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Total Tank Simulator
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 7% of players who started
Started playing 100% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 8,804
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (54%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 82% of games we track.
- At least 7% of players who start reach the ending.
- 100% 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 8,887 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 10.3h for positive, 7.6h 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 (99.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- German campaign Complete the German campaign ≥7% −93
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 (47)
story milestone ending side
- Remember, no preorders! Remember, no preorders! 100%
- Kills x 10 Get at least 10 kills in unit control 71%
- Beginner Driver Drive for at least 1 km 65%
- Watch the road! Drive over enemy infantry 48%
- Airplane! Eject from a flying plane as a lone pilot 42%
- Speed demon Reach 300 km/h in an airplane 41%
- Better Safe Than Sorry Force weapon reload after just one shot 41%
- Shut up, Rommel! Interrupt Rommel while he speaks 36%
- Outhouse massacre Drive over an outhouse with a vehicle 24%
- Time to say goodbye Drop an atomic bomb 21%
- Advanced driver Drive for at least 20 km 18%
- Hony Tawk Get flipped on your back and die 15%
- Really watch the road! Drive over 50 enemy infantry units 10%
- Fire maniac Kill 5 enemy units using a flamethrower 9.2%
- Duck Shooting Destroy a plane with a pistol or a rifle 8.0%
- German campaign Complete the German campaign 7.2%
- French campaign Complete the French campaign 7.0%
- Polish campaign Complete the Polish campaign 6.4%
- USA campaign Complete the American campaign 5.6%
- Deserter Escape from the battle arena with a ground vehicle 5.4%
- Soviet campaign Complete the Soviet campaign 5.3%
- Emergency Landing Land on an airport with close to 0% fuel 5.3%
- Brothers in arms Hire two officers who are brothers 3.9%
- British campaign Complete the British campaign 3.5%
- Playing with knives Kill at least 10 enemy infrantry with a throwing knife 2.7%
- Complete French tech Unlock all units from the French tech tree 2.5%
- Complete Polish tech Unlock all units from the Polish tech tree 2.5%
- Spider person Jump on a ladder from the air 2.5%
- Complete UK tech Unlock all units from the British tech tree 2.1%
- Shadow Chancellor Reach 50 rounds in Shadow Mode 2.0%
- Complete USA tech Unlock all units from the American tech tree 2.0%
- Complete German tech Unlock all units from the German tech tree 1.9%
- Dry eyelashes Make an officer blink very fast 1.7%
- It burns Kill 100 enemy units with a flamethrower 1.6%
- Marksman Use a sniper rifle to kill an enemy at least 500 m away 1.6%
- No winners in war Two sides lose their last unit at the same time 1.6%
- Complete USSR tech Unlock all units from the Soviet tech tree 1.6%
- Forgive me, Father! Approach a confessional with an infantry unit 1.5%
- Saving Captain Miller As an American soldier destroy German heavy tank with a pistol 1.5%
- The Jester of Tortuga Capture 5 enemy units using a Pirate Tank 1.5%
- Band of brothers Deploy 200 paratroopers 1.4%
- The Engineer Repair 50 vehicles 1.4%
- Really really watch the road! Drive over 500 enemy infantry units 1.4%
- Master driver Drive for at least 1000 km 0.9%
- Pyromancer Kill 500 enemy units with a flamethrower 0.9%
- All campaigns on hard Complete all campaigns on hard difficulty level 0.7%
- All campaigns on hard & brilliant Complete all acts of all campaigns with a brilliant victory on a hard difficulty level 0.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.