Police Stories
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 4h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Police Story” (Complete the story): only 29% of starters get there.
- 80% 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 9,894 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 6.1h for positive, 3.2h 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 (80.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Police Story Complete the story. Most players quit here 29% −71
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Tourist Walk 1000 meters. 100%
- Police Brutality Kill a surrendered or cuffed suspect with the buttstock. 85%
- Angel of Vengeance Kill the suspect who has just killed your teammate. 84%
- At the Right Time Kill a suspect while he is reloading. 82%
- Retribution Die at the same time as the suspect who killed you. 81%
- Dirty Harry Leave over 50 bloody steps in one mission. 75%
- Brought a knife to a gunfight Get killed while holding any equipment (excluding the ballistic shield, taser and pepper spray). 73%
- World of Glass Break 25 windows. 72%
- Police Academy View all tutorial slides. 71%
- The Hurt Blocker Defuse your first bomb. 69%
- Groundhog Day Die 50 times. 69%
- Bad Boys Complete the mission in any multiplayer mode. 65%
- Die Hard Stay alive after getting hit by three bullets. 63%
- Collector Pick up 250 evidences. 62%
- Hat Trick Blind or stun more than three suspects with a single flashbang or C4. 61%
- Running Man During the mission run more than walk. 58%
- Blind Fury Kill a suspect while you are blinded by a flashbang. 54%
- Fair Play Get the first A. 47%
- I am the Law Kill 100 suspects. 45%
- Weighty argument Fire 1000 bullets. 45%
- Clear! Shoot a suspect with the taser. 43%
- The right to remain silent Secure 100 suspects. 42%
- Mercy Complete mission without killing any suspects. 42%
- Rookie Successfully complete 10 missions. 41%
- Flawless Get the first A+. 37%
- Last Chance Kill a suspect with the last bullet in your magazine. 35%
- Gunsmith Unlock all equipment. 30%
- Police Story Complete the story. 29%
- Blown Away Detonate a bomb by cutting the wrong wire. 29%
- Without Knocking Kill a suspect through the door. 28%
- Door Kickers Blow up, lockpick or break down 100 closed doors. 27%
- Not On My Watch Revive your teammate using the defibrillator. 25%
- Get down! Shout 1000 times. 25%
- Sapper Defuse 10 bombs successfully. 20%
- Soldier of Fortune Defuse the bomb by successfully cutting the wire. 20%
- Lone Wolf Complete the mission with Rick left standing at the spawn. 13%
- Naked Gun Kill the suspect with the handgun left after the destruction of your ballistic shield. 11%
- Close Shave Successfully defuse a bomb with less than 10 seconds remaining 10%
- Professional Complete the story a grade no lower than A-. 7.8%