Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 20h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 70% 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 59,571 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 26.7h for positive, 4.9h 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 (69.8% 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 (132)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to the Rice Fields Finish a round on any map as the North Vietnamese forces. 100%
- FNG Finish a round on any map as the US forces. 96%
- I Ain't Got Time To Bleed! Kill an enemy whilst you are bleeding. 69%
- Run Through the Jungle Sprint for a total of 10km. 64%
- Charlie Don't Surf! Kill a North Vietnamese soldier while they are standing in water. 60%
- The Gang Solves the North Vietnam Situation Finish a game as part of the top-scoring squad in the game. 58%
- Rookie Soldier Kill 100 Enemy Infantry. 54%
- Teamwork! Get 25 Kill Assists. 53%
- He Was Only Nineteen Kill an Australian soldier. 53%
- I Come From a Land Down Under Finish a round on any map as the Australian forces. 50%
- ARVN a Good Time Complete a round playing as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. 48%
- It's a Trap! Step on an enemy's punji trap. 46%
- A Winner is You! - Rookie Win a total of 10 rounds, regardless of map or gamemode. 45%
- Iron Thighs Spend a total of two hours crouched. 42%
- Territories Rookie Win 10 Rounds of Territories. 41%
- The Value of Not Being Seen Use camouflage to hide from recon planes for a total of 5 minutes. 41%
- First Blood Get the first kill in a round. 40%
- Oh Baby, a Double! Kill two enemies with a single round from a non-explosive weapon. 39%
- First Blood: Part 2 Get the second kill in a round. 39%
- Rider on the Storm Spawn 10 times in the back of a helicopter. 34%
- The Horror... Witness another player dying from napalm up close, while surviving yourself. 31%
- Kill 'Em All Win a round as the South Vietnamese forces with the Search & Destroy ability active. 30%
- Walls Can't Save You Now! Kill an enemy with an RPG-7 through a wall or other piece of cover. 28%
- Lead Farmer Fire every round of an LMG's starting ammo in a single life. 27%
- Veteran Soldier Kill 500 Enemy Infantry. 26%
- Crouch Run Through the Jungle Sprint while crouched for a total of 10km. 26%
- Machinegunner Rookie Kill 50 Enemies with LMGs. 26%
- Tripwire, Interactive Kill an enemy player with a tripwire trap. 26%
- Bluey Complete a round as an Australian soldier with red hair. 25%
- Back For More Refill an out-of-ammo primary weapon at a Resupply Point. 24%
- A Sau Loser Lose a round on A Sau. 24%
- Ho Chi Winh Win a round as the North Vietnamese forces with the Ho Chi Minh Trail ability active. 23%
- It Belongs in a Museum! Get 10 kills with the Mosin Nagant (non-sniper). 23%
- A Flare For the Dramatic Win a round on A Sau. 22%
- Rewriting the History Books Win a campaign as the South Vietnamese forces. 22%
- Green Belly Spend a total of two hours prone. 21%
- Ain't No Hurdle High Enough Mantle 500 times. 20%
- Sharpshooter Rookie Kill 50 Enemies with Sniper Rifles. 20%
- Edge of a Straight Razor Complete the capture of an objective as the only player in it, in any mode. 19%
- We Just Put Sir Isaac Newton in the Driver's Seat Survive a helicopter crash with two dead pilots or a destroyed main rotor. 18%
- What Goes Around... Kill an enemy North Vietnamese soldier by shooting a booby trap to detonate it. 17%
- Richard Nixon, War Hero Win a Campaign as the South Vietnamese forces before the end of 1975. 17%
- Master Soldier Kill 1000 Enemy Infantry. 17%
- A Winner is You! - Veteran Win a total of 50 rounds, regardless of map or gamemode. 17%
- What a Thrill. Spend a total of 2 minutes climbing ladders. 16%
- Territories Veteran Win 50 Rounds of Territories. 15%
- Home Status: Safe Win campaign as the North Vietnamese forces. 14%
- Survive! Use two bandages in one life without dying. 14%
- Sharpshooter Veteran Kill 100 Enemies with Sniper Rifles. 13%
- Unlucky Number Be the fourth ARVN soldier killed in a round. 11%
- Supremacy Rookie Win 10 Rounds of Supremacy. 11%
- High Five! Get 5 kills with punji traps. 11%
- Domino Theory Win a Campaign as the North Vietnamese forces before the end of 1975. 10%
- Duck Hunting Rookie Destroy 5 Enemy Helicopters. 9.9%
- Machinegunner Veteran Kill 250 Enemies with LMGs. 9.3%
- Unlucky Be killed by a crashing aircraft that has been shot down. 9.0%
- A Winner is You! - Master Win a total of 100 rounds, regardless of map or gamemode. 9.0%
- Surprise, Mother...! As the VC/PAVN Commander, spawn 8 or more friendly soldiers on your position in a single use of the Ambush ability. 8.7%
- What a Block Head We'd also have settled for 'block party'. 8.6%
- Look Out Below! Be killed by enemy artillery whilst in a helicopter. 8.0%
- Thumper Kill an enemy with an unexploded M79 shell. 7.9%
- Territories Master Win 100 Rounds of Territories. 7.9%
- We're the Only Diggers Around Here! As an Australian soldier, kill a North Vietnamese soldier who is in the process of digging a spawn tunnel. 7.4%
- Demolition Man Collapse 25 enemy spawn tunnels. 7.2%
- BOOMerang Throw a grenade, get blown up by it. (As an Australian soldier) 7.2%
- Up Close and Personal Kill 5 enemies using a bayonet. 7.0%
- Hand-to-Hand Rookie Get 10 Melee Kills. 6.7%
- Sharpshooter Master Kill 250 Enemies with Sniper Rifles. 6.0%
- I'm on Santa's Naughty List Lose a match on the 'Green Army Men Christmas' event map. 5.6%
- Joy to the World Win a match on the 'Green Army Men Christmas' event map. 5.4%
- Christmas Sleigh Kill five players in one lifetime on the 'Green Army Men Christmas' event map. 5.4%
- Time to Play Santa Pilot a helicopter for the first time on the 'Green Army Men Christmas' event map. 5.0%
- Miss Saigon Near-miss (suppress) 8 enemies without hitting anyone, with a single shot from the M1D Garand sniper rifle. 4.9%
- Machinegunner Master Kill 500 Enemies with LMGs. 4.9%
- The Smell of Napalm in the Morning Kill the North Vietnamese commander with napalm. 4.7%
- Whatever Happened to Leon Trotsky? Kill an enemy with the pick mattock. 4.4%
- Die Walkure Insert 25 soldiers into combat from the Huey. 4.3%
- Couch Potato What's a holiday without lazing around on the couch? 4.2%
- Trick Shot Kill an enemy player with a crashing aircraft that you shot down. 4.2%
- Quang Trifecta Win three rounds on VNSU-Quang Tri. 4.0%
- No Strings Attached Get a kill with a tripwire trap that hasn't had its second stake planted yet. 4.0%
- Smells Like... Victory! Get 10 kills with a single napalm strike. 4.0%
- White Feather Kill an enemy from over 250m away with the XM21 Sniper Rifle. 4.0%
- XXXX Spot 4 enemies in a single life as an Australian soldier. 3.7%
- Daisy Chain Kill an enemy with an MD82 mine that was detonated by another MD82's explosion. 3.4%
- Purple Haze Mark a target with purple smoke that is then bombarded and kills an enemy player. 3.2%
- Puff the Magic Dragon Get 50 kills with the AC47 gunship. 2.9%
- A Real Hot Behind Kill an enemy with the RPG's back-blast. 2.9%
- One Shot, One Kill Using the Mosin Nagant (non-sniper), get one kill for every shot fired from a single five round clip. 2.6%
- Master Blaster Who runs Bartertown?! As an Australian soldier, kill an enemy with a stolen RPG. 2.6%
- Raising the BAR Get 100 kills with the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. 2.1%
- That's Not a Knife, That's a Spoon! Kill a player who has a bayonet equipped, using melee WITHOUT a bayonet equipped, on an Australian forces map (as either team). 2.1%
- Help is on the Way! Reopen your team's spawn window in Skirmish mode by capturing an objective as the last man standing. 2.0%
- Slugfest Kill 7 enemies with shotgun slugs in a single life. 1.7%
- Look Mom, I'm on TV! You'll get square eyes if you sit that close! 1.4%
- Hand-to-Hand Veteran Get 50 Melee Kills. 1.4%
- Skirmish Rookie Win 10 Rounds of Skirmish. 1.4%
- High Ping Killer Reload the M1 Garand 250 times. 1.3%
- Duck Hunting Veteran Destroy 50 Enemy Helicopters. 1.3%
- Supremacy Veteran Win 50 Rounds of Supremacy. 1.3%
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Successfuly defend the 'Christmas Tree' objective on the 'Green Army Men Christmas' event map. 1.1%
- Tunnel Rat As a member of the US forces, kill 5 enemies in a single life while inside a North Vietnamese tunnel. 1.1%
- Hoist By Your Own Petard Destroy a Helicopter as North Vietnamese with a stolen M79 Grenade Launcher. 1.1%
- Daredevil They don't teach THAT at flight school! 1.1%
- The Untouchables Get ten kills with the M1A1 Thompson without taking damage. 1.0%
- Is That Big Ben? Time flies when you're having fun! 1.0%
- Blowin' in the Wind Safely land a helicopter (using autorotation) after the engine dies at greater than 50m altitude. 0.9%
- Nothin' But Net Keep dreaming Kobe. You don't even have a ball! 0.9%
- Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves Safely land and exit a bushranger with a dead pilot or co-pilot (as either pilot or copilot). 0.9%
- Ghost of Christmas Past Now how did that get up here? 0.7%
- Pancake Kill an enemy by landing a helicopter on them. 0.7%
- Spitting Cobra Get 50 kills with the Cobra's chin turret. 0.7%
- Crikey! Danger, Danger, Danger! Woo Hoo! 0.6%
- Spinal Tap This one goes to eleven! 0.6%
- Hand-to-Hand Master Get 100 Melee Kills. 0.6%
- Duck Hunting Master Destroy 100 Enemy Helicopters. 0.6%
- Bootable Offence Disparaging the boot is a bootable offence! 0.4%
- Barrel of Laughs Nobody likes a Comedian. 0.4%
- Supremacy Master Win 100 Rounds of Supremacy. 0.4%
- Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire Burn two enemies with the Flamethrower without releasing the trigger on the 'Green Army Men Christmas' event map. 0.3%
- Shave... Kill an enemy with a helicopter's tail rotor blade. 0.3%
- ... and a Haircut Kill an enemy with a helicopter's main rotor blade. 0.3%
- Skirmish Veteran Win 50 Rounds of Skirmish. 0.3%
- Heigh Hoooo! It's off to war we go. 0.3%
- That's Not a Knife... THAT'S a Knife Bayonet a player who is mid-bayonet charge on an Australian forces map (as either team). 0.3%
- A Spad Time Shoot down the Skyraider with an RPG. 0.1%
- Rudolph Won't You Guide my Sleigh... Twas the flight before Christmas... 0.1%
- Triggernometry Shoot down an enemy support aircraft with an RPG. 0.1%
- Get Some! Get 25 kills as a helicopter door-gunner. 0.1%
- Skirmish Master Win 100 Rounds of Skirmish. 0.1%
- Ned Kelly Kill 100 enemy soldiers as the pilot of the Bushranger. 0.1%
- Captain Thunderbolt Kill 50 enemy soldiers as the gunner of the Bushranger. 0.1%