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HELLDIVERS™ 2
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 1,167,240
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 95% 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 1,170,764 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 51.7h for positive, 209.4h 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 (95.4% 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 (38)
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- The Real Deal Complete Basic Training. 100%
- Bug Stomper Play 1 Bug Mission. 97%
- They mostly come at night... Extract from a mission during nighttime. 96%
- Bot Scrapper Play 1 Bot Mission. 90%
- Strapping young lad Customize your Helldiver with new cape, armor, and helmet. 87%
- Spread Managed Democracy Kill 150 enemies during the same mission. 87%
- Cool guys don't loo- AAAAH! Fly at least 25 meters from the shockwave of an explosion. 86%
- The long arm of Justice Kill a target at a distance of over 100m. 85%
- Job's done! Complete a mission but fail to extract. 84%
- Extractinating the Countryside Play a planet defense mission. 80%
- Nothing is bigger than Freedom Defeat a Hulk. 79%
- In the nick of time Extract after the timer reaches zero. 78%
- They don't call it Tacticool for nothin' Complete 10 tactical objectives. 76%
- Stalking is illegal Complete a Stalker Hive tactical objective. 76%
- Extractamundo! Extract with a full team on a Hard difficulty or more mission. 75%
- Democracy ain't done with you yet Heal another player using stims. 73%
- The power of Democracy Kill 25 enemies with one stratagem. 70%
- The taller they are... Defeat a Bile Titan. 67%
- Eat This! Kill a bug warrior with a shotgun within 1 meter. 60%
- For the greater good! Kill 5,000 enemies. 59%
- Samples are a diver's best friend Extract at least 15 rare samples from a mission as a team. 58%
- Patriot Play at least 50 missions. 57%
- Get some! Fire at least 150 rounds in one burst, killing at least 10 enemies. 56%
- Hot Potato! Throw back a live grenade. 46%
- Science is done by quantity Extract with at least 15 common samples. 45%
- Promote Synergy Provide assisted reload for a teammate. 38%
- Kill it with fire! Kill 100 enemies using fire damage during the same mission. 37%
- Doing your part Complete at least 100 missions. 37%
- Hell Dive Complete an Extreme difficulty mission or higher without anyone dying. 35%
- Ship it! Upgrade all ship modules at least 1 level. 34%
- Hold My Liber-tea! While using a jump pack, knock yourself into a ragdoll state. 28%
- That which does not kill you... Be injured in all limbs at the same time. 28%
- Fully operational Reach max level on one ship module. 27%
- Let's call it a draw Shoot off both arms on a Hulk and then extract while it's alive. 27%
- It's the only way to be sure... Have 6 orbital barrage stratagems in the same place at the same time. 14%
- Caught them by Supplies! Kill a Charger with a resupply pod. 12%
- Gone in 360 seconds! Complete a full Extreme difficulty Blitz mission and extract in under 6 minutes. 12%
- Hold my primary, I'm going in! Complete a full Hard difficulty mission or higher without anyone firing their primary or support weapon. 12%
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