly high altitude. 12%
Grave Filler Kill a total of 1,000 enemies. 12%
24/7 2fort Kill an enemy carrying a scoped weapon with your own scoped weapon. 10%
Oooh Mommy Complete wave 50 in Survival. 10%
Lore Person Collect your first lore article. 8.1%
The Power Collect your first super vice in Survival. 7.2%
Time 2 Klime Conquer your first Climb map. 7.1%
The Beanjo Maneuver While carrying the flag in Capture the Flag, kill the enemy flag carrier. 6.6%
Action Man Get a kill with the Pump Action, Lever Action and Bolt Action all in one life. 6.5%
Tragedy Down Under Kill yourself with the Boomerang. 6.3%
Just Blew In From Stupid Town Score a TRIPLE KILL or higher with the Suicide Vest in Team Deathmatch. 5.6%
Loads Of Money! Acquire $1,000 in Zombrains, or $100,000 in Survival. 5.6%
Sacred Relic Unlock your first artifact. 5.0%
Grizzled Expert Complete wave 75 in Survival. 5.0%
Cash Rules Everything Around Me Unlock your first golden weapon skin. 4.4%
Put Him Out Of His Misery Destroy the EXPLODEBOT 5000 in Survival. 4.1%
It's Over Destroy the evil magician in Hardcore Survival. 4.0%
Cool Island Song Kill an enemy with the Pineapple. 3.8%
Pest Control Destroy the enemy helicopter in Hardcore or Classic Survival. 3.8%
Zoned Kill an enemy with a Hadoken. 3.7%
Big Mess Get your head blown off while barfing. 3.7%
Death Is Certain Encounter the Manlings in Hardcore or Classic Survival. 3.5%
Show The Way Activate the beacon in Hardcore Survival. 3.4%
Luke Parry Parry a total of 100 enemies with the Sword. 3.2%
Pretty Good Night Collect every vice in Hardcore or Classic Survival. (Excluding Super Vices) 2.8%
Lore Hobbyist Collect 5 or more lore articles. 1.5%
Lore Master Collect 15 or more lore articles. 0.7%
Level 1 Complete Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Boring Man Fields 1. 0.4%
Light Up The Night Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Dyson City. 0.4%
It's Bennings! Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Ice Station. 0.4%
Calm Down Miners Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Varia Mines. 0.4%
Need Irons + Hookshot Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Boring Lake. 0.4%
It's Time To Oil Up Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Oil Rig. 0.4%
Manufactured Drama Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Muleslapper MFG. 0.4%
The Exclusion Zone Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Boring Man Fields 2. 0.4%
Homesickness Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Varia Desert. 0.4%
Jerry, Can I Borrow Your Mattress Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Dyson Rooftops. 0.4%
House of Wares Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Warehouse. 0.4%
Poo Gas Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Dyson Sewers. 0.4%
Recycled Content Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on 'Tutorial...?'. 0.4%
Just Let Me Sleep For God's Sake Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Flak Freightliner. 0.4%
Final Hours Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Throne Room. 0.4%
Funny Little Map Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Arena. 0.4%
The Old Blokia 20 Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Varia City. 0.4%
Can't See Sh*t, Captain Complete Hardcore or Classic Survival on Arctic City. 0.4%
I'm Sorry Unlock either the Old Pistol, Old Shotgun or Plank artifacts. 0.4%
Conversations & Events - Relaxed Complete the Shooting Range time trial in 1 minute or less. 0.4%
Not Today Block an attack with the Riot Shield thats worth 500 or more damage. 0.4%
Poor Working Conditions Get crushed by a door on Warehouse. 0.4%

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