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DOOM
Give it 3 hours
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 82% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 222,292
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The biggest drop-off is between “E1M1” (Complete the first mission of the campaign) and “Into the Unknown” (Warp to Hell): from 100% to 60% of starters.
- 82% of owners got the first achievement.
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 223,467 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 8.2h 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 (82.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- E1M1 Complete the first mission of the campaign 100%
- Into the Unknown Warp to Hell Most players quit here 60% −40
- Shoot it Until it Dies Defeat the Cyberdemon 45% −15
- Outnumbered? No Problem Defeat the Hell Guards 42% −3
- Who's Next? Defeat the Spider Mastermind 39% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (54)
story milestone ending side
- E1M1 Complete the first mission of the campaign 100%
- Butcher Perform 200 Glory Kills 71%
- A Gift from Beyond Earn a Rune 65%
- Into the Unknown Warp to Hell 60%
- Momentum Shift Upgrade a Rune 53%
- Rip and Tear Glory Kill all common enemy types in the campaign. 52%
- Tinkering Fully upgrade a Praetor Suit category. 49%
- An Old Friend Acquire the BFG 49%
- Argent Overload Fully upgrade Health, Armor, or Ammo capacity 46%
- Shoot it Until it Dies Defeat the Cyberdemon 45%
- Specialist Earn the Mastery for a weapon mod 44%
- Outnumbered? No Problem Defeat the Hell Guards 42%
- Who's Next? Defeat the Spider Mastermind 39%
- Knee-Deep in the Dead Complete the campaign on 'I'm Too Young to Die', 'Hurt Me Plenty', 'Ultra Violence', or 'Nightmare'. 39%
- Thorough Shopper Complete all Challenges for a single mission. 38%
- Juicin' it up Kill 150 enemies while using Power Ups 35%
- Timing is Everything Use explosive barrels to kill 100 enemies 26%
- Up Close and Personal Kill 50 enemies using the Chainsaw 22%
- Argent Fiend Fully upgrade Health, Armor, and Ammo capacity on a single campaign run. 17%
- Hot Swapper Acquire all weapon mods 15%
- IPXSETUP.EXE Win a Multiplayer match 14%
- Combat tested, Doomguy approved Reach Level 5 in Multiplayer 11%
- Overclocked Fully upgrade all Praetor Suit categories on a single campaign run. 8.9%
- The Circle is Complete Earn all Runes 8.3%
- Every Nook and Cranny Find all Collectibles 5.8%
- Historian Find all Data Logs 5.6%
- Arcade Stockpile Collect 20 bonus lives or relics in Arcade Mode 4.5%
- No Rest for the Living Play 5 published SnapMaps 4.1%
- IDDQD Upgrade all Runes 4.0%
- What Else Ya Got? Complete all Mission Challenges 4.0%
- IDKFA Earn the Masteries for all weapon mods 3.9%
- A Memorable Performance Earn a Gold Rating in a Multiplayer Match 3.4%
- Threat Assessment Detect 20 enemies using the Threat Pulse in Multiplayer 3.0%
- Go for the Gold Earn a gold rating in Arcade Mode 3.0%
- A Toe into Madness Complete The UAC on Ultra-Nightmare 3.0%
- Fashion Fanatic Play a Multiplayer Match with a piece of Evil Cultist armor equipped 2.5%
- Slotted for Success Unlock all Multiplayer Runes 2.3%
- Successful Launch Kill 10 enemies with the Grenade Launcher in Multiplayer 2.2%
- On Track Complete a tracked challenge in a Multiplayer Match 2.1%
- Shareware Create and publish a SnapMap 1.9%
- Entryway Complete the SnapMap Basic and Advanced Tutorials 1.9%
- Tenderizing the Crops Kill 10 enemies with the Harvester demon in Multiplayer 1.8%
- Motion in the Explosion Kill 5 enemies with the Kinetic Mine in Multiplayer 1.8%
- Sitting Duck Use a taunt from Expansion 1 during a Multiplayer Match 1.8%
- Reaping all the Benefits Kill 10 enemies with the Reaper in Multiplayer 1.8%
- Marked for Death Kill 10 enemies with the EMG Mark V Pistol in Multiplayer 1.7%
- Like Nobody is Watching Use a taunt from Expansion 2 during a Multiplayer Match 1.7%
- Bowling for Gibs Perform a MultiKill with the Spectre demon in Multiplayer 1.7%
- Head First Kill 10 enemies with the Spectre demon in Multiplayer 1.7%
- Insult to Injury Use a taunt from Expansion 3 during a Multiplayer Match 1.7%
- Computing with Style Play a Multiplayer Match with a piece of Robotic Armor equipped 1.6%
- Eat Your Vitamins Kill 10 enemies with the Cacodemon in Multiplayer 1.6%
- Beauty is Pain Play a Multiplayer Match with a piece of Cyber-Demonic armor equipped 1.5%
- Filling the Trophy Case Earn every medal type in Arcade Mode in one run 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.