When does Dino D-Day get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's 1 in 17 (6%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

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Dino D-Day

Apr 8, 2011 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 36% of owners

Steam reviews 84% positive of 15,128

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 36% 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 15,205 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 3.3h for positive, 2.1h 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 (35.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (77)

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I choose you! Equip an alternate weapon. 100%
Bite the Hand that Feeds You Kill a developer in online play. 96%
Give 'Em the Bird Make your first kill as the Microraptor. 82%
Hock a Luger As Microraptor, hit an enemy in the head with your poison spit. 66%
Pull! Shoot and kill a leaping raptor. 63%
You Can't Go Home Again As an Axis player, kill the 2 German defectors in one life (Trigger and Jakob). 56%
Exercise your options Kill an enemy with an alternate weapon. 51%
He who controls the points... Be on the winning team in a Capture Point game. 49%
German Efficiency As Hissman kill two enemies with two consecutive bullets. 45%
Adding Insult to Injury As Microraptor, kill an enemy with your claws after spitting in their face. 43%
I regret nothing! As the Compy, kill an enemy with a suicide detonation. 41%
This is my BOOM stick(y)! As Joe, kill an enemy with your sticky bomb. 40%
The bigger they are... Land the killing blow on a T-Rex. 39%
Bandage a Trois As Camille, heal yourself and three others with a thrown healthkit. 37%
Shoot her! Save a teammate by killing a raptor that has pounced them. 35%
Tonight, you dine in Hell! Kill a raptor while she's feeding. 34%
Helmet Trick Kill 3 Hardgraves in one life. 32%
What's gonna happen to the goat? Use a goat to kill an enemy player. 31%
Turkey Dinner As Nigel, kill a Microraptor with your flamethrower. 28%
There Can Be Only One Stay alive for an entire round and score at least 5 points. 28%
Achilles Meal As the Raptor, finish eating a jackrabbit. 28%
Cap'd Headshot an enemy that is capturing a point. 27%
It's the Rapture! Capture a point with only raptors. 22%
There's no 'I' in plane Help capture the Ju-52 in Troina. 22%
Primal Purge As T-Rex, get 7 MG kills in one life. 22%
Tanks a lot Kill 7 enemies in a single life as the Desmatosuchus. 21%
The Silence of the Lambs Save a teammate or yourself from a thrown goat. 19%
Griefosaurus Pounce the same player twice in one life. 16%
Snack Attack As T-Rex, eat an enemy player. 15%
Trigger Time As Trigger, kill 7 enemies with your .30 cal. 15%
Paint the town red Kill an enemy player by throwing him into a wall. 14%
I Regret Everything As Compy, get 3 claw kills but fail to kill anyone with your suicide detonation. 14%
Two for One Special As the Compy, kill two enemies with one suicide detonation. 14%
Clever Girl As a Raptor, kill Ilona after she's deployed a rabbit. 14%
That's just Garand Score 7 kills in a single life with the M1 Garand. 14%
Bad Medicine Score 7 kills in a single life using the MP-44. 14%
Kiss the Cook As Microraptor, spit in Nigel's face while you are on fire. 14%
Spit Us Out The Bomb As T-Rex, kill an enemy player with a 500lb bomb. 14%
Thankskilling As the Microraptor, kill 7 enemies in a single life. 14%
Uz Prieksu! Score 7 kills in a single life with the Mosin-Nagant. 14%
Open BAR, dude Score 7 kills in a single life with the BAR. 13%
Horned Devil As the Stygimoloch, kill 7 enemies with your MG34. 13%
If it bleeds we can kill it... Kill a Hardgrave while he's in berserk mode. 13%
Is this a bad time? As the Compy, kill an enemy that is capturing a point. 12%
Avenge me! Score a pterosaur kill after you've died. 12%
Griefosaurus Rex Pounce 5 different enemy players in the same life. 12%
Mourning Breath As T-Rex, knock 3 enemies down with one roar. 12%
Combo Meal As T-Rex, eat 3 enemy players in one life. 12%
French Persistence Score 7 kills in a single life with the Sten gun. 12%
Keep Calm and Carry One Score a kill with every PIAT round in a single life. 12%
Santa's Little Helper In one match, collect 15 of Santa's lost presents. 12%
Struck by the Streicher Score 7 kills in a single life using the k98. 12%
More like "Stompson" Score 7 kills in a single life with the Thompson SMG. 11%
Operation Torch As Nigel, kill 7 enemies with the Flamethrower in a single life. 11%
Let's Ragnaroooooook! Get 3 kills while in berserk mode as Hardgrave. 11%
...the harder they fall. Land the killing blow on a Styracosaur. 11%
Bad Hare Day Kill two raptors with the same rabbit. 10%
Stricken by the Streicher Score 7 kills in a single life using the MP-40. 10%
Cloudy with a chance of Death! As Joe, get 3 kills with a single artillery strike. 10%
Threepeat As the Compy, kill three enemies with one suicide detonation. 10%
Combat Vet(erinarian) As von Graff, heal a dinosaur teammate. 9.9%
Nazis...I hate these guys. Kill one of each Nazi class in the same life. 9.9%
Divine Wind Use a pterosaur to kill an enemy capturing a point. 9.6%
Frankenhurter As Jakob, use your fists to kill two enemies in a single life. 9.6%
ThrOWNAGE Score a double-kill with a bite victim. 9.6%
THAT WAS FREAKING AMAZING! In Hardgrave's berserk mode, punch a T-Rex to death. 9.3%
Reich Rolled As Axis, get the Styracosaur to his goal without taking any damage. 9.3%
Star Spangled Hammer Get five fist-kills in Berserk mode. 9.3%
It ain't easy being greasy... As Joe, get 7 kills in one life with the grease gun. 9.0%
Paint the Town Yellow Pee on a downed enemy, then kill them. 9.0%
Rest for the Unwary Use a pterosaur to kill 3 or more enemies simultaneously. 9.0%
Sneaky Snacker Finish eating 3 jackrabbits in the same life. 9.0%
Wall Art As the Microraptor, kill an enemy while clinging to the wall. 9.0%
Kelly's Heroes Get one kill as each Allied class in a single round. 8.7%
Out, but not down Kill an enemy with a melee attack while out of bullets. 8.7%
Party Fowl Capture a two-man control point with Microraptors. 8.7%
It DOES burn when you pee! As Nigel, burn a dinosaur that is peeing. 7.9%

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