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RAGE 2
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 35% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 63% positive of 17,088
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Blackout” and “Wasteland Celebrity”: from 80% to 58% of starters.
- 86% 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 17,229 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 18h for positive, 11.9h 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 (86.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Ranger Complete mission: The Ranger 100%
- Blackout Complete mission: Blackout 80% −20
- Wasteland Celebrity Complete mission: Wasteland Celebrity Most players quit here 58% −22
- Ground Control Complete mission: Ground Control 57% −1
- The Signal Complete mission: The Signal 48% −8
- Double Cross Complete mission: Double Cross 44% −4
- Beneath the Surface Complete mission: Beneath the Surface 43% −1
- Project Dagger Complete mission: Project Dagger 35% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (64)
story milestone ending side
- The Ranger Complete mission: The Ranger 100%
- The Enemy Of My Enemy Kill an enemy that is trying to kill an enemy 94%
- Over 9000 Drive over 9000 meters 88%
- Unloaded Shoot 70 bullets within 16 seconds using the Assault Rifle 83%
- Blackout Complete mission: Blackout 80%
- Efficiency Use the Assault Rifle to kill 5 enemies in a row without reloading 75%
- A Noah Lot Complete 5 Arks 73%
- Overly driven Reach an Overdrive multiplier of 10 69%
- Hangtime Jump over 100 meters with a ground vehicle 64%
- Wasteland Celebrity Complete mission: Wasteland Celebrity 58%
- Ground Control Complete mission: Ground Control 57%
- Sunken Hope Visit the Wetlands EcoPod 49%
- The Signal Complete mission: The Signal 48%
- Gonevoy Take down 1 Convoy Leader 48%
- Peek-a-boo Kill a cloaked Shrouded enemy 48%
- Double Cross Complete mission: Double Cross 44%
- Beneath the Surface Complete mission: Beneath the Surface 43%
- Goon Fire Blow up a Goon with the Goon tank "Booma" 41%
- Forlorn Watcher Travel to the summit of the Broken Tract EcoPod 40%
- Project Dagger Complete mission: Project Dagger 35%
- The Bowels of a Rust Giant Venture inside the Dune Sea EcoPod 33%
- Hot Potato Reflect an enemy's grenade 32%
- Wasteland Vagabond Visit every Trade Coalition settlement 29%
- Come on and Slam! Crush 50 enemies using Slam 29%
- Skeet Shooting Hit an airborne enemy with the Shotgun's Slug Shot 26%
- The Bigger They Are... Kill 7 Abadon Mutant Crushers 22%
- Captive Complete mission: Captive 16%
- Hyper-Express Kill 2 enemies with the same shot using the Hyper-Cannon 12%
- Goon De-leet Kill 1337 Goons 11%
- Friend of Ford Complete the Reclaim & Rebuild Project 11%
- Within the Walls Complete mission: Within the Walls 11%
- Ringbender Complete the Bendring Ark location 11%
- Recondite Complete the Recondite Ark location 11%
- Reaching out to the Past Traverse the bridge to the EcoPod in the Wilds 11%
- EcoLocation Visit the Overgrown City EcoPod 10%
- Slaughter to the Lamb Complete mission: Slaughter to the Lamb 10%
- Means to an End Complete mission: Means to an End 9.8%
- Pseudo Post-Mortem Kill 3 enemies within 10 seconds after restoring all health with the Defibrillation 9.2%
- Acid House Complete the Torn Plains Race under 3:03 9.2%
- Questionable Sanctity Complete all Ghost Sanctuaries in Overgrown City 7.8%
- Postmodern Picasso Rupture a total of 200 enemies using the Rocket Launcher 7.5%
- Can't Stop Pop Pop 17 Balloons 7.3%
- THIS IS RAGE Use Dash Strike kick to kill 10 enemies 6.3%
- Off Balance Knock 19 bikers off their bikes with the Phoenix's "Dodge" 6.0%
- Crushed Kill an Abadon Mutant Crusher with the Phoenix 5.9%
- Bytesize Takedown Destroy 128 Vehicles while driving the Phoenix 5.0%
- Tristitia Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Tristitia 4.9%
- Sensus Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Sensus 4.6%
- Veritas Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Veritas 4.6%
- Mata Hari Manners Destroy 30 Spy Drones 4.5%
- Hellspring Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Hellspring 4.5%
- Furorem Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Furorem 4.5%
- Explosive Ending Kill an enemy with a Turret Drone explosion 4.4%
- Air Drop Down Activate all Air Drops in Overgrown City 4.4%
- TerrorMania Return the NECRODISC and stop the Skeletal Army 4.4%
- Dozing Scoop up an enemy with the Dumper Truck 4.1%
- Striking Skulls Kill 100 Skeletons with the Sword Transitus 4.1%
- On The Limit Maintain top speed for 10 seconds with the Raptor 3.2%
- Nightmare Complete the game on Nightmare Difficulty 2.9%
- Off With Their Heads Headshot a total of 100 enemies using the Wingstick 2.8%
- Zipper Kill 13 enemies while riding ziplines 2.4%
- I am Death Incarnate! Complete the game on Ultra Nightmare Difficulty 2.2%
- Flying Skulls Kill 25 airborne Skeletons with the Sword of Transitus 2.1%
- Heavy Boots Complete the game in Ironman Mode 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.