When does Tom Clancy’s The Division™ get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (25%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

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Tom Clancy’s The Division™

7 Mar, 2016 Steam: Mostly Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

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

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 12% of owners

Steam reviews 71% positive of 97,129

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 12% 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 97,220 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 12.6h for positive, 9.9h 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 (12.1% 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)

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Activated Get to Manhattan. 100%
Shut that door Close a car door whilst in cover. 99%
Gain a Foothold Regroup with Faye Lau in the Base of Operations. 88%
The Doctor Rescue and extract Dr. Jessica Kandel. 85%
The Captain Rescue Captain Roy Benitez. 79%
The Engineer Rescue Paul Rhodes. 76%
Looking for Group Join or create a group. 74%
Outbreak Secure a sample of the original virus strain. 69%
Natural Talent Be attributed with a kill whilst having a talent active. 65%
Can't Stand the Heat! Eliminate the leader of the Cleaners and escape the Napalm Production Site. 65%
Raid the Arsenal Kill 1 enemy with each of the 6 Gun classes. 54%
The Humanitarian Purchase the Canine Unit and Pediatric Care Base of Operations Upgrade. 53%
Crime and Punishment Eliminate the leader of the Rikers gang and her bodyguards in Lexington Event Center. 46%
I've Got the Power Secure the power plant. 46%
Fly on the Wall Restore the JTF comm relay. 44%
What Needs To Be Done Recover Charles Bliss' propaganda tape. 42%
Worth the Wait Successfully Extract a contaminated item from the Dark Zone. 41%
You Win Some, You Lose Some Recover Tchernenko's research data from the Russian Consulate. 41%
On the Level Reach Level 30 with an Agent. 39%
Headhunter Kill a named Elite in the Dark Zone. 39%
Last Man Standing Eliminate the leader of the Last Man Battalion. 39%
Skill Kill Finish off 50 enemies using Skills. 38%
Deconstructive Criticism Deconstruct 100 items. 38%
Bling! Bling! Equip all Equipment slots with Superior or High end Items. 37%
One Down, Two to Go! Completely upgrade any one wing of the Base of Operations. 36%
Medic! Revive a team mate 20 times in co-op. 35%
Plundered! Extract a Superior or High end Item from the Dark Zone 34%
Fixer Upper Completely upgrade any two wings of the Base of Operations. 33%
Lean On Me Heal or buff 100 times whilst in a group. 32%
The Final Curtain Uncover the fates of Gordon Amherst and Aaron Keener. 31%
State of the Art Fully Upgrade the Base of Operations. 31%
Marathon Discover ALL of the Safe Houses in Manhattan. 30%
Good With My Hands Craft 10 items. 30%
Hardened Combatant Complete a mission in Challenge mode. 26%
United We Stand At lvl 30 start and complete a Co-op Mission without anyone being Downed or Dying. 24%
Begin with a BANG Access the Tactical Operations Centre 24%
Networking Complete 20 Missions as part of a group. 23%
Master Craftsman Craft a High end item. 22%
You Just Made the List... Kill 10 Named Enemies in the Dark Zone. 21%
Skillz Equip 10 different skill mods. 18%
For Justice! Kill a player who has gone Rogue. 15%
Objectively Experienced Complete each of the 6 different mission objectives in the Underground 14%
Those Signature Moves Activate any of the Signature Skills 100 times. 12%
The Finder Retrieve 20 missing first wave Division agent profiles. 11%
Agent Diaries Extract 130 phone recordings from phones found in Manhattan. 9.9%
Droning on... Extract 16 aerial photos from crashed drones. 9.1%
Incident Reports Extract 40 audio incident reports from JTF laptops. 9.1%
Know No Fear Finish all of the missions at Level 30 on the Hard difficulty. 8.3%
Shadows of the past Activate 63 ECHO scenes. 8.3%
Survivalist Recover 24 Survival Guide pages. 8.3%
Born Survivor Successfully survive and escape in Survival Mode. 8.3%
Tools of the Trade Craft the Virus Filter and Flare Gun in Survival mode. 8.3%
Mass Extraction Extract an item at all 8 Extraction Zones. 6.6%
Survival Instincts Achieve Master Rank rank in Survival Mode. 6.6%
Tier One In a group of 4 finish an Operation on Challenge with 5 Directives Enabled 5.8%
The Beast Below Reach Underground Rank 40 4.1%
Subzero Hero Obtain clothing to get a survivable temperature rating of -22°C / -7°F. 4.1%
I am the LAW! Kill 20 Rogue Agents. 2.5%
Gone Spelunking Retrieve all 55 Audio Logs and 25 UrbEx Diaries in Underground 2.5%
For the Hoarder… Successfully extract 100 items from the Survival Dark Zone. 0.8%

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