When does The Culling get good?

Give it 4 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (64%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (35%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

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The Culling

Oct 5, 2017 Steam: Mixed

Give it 4 hours

Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 26% of owners

Steam reviews 57% positive of 17,204

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (64%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (35%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 26% 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 17,263 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 224 reviews: 27.6h for positive, 9.6h 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 (26% 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 (20)

story milestone ending side

Ropes Complete the Tutorial 100%
Loner Play an online Solo Match 32%
Mates Play an online Team Match 24%
Artificial Play an offline match 18%
Delivery Call in a personal airdrop in an Online Match 17%
Singularity Win an offline match 15%
Threes Get 3 Kills in a single Online Match 10%
Contestant Play 10 online matches 9.6%
Duet Win an online Team Match 8.5%
Veteran Get 10 Career Kills 7.7%
Deuce Deal 200 damage in a single Online Match 7.3%
Soloist Win an online Solo Match 6.9%
Serial Get 5 Kills in a single Online Match 5.4%
Master Get 25 Career Kills 5.0%
Moneybags Earn 400 FUNC in a single Online Match 4.2%
Marathon Travel 100 KM in Online Matches 3.8%
Pro Get 100 Career Kills 3.5%
Mandroid Reach 50 Mandroids defeated in Advanced Survival Mode 3.1%
Oldtimer Reach 20 hours of time alive in Online Matches 3.1%
Survivalist Complete the Basic Survival Mode 3.1%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.