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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 33,707
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 7h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Silence the Cannon” (Destroy the Orbital Gun) and “Hammer of the Imperium” (Use the Invictus to destroy the Orbital Spire): from 74% to 44% of starters.
- 82% 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 33,909 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 6.7h 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 (81.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Into the Breach Fight your way to the crashed Rok. 84% −16
- Silence the Cannon Destroy the Orbital Gun. 74% −10
- Hammer of the Imperium Use the Invictus to destroy the Orbital Spire. Most players quit here 44% −30
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- The Might of the Righteous Kill 100 enemies. 100%
- Command Squad Reunite with your Space Marine brothers. 94%
- Blast Radius Multi-kill -- 5 enemies with 1 Frag grenade. 86%
- Into the Breach Fight your way to the crashed Rok. 84%
- Silence the Cannon Destroy the Orbital Gun. 74%
- Death from Above Kill 25 enemies with Ground Pound. 73%
- Put Them Down Get 100 Headshots. 67%
- Precision Killer Multi-kill -- 2 enemies with 1 Stalker-Pattern bolter shot. 66%
- Angel of Death Kill 500 enemies using Ranged weapons. 63%
- Success is Measured in Blood Kill 500 enemies using Melee weapons. 62%
- You Must Carry It Retrieve the Power Source. 61%
- The Bigger They Are... Kill 25 Ork Nobs. 58%
- Lexicanum Collect 10 Servo Skulls. 56%
- We Take Our Chances Fire the Psychic Scourge. 49%
- Not So Tough Kill 10 'Ard Boyz. 48%
- Master of the Clean Kill Get 250 Headshots. 46%
- But I Am Finished With You Kill Warboss Grimskull once and for all. 45%
- Hammer of the Imperium Use the Invictus to destroy the Orbital Spire. 44%
- Die, Heretics Kill 50 Chaos Space Marines. 42%
- Here, At the End of All Things Kill Daemon Prince Nemeroth. 39%
- Visible, Violent Death Kill 2500 enemies. 37%
- Glorious Slaughter Kill 75 enemies using Executions. 36%
- Shapeshifter Play each class in Multiplayer. 31%
- Nob Down Win 10 struggles against the Ork Nob. 25%
- Sector Cleared Successfully complete a Space Marine Exterminatus Arena (Kalkys Facility Escape or Hab Center Assault). 23%
- Battle Brother Get a Multiplayer character to Lvl 10. 18%
- Feel My Wrath Kill 250 enemies using Melee Fury attacks. 14%
- Armored in Glory Complete 10 armor challenges. 13%
- Warrior of Darkness and Light Play 10 Multiplayer games as Space Marine and 10 Multiplayer games as Chaos Marine. 13%
- Master of Arms Complete 5 weapon challenges. 13%
- Veteran Get a Multiplayer character to Lvl 20. 12%
- Master Crafted Fully customize a Space Marine and a Chaos Space Marine character. 11%
- Firepower Kill 250 enemies using Exotic weapons. 10%
- None Can Stand Before You Complete the entire game on Hard difficulty. 8.1%
- Captain Get a Multiplayer character to Lvl 30. 7.2%
- Death to the False Emperor Complete Chaos Invasion Arena 1. 7.1%
- Shock & Awe Kill 150 enemies using the Charge attack. 6.3%
- Jack of All Trades Play 10 Multiplayer games using each class. 6.0%
- Defender Kill 25 opponents who are capturing your Control Point in Seize Ground. 5.4%
- Blood for the Blood God Complete Chaos Invasion Arena 2. 4.9%
- Kill, for the Sake of Killing Complete 3 challenges in one Chaos Invasion Arena. 4.5%
- The Emperor's Marksman Kill 10 enemies in a row in a single Ranged Fury activation. 3.8%
- Skulls for the Skull Throne Complete Chaos Invasion Arena 3. 3.7%
- Master of Sword and Gun Complete a Chapter of the single-player campaign using only the Bolt Pistol and Chainsword. 3.6%
- Chapter Master Get a Multiplayer character to Lvl 40. 3.4%
- Librarian of Macragge Collect all Servo Skulls. 3.4%
- Frugal Spenders Complete a Chaos Invasion Arena without your team using any lives. 3.2%
- Let the Galaxy Burn Complete the Chaos Invasion mission. 3.1%
- Down to Earth Kill 50 Assault Marines/Raptors in mid-air. 3.1%
- The Emperor Protects Complete Part 1 of the game on Hard difficulty in a single session without dying or restarting. 3.1%
- Finesse and Fury Complete a Chapter of the single-player game using only Stalker-Pattern Bolter and Chainsword. 3.1%
- Glory to the Dark Gods! Achieve a team score of higher than 270,000 in the Chaos Invasion mission. 2.9%
- Devastation! Have 10 times more kills than deaths in a single game of Annihilation. 2.8%
- Brute Force...Unleashed Complete a Chapter of the single-player game using only the Vengeance Launcher and Power Axe. 2.8%
- Burn Them All Complete a Chapter of the single-player campaign using only Plasma weapons. 2.7%
- True Son of the Emperor Kill 40,000 enemies in the game (all game modes combined). 2.5%
- Chain of Death Multi-kill -- Detonate a chain of 5 consecutive Vengeance Launcher rounds, killing 10 enemies. 2.5%
- Let the Heavens Bleed Defeat the Chaos Invasion bonus wave. 2.2%
- Heretic Complete a public Co-op game in the Chaos Invasion mission. 2.1%
- Keeper of the Armory Complete all the weapon challenges. 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.