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Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 7% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 25,529
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 15h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 7% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Bird of Prey” (Complete part 1 of the campaign): only 38% of starters get there.
- 86% 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 25,688 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 19.2h for positive, 14.5h 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 (85.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Bird of Prey Complete part 1 of the campaign Most players quit here 38% −62
- Bear in the Woods Complete part 2 of the campaign 22% −16
- Dragon Fire Complete part 3 of the campaign 10% −12
- World Domination Reach the end of the campaign 7% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (68)
story milestone ending side
- Grasshopper Tutorials complete 100%
- Enemy Contact Play 10 multiplayer battles 40%
- Bird of Prey Complete part 1 of the campaign 38%
- Bear in the Woods Complete part 2 of the campaign 22%
- Moonshot: MOAB Play a multiplayer battle using the Buster Commander 17%
- Moonshot: Bathtub Gin Play a multiplayer battle with Moonshine Commander 14%
- Bower Bird All part 1 theatre medals acquired 13%
- Moonshot: Ghost in the Machine Play a multiplayer battle using the Phantom Commander 11%
- Dragon Fire Complete part 3 of the campaign 9.7%
- Rigourous Complete all campaign missions 7.8%
- Roaring Success All part 2 theatre medals acquired 7.8%
- World Domination Reach the end of the campaign 7.1%
- Moonshot: Knuckle Sandwich Host 5 Moonshot multiplayer battles 6.8%
- Bird of Prey (Hard) Complete part 1 of the campaign (Hard) 4.0%
- High Seas: Battle Group Host 5 High Seas multiplayer battles 4.0%
- Future General Play 10 ranked multiplayer battles 3.3%
- High Achiever Complete all mission objectives 3.1%
- Firing on all Cylinders All part 3 theatre medals acquired 3.1%
- High Seas: Tides of War Host 10 High Seas multiplayer battles 3.0%
- Bear in the Woods (Hard) Complete part 2 of the campaign (Hard) 2.7%
- Bower Bird (Hard) All part 1 theatre medals acquired (Hard) 2.6%
- Moonshot: Pants Down Win a capture point map with your blastdoor open 2.1%
- Roaring Success (Hard) All part 2 theatre medals acquired (Hard) 2.0%
- Dragon Fire (Hard) Complete part 3 of the campaign (Hard) 1.4%
- Rigourous (Hard) Complete all campaign missions (Hard) 1.4%
- Hardcore Complete campaign on hard 1.3%
- Moonshot: Moonchild Win the Moonshot boss battle 1.2%
- Moonshot: Shogun Complete all Japan objectives 1.2%
- High Achiever (Hard) Complete all mission objectives (Hard) 1.0%
- Moonshot: Nirvana Complete all Indonesian objectives 1.0%
- Moonshot: Lord of War Unlock all Moonshot weapons 1.0%
- Firing on all Cylinders (Hard) All part 3 theatre medals acquired (Hard) 1.0%
- Moonshot: Maori Complete all New Zealand objectives 0.9%
- Moonshot: Huntsman Complete all Australia objectives 0.9%
- High Seas: Ironclad Win the High Seas boss battle 0.9%
- High Seas: Lieutenant Complete all Part 1 objectives 0.9%
- High Seas: Splash Damage Unlock all High Seas weapons 0.9%
- Moonshot: Pacific Win Complete all campaign objectives 0.8%
- Moonshot: Moonchild (Hard) Win the Moonshot boss battle (Hard) 0.7%
- Moonshot: Pacific Win (Hard) Complete all campaign objectives (Hard) 0.7%
- Moonshot: Shogun (Hard) Complete all Japan objectives (Hard) 0.7%
- Moonshot: Nirvana (Hard) Complete all Indonesian objectives (Hard) 0.7%
- Moonshot: Maori (Hard) Complete all New Zealand objectives (Hard) 0.7%
- Moonshot: Hunstman (Hard) Complete all Australia objectives (Hard) 0.7%
- Moonshot: Lord of War (Hard) Unlock all Moonshot weapons (Hard) 0.7%
- High Seas: Lieutenant Commander Complete all Part 2 objectives 0.7%
- High Seas: Captain Complete all campaign objectives 0.6%
- High Seas: Rear Admiral (Hard) Complete all Part 1 objectives (Hard) 0.6%
- High Seas: Commander Complete all Part 3 objectives 0.6%
- High Seas: Leviathan (Hard) Win the High Seas boss battle (Hard) 0.5%
- High Seas: Fleet Admiral (Hard) Complete all campaign objectives (Hard) 0.5%
- High Seas: Vice Admiral (Hard) Complete all Part 2 objectives (Hard) 0.5%
- High Seas: Admiral (Hard) Complete all Part 3 objectives (Hard) 0.5%
- High Seas: Hull Holes (Hard) Unlock all High Seas weapons (Hard) 0.5%
- Firebird: Fighting Falcon Host 5 Firebird multiplayer battles 0.3%
- Firebird: Bird of Prey Host 10 Firebird multiplayer battles 0.2%
- Firebird: Blowtorch Win the Firebird boss battle 0.1%
- Firebird: Flame-thrower (Hard) Win the Firebird boss battle (Hard) 0.1%
- Firebird: Assistant Chief Complete all campaign objectives 0.1%
- Firebird: Fire Chief (Hard) Complete all campaign objectives (Hard) 0.1%
- Firebird: Probationary Firefighter Complete all Part 1 objectives 0.1%
- Firebird: Firefighter (Hard) Complete all Part 1 objectives (Hard) 0.1%
- Firebird: Driver Engineer Complete all Part 2 objectives 0.1%
- Firebird: Lieutenant (Hard) Complete all Part 2 objectives (Hard) 0.1%
- Firebird: Captain Complete all Part 3 objectives 0.1%
- Firebird: Battalion Chief (Hard) Complete all Part 3 objectives (Hard) 0.1%
- Firebird: Flammable Objects Unlock all Firebird weapons 0.1%
- Firebird: Fire Resistant Unlock all Firebird weapons (Hard) 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.