State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 15h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 88% 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 70,705 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 25.7h for positive, 11.7h 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 (87.7% 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 (153)
story milestone ending side
- Toothpaste Piñatas Search 10 Containers. 100%
- Bring the Brouhaha Cause a commotion while searching a Container. 97%
- I Got You a Pony Deliver a Rucksack to your Storage Facility. 90%
- No More Strangers Earn enough Standing to promote a Recruit to Citizen. 86%
- Breach and Clear Secure 5 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie. 86%
- Sorry for Party Rocking Destroy an Infestation. 84%
- Construction Complete Build a Facility at your Base. 82%
- Call Me Any Anytime Call in a Radio Command. 81%
- Heart of Darkness Destroy a Plague Heart. 77%
- Flash Mob Destroy a Horde. 74%
- I Ran So Far Away Choose a Specialization for the Cardio skill. 74%
- Puppies and Kittens Kill 100 Zombies. 74%
- Through a Glass Darkly Survey 5 Sites with your Binoculars. 73%
- Blind Justice Kill a Feral. 73%
- Barley and Spoiled Blueberries Kill a Bloater. 71%
- Holding Down the Couch Switch to a different Survivor when you become Fatigued. 70%
- Knowing is Half the Battle Choose a Specialization for the Wits skill. 69%
- From the Top of My Lungs Kill 4 Screamers. 69%
- No Stone Unturned Search 100 Containers. 66%
- Every Piece of Trash in Town Secure 25 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie. 66%
- What We Do in the Shadows Destroy a Plague Heart at night. 65%
- Welcome to the Jungle Recruit a new Survivor to your Community. 64%
- Gotta be Larger than Life Earn enough Standing to promote a Citizen to Hero. 62%
- Short Controlled Bursts Choose a Specialization for the Shooting skill. 61%
- Wax On, Wax Off Choose a Specialization for the Fighting skill. 59%
- The Forest for the Trees Claim a base on the Providence Ridge map. 56%
- Glutton for Punishment Kill a Juggernaut. 56%
- These Dreams Destroy 5 Plague Hearts. 54%
- Crowd Control Destroy 25 Hordes. 53%
- The Game is Afoot Accept a bounty from the Bounty Broker. 52%
- Rucks in Trucks Transfer an item from a vehicle's inventory directly into your base. 51%
- Piggyback Ride Finish off a Juggernaut with a melee execution. 50%
- Silent Cartographer Survey 50 Sites with your Binoculars. 48%
- Paradise City Build 10 Facilities at your Base. 46%
- Men Without Hats Shoot the helmet off an Armored Zombie. 45%
- I Got You a Pack Mule Deliver 50 Rucksacks to your Storage Facility. 44%
- Sayonara Have a Survivor within your Community die. 43%
- Walkers and Biters Kill 1,000 Zombies. 43%
- The Purge Destroy 10 Infestations. 42%
- Fly Your Freak Flag Earn 1000 Influence from killing freaks. 42%
- Can Buy Me Love Earn Influence by selling 10 items to Enclaves. 41%
- Black Friday Spend Influence to buy 10 items from Enclaves. 41%
- Total Eclipse Destroy every Plague Heart in your Territory. 39%
- No Gut, No Glory Kill a blood plague juggernaut. 36%
- That was it? This is easy. Survive to the second wave in a session of Daybreak. 34%
- Road Warrior Kill 50 Zombies with your car door. 32%
- Friendship is Magic Work with 5 Enclaves to make them your Allies. 32%
- War Rig Use the Auto Shop to create an armor upgrade and apply it to a vehicle. 31%
- Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Enter a Dread Zone. 31%
- Bounty Collector Complete 5 bounties for the Bounty Broker. 30%
- Nice Moves There Elect a Sheriff as the Leader of your Community. 30%
- Tilting at Windmills Claim a base on the Meagher Valley map. 30%
- Mediocre! Elect a Warlord as the Leader of your Community. 30%
- Time's Up Survive to the fourth wave in a session of Daybreak. 30%
- Can We Fix It? Yes We Can! Elect a Builder as the Leader of your Community. 29%
- Lily, We're Home Claim a base in the Trumbull Valley map (outside of Heartland). 28%
- Get Used to Disappointment Allow the technician to die during a session of Daybreak. 28%
- Dam Fine Territory Claim a base on the Cascade Hills map. 27%
- Ten Thousand Gallon Hat Claim a base on the Drucker County map. 27%
- The Pledge Earn a total of 500 Prestige playing Daybreak. 26%
- The First Hurdle Destroy a plague heart in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone. 26%
- The City-Raised Farmer Recruit Malik into your Heartland community 26%
- Be My Bodyguard Reach the third wave in a session of Daybreak without the technician taking damage. 25%
- It Looks Good on You, Though Unlock an outfit by completing a bounty from the Bounty Broker. 25%
- Doctor Terminus Elect a Trader as the Leader of your Community. 23%
- Welcome to the Dread Zone! Have a survivor within your community die while playing in a Dread Zone. 23%
- Sie sind das Essen und wir sind Shoot off a Flare (or volunteer to help someone who does). 22%
- Citizen Z Call in 25 Radio Commands. 22%
- The Next Generation Start a new Campaign with Survivors from a completed one. 22%
- Magnificent Seven Survive 7 total zombie waves in Daybreak. 22%
- Citizens First and Solders Second Build the Armory facility at your base. 20%
- But It Can Be Better Fully upgrade a resource outpost. 19%
- We Don't Need No Education Repair a wall 12 times in Daybreak. 19%
- Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota Claim a landmark outpost. 19%
- Head to To So Player Allow 24 bags of dropped items to accumulate on the ground. 18%
- The Infinite Sea Survive to the sixth wave in a session of Daybreak. 17%
- Enemy at the Gates Build the Sniper Tower facility at your base. 17%
- Called for Backup Play in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone with another human being. 16%
- Mercy Hospital Build the Field Hospital facility at your base. 16%
- Two Heartlands Beat As One Play Heartland in multiplayer as the host or client 15%
- Just a Nibble Open 0b1111 CLEO Drops. 15%
- Close Call Destroy an XL Horde (a large horde with two Screamers and a Feral) while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone. 15%
- Who Run Bartertown? Build the Trade Depot facility at your base. 15%
- Day Broken Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak. 14%
- Rage Against the Dying of the Light Enter a Nightmare Zone. 14%
- Human Contact Play Daybreak with another human being. 14%
- Am I the Only One Zen Around Here? Kill 50 plague zombies with crossbows. 13%
- Flawless Victory Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak without suffering any player deaths. 13%
- Enjoying Your Stay? Have three survivors within your community die in a Dread Zone or Nightmare Zone. 13%
- Bless Me Now With Your Fierce Tears Begin a session with minimum difficulty set to Lethal. 13%
- The Eager Inventor Recruit Keesha into your Heartland community 12%
- Blood Farmer Extract 20 plague samples from plague juggernauts in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone. 12%
- Lilac and Spoiled Gooseberries Kill 25 blood plague bloaters. 12%
- If You Build It, They Will Come Complete a campaign with the Builder's Legacy. 11%
- Tear Down That Wall Destroy a plague wall in Heartland 11%
- I Am the Law Complete a campaign with the Sheriff's Legacy. 11%
- Be Still My Dog of War Complete a campaign with the Warlord's Legacy. 10%
- Collect 'Em All Complete 25 bounties for the Bounty Broker. 10%
- The Last Soldier Recruit Captain Logan into your Heartland community 10%
- Is There No One Else Destroy 100 hordes in Dread Zones or Nightmare Zones. 9.9%
- The Turn Earn a total of 5000 Prestige playing Daybreak. 9.5%
- Pound of Flesh Craft a case of bulk plague cure while in a Dread Zone or Nightmare Zone. 9.4%
- The Lonely Survivor Recruit Chavez into your Heartland community 9.2%
- Trumbull Valley Choir Kill 25 plague screamers in Heartland 9.0%
- Speedy Delivery Complete a campaign with the Trader's Legacy. 9.0%
- The Helpful Hacker Recruit IzzBee into your Heartland community 8.9%
- Others and Wights Kill 10,000 Zombies. 8.8%
- The Desperate Husband Recruit Vic into your Heartland community 7.2%
- My Own Private Army Recruit four Red Talon contractors to your home community. 7.1%
- Retrieve Biomass Kill a plague heart with minimum difficulty set to Lethal. 7.1%
- Sleep All Day, Out All Night Survive 49 total zombie waves in Daybreak. 6.6%
- Cargo Cult Build a CLEO Relay facility in your home community. 6.5%
- New Lease on Life Use a training manual to retrain a specialization. 6.4%
- Plot Armor Complete Heartland with both of your starting survivors alive 6.3%
- I Was All By Myself Reach the sixth wave in a session of Daybreak in single player. 5.8%
- Forgot My Breaches Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak without any wall sections being leveled. 5.7%
- The Shy Maker Recruit Diana into your Heartland community 5.7%
- Barbershop Quartet Kill one each of the four blood plague freaks with minimum difficulty set to Lethal. 5.7%
- Heartlandia Complete Heartland while playing alone 5.6%
- Peerless Kill all plague hearts in a single Nightmare Zone. 5.4%
- Conservation of Splatter Reach the fifth wave in a session of Daybreak without any player using explosives. 5.4%
- Howdy Howdy Howdy Kill 3 zombies in 3 seconds with a revolver, while wearing any cowboy hat from the Closet. 4.8%
- A Three Hour Tour Claim any 3 landmark outposts. 4.8%
- The Crafty Scoundrel Recruit Brock into your Heartland community 4.7%
- Hunting the Hunters Kill 25 blood ferals in Heartland 4.4%
- Over the Rainbow Complete a legacy arc while in a Nightmare Zone. 4.3%
- The Grumpy Hunter Recruit Reba into your Heartland community 4.3%
- The Mournful Father Recruit Isaac into your Heartland community 4.3%
- Should Have Read the Warning Label Contract blood plague by using a plague consumable. 3.5%
- Throw Your Love Around Reach maximum morale while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone. 3.2%
- Undeadly Efficiency Kill 10 or more enemies with a single plague buster 3.0%
- The Moral High Ground is Mine Reach the fourth wave in a session of Daybreak without any player using guns. 3.0%
- Full House Recruit 8 different survivors in a single game of Heartland. 2.9%
- You're So Fine You Blow My Mind Complete Mickey Wilkerson's story in Trumbull Valley (outside of Heartland). 2.7%
- How Red Was Our Valley Complete Heartland as the host or client in multiplayer 2.6%
- 88 Miles Per Hour Hit top speed while driving a Road Racer and wearing any puffy vest from the Closet. 2.3%
- Never Forget the Medic Heal the technician 12 times in Daybreak. 2.2%
- Green Talon Fail during the first wave in a session of Daybreak. 1.9%
- Shut Up Kill a screamer with a CLEO heavy sniper rifle. 1.8%
- Tried and Tested Complete the legacy arcs for all four leader types while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone. 1.8%
- Max Would Be Proud Use the Vehicle Depot to craft and use all three vehicle upgrade kits. 1.8%
- Shots in the Dark Find all six different Echo Labs guns in Heartland during a single playthrough as the host 1.8%
- That Byte Looks Infected Open 0b11111111 CLEO Drops. 1.7%
- Hoard Mode Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak after collecting 25 CLEO drops. 1.6%
- Insourcing Have all four Red Talon facilities in your home community at the same time. 1.6%
- They Grow 'Em Big Around Here Kill 25 blood juggs in Heartland 1.6%
- Guilty Spark Survive 343 total zombie waves in Daybreak. 1.3%
- True Grit Survive until Day 100 while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone. 1.0%
- Such Wonderful Toys Use the Weapons Depot to craft all four of the Network weapons in Heartland 1.0%
- CLEO Can You Hear Me? Complete 10 CLEO sieges using the CLEO relay in Heartland 1.0%
- Heal Thyself Use plague cure on your own survivor 100 times in Heartland 0.9%
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down Destroy 20 plague walls in Heartland 0.8%
- Playing Doctor Use plague cure on another survivor 100 times in Heartland 0.7%