Intravenous 3: Borderline
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 94% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (95%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 97% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 38% 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 457 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 2.2h for positive, 1.6h 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 (38.4% 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 (21)
story milestone ending side
- Abstinent Finish a level without using Slo-mo. 100%
- Sweet Dreams Choke an enemy out. 81%
- Cheek Clencher Complete a level without saving manually. 67%
- Poltergeist Knock an enemy out with a heavy throwable object. 61%
- Straight-Edge Finish a campaign without using Slo-mo. 57%
- Allergic to Pain Complete a level without taking any damage. 35%
- Knock-knock... Knock an enemy out with a door bash. 34%
- Opportunist Neutralize someone while they are under the effect of a flashbang. 33%
- Rise to the Challenge Finish the game on 'True' difficulty. 30%
- Sniper Get 5 headshots in a row. 28%
- Death Metal Kill an enemy with frag grenade shrapnel. 27%
- Friendly Fire Have an enemy kill one of their own by blindfire. 27%
- Pacifist Finish a level without killing anyone. 17%
- Ghost Complete a level without being detected. 14%
- Mass Hypnosis Knock 5 enemies out with a single Gas Grenade. 12%
- Arsonist Kill 5 enemies with a single fire source. 9.9%
- True Pacifist Finish a campaign without killing anyone. 8.9%
- Hidden & Dangerous Knock everyone out in a level without having been detected. 7.3%
- Delivery Failed Throw an enemy grenade back. 6.8%
- Hot Potato Kill an enemy with their own grenade. 5.2%
- Paparazzi Blind an enemy with their own flashbang grenade. 4.7%
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