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Ion Fury
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 21% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 6,789
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Shaken, Not Stirred” (Step out of the bar) and “Altar of Sacrifice” (Survive the onslaught): from 100% to 50% of starters.
- 87% 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 6,844 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 15.1h for positive, 6.8h 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 (87.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Shaken, Not Stirred Step out of the bar 100%
- Altar of Sacrifice Survive the onslaught Most players quit here 50% −50
- The Future of Law Enforcement Demolish Heskel's oversized security droid 37% −14
- Hunter, Killed Defeat the Revenant 8991-PX 32% −5
- Express Elevator Survive Heskel's horribly overdesigned trap 25% −7
- Brutalized Separate the Twins 24% −1
- Mech Warrior Clear the lab of Warmechs 23% −1
- Capital Defense Defeat Dr. Heskel 21% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (62)
story milestone ending side
- Shaken, Not Stirred Step out of the bar 100%
- Bad Mojo Stomp 20 cockroaches 94%
- Cranium d'Or Kick 20 severed heads 85%
- Quenched Thirst Drink 20 cans of soda 56%
- Altar of Sacrifice Survive the onslaught 50%
- Demanufacture Decapitate 100 enemies 49%
- The Future of Law Enforcement Demolish Heskel's oversized security droid 37%
- Firepower Matters Collect all weapons 36%
- Hunter, Killed Defeat the Revenant 8991-PX 32%
- Arachnophobia Kill 20 spiders with the Electrifryer 25%
- Express Elevator Survive Heskel's horribly overdesigned trap 25%
- Brutalized Separate the Twins 24%
- Mech Warrior Clear the lab of Warmechs 23%
- Demolition Turkey Get 3 Strikes (3 or more killed) with Bowling Bombs 23%
- Cowabunga! Eat 30 slices of pizza 21%
- Capital Defense Defeat Dr. Heskel 21%
- A Secret Place Find 50 of Dick's secret stashes 18%
- Overkill Kill 30 flying enemies with explosives 14%
- Gone Batty Find Roy's final resting place 12%
- Shake It, Baby! Step onto the dance floor 10%
- Peanuts and Cracker Jacks Reach the secret level 9.6%
- Diddle for the Middle Get a bullseye 9.4%
- Urban Removal Knock down the building 8.2%
- You're Fired! Get canned by the GDF 7.9%
- Thar She Blows Clear the canal blockage 7.1%
- Global Defense Farce Evade the GDF 6.5%
- Wasted! Admire the Red Eagle 6.5%
- ↑, ↑, ↓, ↓, ←, →, ←, →, B, A Eradicate the Urban Eradicator 6.4%
- For Whom The Bell Tolls Ring the bell 6.4%
- All Doors Are Locked Unaffordable housing 6.4%
- Escape The Friend Zone BSOD the Friend-Bot 6.1%
- He Can't Keep Getting Away With It! Watch Heskel escape yet again 6.0%
- Complete and Total Meltdown Find the Elephant's Foot 5.9%
- Two Thumbs Up Finish the game without being dismembered 5.6%
- The Owls Are Not What They Seem A dream of a Black Lodge 5.2%
- Terminated! Ow! 5.1%
- Weekend Warrior Complete the shooting range mini-game in the mall 4.5%
- Ultimate Failure Find the secret lab 4.2%
- Dedicated Complete the game on Maximum Fury difficulty 3.3%
- Rack 'Em Up Complete a game of billiards 3.2%
- Cultist Crossing Run over 50 cultists with the Road Ripper 2.0%
- Property Damage Obliterate the water tower 2.0%
- Push Butan Kill 10 enemies with a single shot of the Road Ripper or Wrecker's alt-fire 2.0%
- T-Shirt Proof that you've done it all 1.7%
- Ion Fury Unlock all achievements in the base game 1.6%
- Mmm... donuts Don't forget: you're here forever. 1.6%
- Finding Fido Locate the leftovers 1.4%
- Snakes and Ladders What a thrill! 1.3%
- Furiosa Complete Aftershock on Maximum Fury difficulty 1.3%
- Fly-by Shooting Hit the attacking ship with a grenade for spilling your drink 1.3%
- Keep My Grave Open Destroy all the tombstones in the graveyard 1.3%
- Bullseye Kill 20 enemies with the dart 0.9%
- Defusal Recruit Collect five bombs in arrange mode in one sitting 0.8%
- Through The Looking Glass Complete arrange mode on any difficulty 0.7%
- Shattered Complete arrange mode on Maximum Fury difficulty 0.6%
- Keep It 100 Achieve 100% progress in Aftershock 0.6%
- Rotor Jockey Finish the race with "S" rank 0.6%
- Defusal Expert Collect one bomb from all 28 maps in arrange mode 0.5%
- Reflections of Death Complete arrange mode on Angel of Death difficulty 0.5%
- Hell's Angel Complete Aftershock on Angel of Death difficulty 0.5%
- Angel of Death Complete the game on Angel of Death difficulty 0.5%
- Aftershock Unlock all achievements in Aftershock 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.