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Sniper Elite V2
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 33% of players who started
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 25,513
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Novice Sniper” (Stop the convoy) and “Apprentice Sniper” (Destroy the V2 Facility and escape to safety): from 87% to 70% of starters.
- 77% 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 25,616 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 239 reviews: 9.4h for positive, 5.5h 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 (76.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Trainee Sniper Escape the German assault 94% −6
- Novice Sniper Stop the convoy 87% −8
- Apprentice Sniper Destroy the V2 Facility and escape to safety Most players quit here 70% −17
- Journeyman Sniper Hold off the Russian advance 59% −11
- Skilled Sniper Stop the execution 55% −5
- Pro Sniper Collect intel from the church and make it out alive 46% −8
- Expert Sniper Eliminate Müller 43% −3
- Master Sniper Uncover Wolff's plan 40% −4
- Veteran Sniper Discover the location of the V2 launch site 36% −3
- Feared Sniper Destroy the V2 rocket 34% −3
- Legendary Sniper Prevent Wolff from escaping 33% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- Front and Center Get a scoped headshot over 150m 100%
- Trainee Sniper Escape the German assault 94%
- Novice Sniper Stop the convoy 87%
- Mousetrap Fuse Use a trip mine to kill an enemy who is trying to assault your position 81%
- Ear Plugs Kill an enemy while your rifle fire is masked by a loud sound 80%
- Deadeye Snipe an enemy through his eye 78%
- Double Dose Snipe 2 people with one shot 74%
- Fuel Tank Destroy a tank by sniping the fuel supply 73%
- Apprentice Sniper Destroy the V2 Facility and escape to safety 70%
- Silent but Deadly Covertly kill 25 unaware enemies 65%
- Journeyman Sniper Hold off the Russian advance 59%
- Skilled Sniper Stop the execution 55%
- Head Honcho Get 100 sniped headshots 53%
- Fish Tank Send the tank into the river by blowing up the bridge 52%
- Cooking Off Snipe a grenade on an enemy's webbing from 100m 47%
- Pro Sniper Collect intel from the church and make it out alive 46%
- Expert Sniper Eliminate Müller 43%
- Master Sniper Uncover Wolff's plan 40%
- Veteran Sniper Discover the location of the V2 launch site 36%
- Feared Sniper Destroy the V2 rocket 34%
- Legendary Sniper Prevent Wolff from escaping 33%
- Go the Distance Get a cumulative sniped kill distance of a marathon 29%
- High and Mighty Wipe out the Elite Russian Sniper Team from the rooftops 29%
- World Record Get 506 cumulative sniper kills 28%
- Pass the Buck Get a sniped ricochet headshot 25%
- Iron Lung Hold your breath for a cumulative time of half an hour 22%
- Detonator Career total of 50 shots on explosives 17%
- Gung Ho Snipe 100 moving targets 14%
- Bedpan Commando Resuscitate your partner in co-op 10 times 14%
- Potato Masher Kill 100 enemies with explosives 7.7%
- Sniper Elite Complete all missions on highest difficulty 5.6%
- Can Do! Complete all co-op Overwatch Missions 4.2%
- Target Spotted! As a spotter in Overwatch, tag 50 enemies 4.0%
- Hide and Hope Complete a level without being shot a single time 3.9%
- Get Off the Ground Kill everyone in the convoy from ground level, except for Kreidl 3.9%
- Make Every Bullet Count Complete a level with 100% accuracy, using only rifles 3.8%
- Kilroy was Here Make it through the tower to the winch room without being spotted 3.7%
- Jungle Juice Find and snipe all the hidden bottles throughout the game 3.5%
- Gold Rush Find and retrieve all the stolen gold bars 3.5%
- Target Eliminated! As a sniper in Overwatch, snipe 50 enemies tagged by your partner 3.3%
- You were only supposed to... Allow all 3 commanders to enter the command centre in Landwehr Canal, then blow the doors 2.9%
- Silence is Golden Complete Neudorf Outpost without alerting any AI 2.9%
- Smoking Kills Kill 6 smoking soldiers on Neudorf Outpost 2.9%
- Bomb Happy Survive 10 games of Bombing Run 2.7%
- Secret Service SAINT PIERRE – Kill all the guards before getting to the church without being detected 2.7%
- Shoot the Alps SAINT PIERRE – Get a total shot distance of over 4000 meters 2.7%
- Watchmen Eliminate all 5 Snipers watching the meeting point on Landwehr Canal without them spotting you 2.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.