Desperados III
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (13%); after 20h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- At least 62% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Goodbye Colorado” (Blow up a bridge) and “Goodbye Louisiana” (Meet Frank on a boat): from 100% to 71% of starters.
- Only 40% 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 16,811 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 32h for positive, 15.1h 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 (40.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Goodbye Colorado Blow up a bridge. 100%
- Goodbye Louisiana Meet Frank on a boat. Most players quit here 71% −29
- Package Delivered Take care of DeVitt. ≥62% −9
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Goodbye Colorado Blow up a bridge. 100%
- Another One Bites the Dust Kill 500 guards. 92%
- Watch Out Below! Kill 50 guards using the environment. 91%
- Out of Sight, Out of Mind Hide 250 bodies. 83%
- Yakety Sax Make someone follow your footprints for 25 meters. 81%
- Wait, Did You Say Marshal? Find Wayne. 76%
- Goodbye Louisiana Meet Frank on a boat. 71%
- Damn Good Marksman Snipe 50 guards with McCoy. 70%
- Someone Call the Undertaker Kill 1,000 guards. 68%
- Package Delivered Take care of DeVitt. 62%
- They Wear Red Bandanas Kill 75 Long Coats. 59%
- Five Good Shots Defeat Frank. 57%
- Seasoned Bounty Hunter Kill 15 of the hidden Mimimi devs. 57%
- Puppet Master Mind control 25 guards with Isabelle. 51%
- Good Girl Kill 75 guards with Bianca. 44%
- M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL Kill 6 guards at once using only a single skill. 34%
- Maneater Shrub Hide 750 bodies. 32%
- Kaboom! Kill 5 guards at once with dynamite. 30%
- Vendetta Kill DeVitt. 22%
- Exterminator Kill 10 small animals in one mission. 20%
- Hardcore Finish a mission on "Desperado" difficulty. 19%
- Follow Me Darling Make guards follow Kate for 1,000 meters total. 18%
- Need a Dentist? Find a patient for the dentist. 16%
- Lindberg and Hutch Decide the outcome of a duel. 16%
- Most Entertaining Complete 5 of the Baron's Challenges. 16%
- Gunslinger's Creed Jump from a tower into a cart of hay. 15%
- Lost and Found Return the money to the bank. 12%
- Like Clockwork Execute a plan with all five characters. 12%
- Sorry Dad! Knock out your father. 8.7%
- Inferno In the first part of the mission, burn 5 guards at once with oil traps. 7.9%
- The Picnic Enjoy some cupcakes during a picnic. 7.7%
- Doubletime Kill 200 guards using Cooper's double shot. 6.7%
- Sheriff's Badge Earn 90 badges. 6.2%
- Power Nap Interrupt an important healing procedure. 5.7%
- Chicken Dinner Kill all 3 golden chickens. 5.4%
- Veteran Bounty Hunter Kill 31 hidden Mimimi devs. 4.5%