BallisticNG
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 4h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 35% 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 3,812 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 272 reviews: 7.2h for positive, 8.6h 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 (35.1% 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 (26)
story milestone ending side
- Look Ma Hit a ship with an unguided missile. 100%
- Denied Activate a shield before it auto deploys. 69%
- Wiped Out Eliminate a ship. 62%
- Secondary Pilot Unlock the alternative liveries. 52%
- In The Zone Reach Zone 50 in Survival Mode 31%
- Pimp my Ship Unlock the neon liveries. 31%
- Sniper Land a plasma shot from a far distance. 23%
- Minimalist Unlock the clean/stealth liveries. 23%
- Free Refill Place mines as you collide with an opponents mines. 21%
- Close Shave Use an emergency pack right before elimination. 21%
- Minesweeper Destroy 20 mines. 21%
- Enter Reality Unlock the barracuda Model S. 15%
- Clean Race Complete a custom race with weapons turned off. 14%
- Perfectionist Perform 100 perfect laps 13%
- Impurity Eliminate a G-Tek while playing as Tenrai. 11%
- Media Blackout Eliminate an Omnicom while playing as Diavolt. 9.4%
- National Pride Eliminate a Diavolt while playing as Omnicom. 7.7%
- Zoned Out Reach Zone 75 in Survival mode. 7.4%
- Surprise Hit ships with a tremor after firing one backwards. 7.1%
- Practice Makes Perfect Perform 50 laps in a single Speed Lap session. 5.4%
- Community Loyalty Complete 100 races with custom ships 4.6%
- AGL Champion Get at least a gold in every campaign event. 3.7%
- AGL Master Get a platinum in every campaign event. 3.4%
- Airbrake Master Perform a perfect run on Arrivon Peak, Time Trial, Spectre Class, Nexus 3.4%
- Precision Perfect Obtain a gold or better medal on all precision tracks. 3.4%
- King of Snake Beat 0:59.17 on Ishtar Citadel Forward. Time Trial, Toxic Class with Nexus 3.1%