When does Serious Sam 3: BFE get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 15h it's 1 in 18 (6%). Fully opens up by hour 15.

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Serious Sam 3: BFE

Nov 22, 2011 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

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

Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 71% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 28,783

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 15h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
Fully opens up by hour 15.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
71% 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 28,938 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.3h for positive, 7.1h 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 (71.3% 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 (62)

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Wanted Dead or Alive Rescue professor Stein. So to say. 100%
Chain Explosion Kill at least 5 headless kamikazes in one explosion. 80%
Serious Beginner Complete any level in single player. 79%
Bug Hunt Squash 10 Hatchling spiders. 78%
Get the hell off my ride! Secure the bird. 70%
Arachnophobia Rip 10 Juvenile spiders apart. 64%
Co-op Beginner Complete any level in cooperative with at least 2 players. 60%
Apprentice Egyptologist Decipher an Egyptian text. 60%
All Your Base Are Belong To Us! 60%
Ophthalmologist Remove 10 Gnaar eyes. 58%
Problem solver Solve the riddle of the Sphynx. 53%
Kleer Wrestler Tear off 10 Kleer heads. 53%
Killer Jewelry Kill an enemy using the Mutilator. 52%
Useful Trophy Kill an enemy with a gib torn from another enemy. 48%
Painful Divorce Kill a Witch-Bride of Achriman. 42%
Cardiac Surgeon Rip out 10 Rocketeer hearts. 41%
Scorpion Slayer Break 5 Arachnoid necks. 41%
Trick Shot Kill the kicked enemy while it is still in the air. 40%
Mission completed Power up the Timelock. 39%
Bone Crusher Smash 20 Kleers with the Sledgehammer. 38%
Wall of Bullets Kill 20 enemies with the Minigun without releasing the trigger. 38%
Classic Outfit Find Sam's classic outfit 33%
Detroit Steel 33%
The doorman should wear a suit Awake the Guardian of Time. 32%
Clay Pigeons Kill 5 Cave Demons while they're in air. 30%
Chiropractor Break 10 Soldier necks. 30%
Up Close and Personal Gib 20 enemies from close range with a shotgun. 26%
Berserker Kill 3 enemies in one sprint with the Sledgehammer. 23%
Load of Scrap Rip Scrapjack's head off. 23%
Maintenance time Blow a Major Biomechanoid into pieces. 23%
Kung-fu Fighter Perform all possible finishing moves in the game. 21%
Rodeo Surfer Use the Mutilator to surf after a Werebull. 20%
Circle of death Kill at least 3 enemies in one spinning Sledgehammer attack. 18%
Deathmatch Beginner Complete a deathmatch game with at least 1 frag. 13%
Survivor Earn a medal in Survival. 13%
Serious Sam Complete the single player campaign. 13%
Skewer Pierce 5 enemies with one Devastator round. 12%
Co-op Master Complete the campaign in cooperative with at least 2 players. 12%
Vista Find the Vista secret. 11%
Headsman Decapitate a Khnum. 8.4%
Look Ma, I won! Win a versus match. 7.7%
Look, it's a secret Find at least 50 secrets in single player. 6.7%
Jewel of the Nile Complete the Jewel of The Nile single player campaign. 6.0%
Golden Survivor Earn a gold medal in Survival. 5.8%
Hammer Time Frag 20 players with the Sledgehammer. 5.2%
Instant Killer Make at least 3 kills in one Instant Kill match. 4.8%
Beast Hunter Complete a Beast Hunt match 4.6%
Christmas In Cairo Decorate the Christmas tree. 4.5%
Are You Serious!? Complete the game in single player on unmodified serious difficulty. 4.2%
Flag Thief Score a total of 10 points in CTF matches. 3.9%
Last Man Standing Win one round in Last Man Standing game with at least 4 players. 3.9%
Life Saver Pick up at least 10 extra life items. 3.8%
Deathmatch Master Win 10 deathmatch games. 3.6%
Serious Run Complete the game in single player in half the estimated time on each level. 3.6%
Top Secret Find all secrets in single player. 3.6%
Coin-op Co-op Complete a Coin-op cooperative game on normal or higher difficulty. 3.5%
Gold Rush Pick up 100 gold coins. 3.5%
Heavy Weight Champion Win one My Burden match with at least 3 players. 3.5%
Master Egyptologist Decipher all Egyptian texts. 3.5%
Old School Complete the game in single player without manually reloading, aiming or sprinting. 3.5%
Queen Hatshepsut Complete The Guardian of Time in single player on serious difficulty without dying or loading. 3.4%
Reindeer Hunter Decorate the Christmas tree on each level to unlock Rodolfo player model. 3.2%

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