Sniper Fury
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 3h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- Most players drop off before “Air Force Days” (Complete the first chapter): only 41% of starters get there.
- Only 49% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 2,819 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 7.4h for positive, 1.1h 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 (49.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Air Force Days Complete the first chapter. Most players quit here 41% −59
- Shanghai Knight Complete the second chapter. 19% −22
- King of the Jungle Complete the third chapter. 14% −5
- Big City Shot Finish Chapter 4. 12% −2
- Dam Good Sniper Finish Chapter 5. 10% −2
- Pirate King Finish Chapter 6. 8% −2
- The Eagle Has Landed Finish Chapter 7. 7% −1
- To the Damned End Finish Chapter 8. 7% −1
- Cold Day Finish Chapter 9. 6%
- Medieval Warfare Finish Chapter 10. 6%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (174)
story milestone ending side
- Hit List Perform 25 kills. 100%
- The First Mile Complete 5 sniper missions. 99%
- Sharp Shooter Perform 50 kills. 74%
- Weapons Enthusiast Fully upgrade 1 weapon. 65%
- On a Roll Perform 100 kills. 50%
- Head Start Perform 25 headshots. 49%
- Outfitter Own 5 gear parts. 43%
- Air Force Days Complete the first chapter. 41%
- Real Survivor Complete 10 assault missions. 41%
- Be Prepared Open 5 Battle Packs. 38%
- Daredevil Award Complete any event milestone. 30%
- Heads Up! Perform 50 headshots. 29%
- Time Attacker Complete all Time Attack missions on the Moon. 27%
- Furious Sniper Claim 10 achievement rewards. 26%
- Gear Up! Equip a full gear set on your avatar. 22%
- Shanghai Knight Complete the second chapter. 19%
- All Heads on Deck Perform 100 headshots. 19%
- Super Sniper Perform 500 kills. 18%
- Taskmaster Complete 5 warlord missions. 17%
- Battlepacker Open 50 Battle Packs. 14%
- King of the Jungle Complete the third chapter. 14%
- In the Nick of Time Win a PvP encounter with less than 5 seconds left. 14%
- Serious Collector Fully upgrade 5 weapons. 13%
- One-Sniper Army Perform 1,000 kills. 12%
- Eye Spy Use Spotter in 10 missions. 12%
- No Drones Allowed Destroy 100 drones. 12%
- Big City Shot Finish Chapter 4. 12%
- Quick Draw Use Piercing Bullet in 10 missions. 11%
- Mentor Upgrade a squad member to rank 20. 11%
- Christmas Morning Open 100 Battle Packs. 10%
- Dam Good Sniper Finish Chapter 5. 9.8%
- All Together Now Contribute to a clan structure. 9.8%
- Gettin' Ahead Perform 500 headshots. 8.8%
- Armed and Dangerous Eliminate 500 enemies with arm shots. 8.6%
- Double Banking Loot 1,000,000 Gold from opponents' bases. 8.6%
- Strength in Numbers Reach a combined squad member rank of 100. 8.6%
- Headless Chicken Kill 50 snipers with headshots. 8.4%
- Greatest Hits Perform 2,500 kills. 8.1%
- Pirate King Finish Chapter 6. 8.1%
- Firearms Master Fully upgrade 10 weapons. 7.7%
- Yes We Can Complete all warlord missions in the same day. 7.7%
- Full House Be part of a full clan. 7.5%
- Millionaire Own 1,000,000 Gold at once. 7.3%
- Persistent Complete all Daily Challenges 7 days in a row. 7.3%
- Billionaire Own 2,000,000 Gold at one time. 7.1%
- The Dealer Buy 50 Black Market items. 7.1%
- Enhanced Defense Have the Floodlights and Decoy defensive systems active at the same time. 7.1%
- Piggy Bank Loot 5,000,000 Gold from opponents' bases. 7.1%
- The Eagle Has Landed Finish Chapter 7. 7.1%
- Head Hunter Perform 1,000 headshots. 6.9%
- I Helped Participate in a Clan War. 6.9%
- Warmonger Win a Clan War. 6.9%
- Restless Sniper Claim 30 daily rewards. 6.9%
- Scrap Collector Assemble 5 weapons from parts. 6.5%
- Passive Aggressive Defend against 100 attacks. 6.5%
- To the Damned End Finish Chapter 8. 6.5%
- Bullet to the Knee Eliminate 500 enemies with leg shots. 6.3%
- Matchmaker Search for opponents 300 times. 6.3%
- Gold Rush Loot 2,000,000 Gold during a single attack on an opponent's base. 6.3%
- Fifty Bagger Win 50 consecutive matches. 6.3%
- Color Clash Equip two squadmates with different shield types in your base. 6.3%
- Cold Day Finish Chapter 9. 6.1%
- High Earner Earn 500,000 cash from Contracts. 6.1%
- The B Team Reach a combined squad member rank of 250. 6.1%
- Ghosthunter Kill 50 cloaked enemies with headshots. 5.9%
- Medieval Warfare Finish Chapter 10. 5.9%
- Ops Rookie Successfully finish 50 Special Ops. 5.9%
- Builders Upgrade all clan structures once. 5.9%
- Fashionista Own 5 gear parts from the same category. 5.7%
- Team Effort Win a Clan Ops event. 5.7%
- Clan Member Collect a total of 10,000 Allied Points. 5.7%
- 5up Promote 5 squad members. 5.7%
- The Tycoon Buy 200 Black Market items. 5.7%
- Summer Sports Athlete Finish Chapter 11. 5.7%
- Eagle-Eye Use Spotter in 100 missions. 5.5%
- Executioner Perform 2,500 headshots. 5.5%
- Gun-Toter Use Piercing Bullet in 100 missions. 5.5%
- Icebreaker Finish Chapter 12. 5.5%
- Grudger Win attacks against players using Revenge 1,000 times. 5.5%
- Necromancer Revive 5 Squad Members. 5.5%
- Bank Manager Open 1,000 battle packs. 5.5%
- Slow Burn Use Slow Time in 100 missions. 5.5%
- Sniper Snail Use Slow Time in 10 missions. 5.5%
- Tokyo Knight Finish Chapter 13. 5.5%
- Hoarder Fully upgrade 25 weapons. 5.3%
- Generalship Test your defenses 10 times 5.3%
- Players' Choice Finish Chapter 14. 5.3%
- Back to the Roots Finish Chapter 16. 5.1%
- Fighter Reach the Silver I league. 5.1%
- Molo-No Destroy 200 Molotov bottles. 5.1%
- Ops Expert Successfully finish 150 Special Ops missions. 5.1%
- Spartans Raise 5 squad members to level 60. 5.1%
- Medic Heal 20 squadmates. 5.1%
- Freebie Win a weapon from a multiple chapter event. 5.1%
- The Landing Finish Chapter 15. 5.1%
- Cargo Port Finish Chapter 18. 4.9%
- Diving Lessons Finish Chapter 17. 4.9%
- Gear Outlet Own 25 gear parts. 4.9%
- Advanced Robot Army Upgrade your base 50 times with the stronger type of drone. 4.9%
- Ops Master Successfully finish 300 Special Ops missions. 4.9%
- Getting Ahead Reach level 60 on your character profile. 4.9%
- Wall Up Equip all your base's slots at once. 4.9%
- Relentless Perform 25,000 kills. 4.9%
- Think Fast Perform 5,000 headshots. 4.9%
- Bull's-Eye Kill 50 enemies without using the sniper rifle's scope. 4.7%
- Filthy Bagger Win 100 consecutive matches. 4.7%
- Small Robot Army Activate a total of 200 drones. 4.7%
- Giant Killer Kill 4 different bosses in Clan Ops events. 4.7%
- General Promote 20 squad members. 4.7%
- Risky Business Defeat a player with a concealed base. 4.7%
- Scrounger Obtain 50 craft parts by upgrading weaker parts. 4.7%
- Ops Grandmaster Successfully finish 500 Special Ops missions. 4.7%
- Tropical Party Finish Chapter 19. 4.7%
- Fifty Hits Later Get 50 multi-kills while playing missions. 4.5%
- Human Radar Use Spotter in 500 missions. 4.5%
- Overkill Perform 50,000 kills. 4.5%
- Silver Bullet Use Piercing Bullet in 500 missions. 4.5%
- Slow-Mo Pro Use Slow Time in 500 missions. 4.5%
- Sunless Trip Finish Chapter 20. 4.5%
- Vengeance Win attacks against players using Revenge 200 times. 4.5%
- Ahoy! Finish Chapter 21. 4.3%
- Champion Reach the Diamond league. 4.3%
- Core Gamer Accumulate 100 hours of game time. 4.3%
- Deep Pockets Finish one VIP event. 4.3%
- Pathfinder Search for opponents 5,000 times. 4.3%
- The Collector Collect a total of 1,000 dog tags. 4.3%
- More Hits Later Get 100 multi-kills while playing missions. 4.3%
- Molo-No-No Destroy 500 Molotov bottles. 4.3%
- Technophobia Destroy 10,000 drones. 4.3%
- Skirmisher Win 50 skirmishes in Clan Domination. 4.3%
- Numbers Galore Complete all Score Attack missions on the Moon. 4.3%
- Skillful Use a weapon ability 50 times. 4.3%
- Overflow Finish Chapter 22. 4.3%
- Warrior Reach the Gold I league. 4.3%
- World Ops Successfully complete 50 Special Ops in Clan Domination. 4.3%
- Further Along Finish Chapter 24. 4.1%
- New Frontier Finish Chapter 23. 4.1%
- Nice 'n' Slow Purchase 10 Slow Time packs. 4.1%
- Bossy Deal damage to a Clan Boss on Hardcore mode. 4.1%
- Cleanup Team Win 50 Clan Ops events. 4.1%
- True Gamer Accumulate 200 hours of game time. 4.1%
- Deluxe Collector Collect a total of 1,500 dog tags. 4.1%
- Seasoned Warrior Buy 50 items from the Arms Dealer. 4.1%
- Cutting Edge Assemble a prototype weapon template. 4.1%
- Mass Production Build a prototype weapon replica. 4.1%
- Expanding Arsenal Assemble one drone. 4.1%
- Out of My Mind Perform 25,000 headshots. 4.1%
- Top Sniper Rank in the top 10 in the Diamond league. 4.1%
- Fistful of Bullets Purchase 10 Piercing Bullet packs. 3.9%
- Fortress Be in a clan when all structures reach level 10. 3.9%
- Kaboom Kill 25,000 enemies with explosive kills. 3.9%
- No End In Sight Finish Chapter 25. 3.9%
- The Competitor Search for opponents 10,000 times. 3.9%
- Fort Knox Own 15,000,000 gold at once. 3.9%
- Famous Enter the Hall of Fame. 3.9%
- Just one more Win 100 missions in Drone Ops mode. 3.9%
- Headsplosion Perform 1000 headshots using Headshot FX bullets. 3.9%
- Elite Forces Promote 5 squad members to Tier 5. 3.9%
- Scene Scanner Purchase 10 Spotter packs. 3.9%
- Aftermath Finish Chapter 26. 3.7%
- Bye Wang Finish Chapter 27. 3.7%
- Extreme Sports Finish Chapter 28. 3.7%
- Allergic to Bullets Get shielded 30 times. 3.7%
- Amateur Explorer Recharge the Clan Ops Raid missions 5 times. 3.7%
- Hasty Progress Skip 5 squad-member upgrade timers. 3.7%
- Extra Defense Upgrade one base turret to level 60. 3.7%
- Star Rank 20 or higher in a Hall of Fame season. 3.7%
- Without end Reach the top 10 on any Drone Ops league leaderboard. 3.7%
- Flying Scarab Complete all drone missions in Cursed Sands. 3.7%
- Bullet Bender Get shielded 100 times. 3.5%
- Over the Top Reach prestige level 5. 3.5%
- Sky's the Limit Reach prestige level 10. 3.5%
- Karmaggedon Use a karma ability 10 times 3.3%
- In a Rush Speed up the repairs for any drone 5 times. 3.3%