ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 10% of players who started
Started playing 81% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 10,632
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 5h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Gangland Pacifier”: only 59% of starters get there.
- 81% 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 10,747 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.6h for positive, 2.2h 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 (81.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Gangland Pacifier Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 1 Most players quit here 59% −41
- Radicalized Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 2 38% −21
- Alert Extinguished Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 3 27% −10
- Bite the Apple Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 4 20% −7
- Not on My Watch Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 5 16% −4
- The Court is Clear Complete all missions in chapter 7 10% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Warming Up Get 3 stars in a mission 100%
- No Mercy Kill 50 bad guys 99%
- Cavalry is Here Rescue 50 hostages 82%
- Looks Interesting Collect your first secret item 81%
- Door Kicker Kick Open 100 Doors 71%
- Two is a Party Win one mission in Coop 67%
- Death Dealer Get 100 kills as Assaulter 60%
- Gangland Pacifier Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 1 59%
- Ninja Complete a level without taking any damage whatsoever 59%
- No Respite Kill 1000 bad guys 59%
- Troublemakers Arriving Unlock Chapter 2 58%
- Buckshot Season Get 100 kills as Breacher 54%
- Cleanse by Fire Set 20 enemies on fire 48%
- Things Heating Up Unlock Chapter 3 42%
- Ketchup Kill an enemy with an elevator 40%
- Lady Justice Get 100 kills as Shield 39%
- Radicalized Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 2 38%
- I Like Them Numb Stun 500 enemies 34%
- Metro Calling Unlock Chapter 4 33%
- Bad Eyesight Kill 50 Hostages 31%
- Cleanup the Hood 3-Star all missions in Chapter 1 30%
- Grumpy McAngry Get 100 kills as Off-duty Guy 30%
- Darwin Award Kill yourself with your own explosives 28%
- Alert Extinguished Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 3 27%
- Hell is Coming Unlock Chapter 5 26%
- I See Things and I Kill Them Get 100 kills as Recon 25%
- Federal Authority Get 100 kills as Agent Fergie 22%
- Bite the Apple Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 4 20%
- Going Home Unlock Chapter 7 19%
- No Quarter 3-Star all missions in Chapter 2 19%
- Warrant Server Make 5 VIP Arrests 19%
- Door Hater Kick Open 1000 Doors 18%
- Building Community Rescue 1000 hostages 17%
- The Thin Blue Line Rescue 50 Wounded Policemen 16%
- Good Breach Kill 3 enemies with one breaching charge 16%
- Not on My Watch Successfully complete all missions in Chapter 5 16%
- Efficient Use sniper support to kill 100 enemies 14%
- We Stand on Guard 3-Star all missions in Chapter 3 14%
- In the Nick of Time Defuse a bomb in the last 3 seconds 13%
- Not in my City 3-Star all missions in Chapter 4 11%
- The Court is Clear Complete all missions in chapter 7 10%
- Pest Control Kill 50 rats 9.8%
- Cartel Annihilator 3-Star all missions in Chapter 5 9.3%
- Heating up the Night Kill 3 enemies by blowing up one barrel 8.7%
- Attention Getter Blow Open 100 Doors 7.7%
- King of my Castle 3-Star all missions in Chapter 7 6.8%
- EOD Disarm 30 bombs 6.1%
- Completionist Collect all 20 secret items 3.1%
- Terminator Use 5 extra lives in the same mission 3.1%
- Slacker Use sniper support to kill 1000 enemies 2.6%
- Stay With Me Resurrect another player 5 times in the same mission 2.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.