Strategy
Worms Ultimate Mayhem
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 15% of players who started
Started playing 34% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 6,285
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Halfway House” (Reach the halfway point of the story mode): only 24% of starters get there.
- Only 34% 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 6,341 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.5h for positive, 1.5h 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 (33.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Halfway House Reach the halfway point of the story mode Most players quit here 24% −76
- Billy No Mates Complete the single player story mode 15% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Slide into First Complete any mission 100%
- Pimp My Worm Creat a team of worms including custom clothes 95%
- Davey Jones Drown 50 worms all modes count 52%
- Teacher's Pet Complete the tutorials 32%
- Loves Company Complete 10 online ranked matches 29%
- Glide Like A Worm Glide using the parachute in one go for more than 25 seconds 26%
- Grave Digger Kill a total of 200 worms (all modes count) 24%
- Halfway House Reach the halfway point of the story mode 24%
- Billy No Mates Complete the single player story mode 15%
- Boom Shake The Worm Win a round using only grenades and bazooka 14%
- Wormicide Kill a total of 400 worms all modes count 12%
- Mr Popular Complete 5 four player games (online or offline) 8.9%
- If You Build It They Will Die Inflict 2000 damage in total using weapon factory built weapons 8.3%
- Davey Jones 2 Drown 20 Worms across any of the new maps 8.0%
- Genghis Worm! Kill a total of 600 worms (all modes count) 8.0%
- Credit To The Nation Enjoy the game's credits from start to end 7.4%
- Nick of Time Complete one challenge under the required time 7.1%
- Challenge Accepted Take your first steps on the road to glory by completing the first challenge. 6.5%
- Eggceptional Collect all the Easter Eggs hidden throughout the story mode 6.2%
- Loves a Challenge Complete all the challenges 5.0%
- No Challenge At All Complete the deathmatch challenge 5.0%
- Doing It Solo Complete all Single Player content (Story, Challenges & Tutorials) 4.7%
- Fan of The Arts Collect all gallery images available 4.7%
- Time Attacked Beat all the times on the new challenges 4.7%
- Time For A Challenge Complete all the challenges 4.7%
- Clock Watching Try and beat all the set times across all the challenges. 4.5%
- Shop-a-holic Purchase the Kitchen Sink game style 4.2%
- Alexander The Worm Play an online game on each new map and win, proving you’re the greatest general 3.9%
- Cartographer Create a random map and have someone save it to their machine 3.9%
- Embrace The Darkness Win 10 games with the last hit coming from a sentry gun all modes count 3.9%
- Dedicated Ranker Can you rise to the challenge and win a ranked Deathmatch on every new map? 3.6%
- Feel The Power of The Darkside Win a ranked match with two or more worms remaining on each new map 3.6%
- Finger of Death Kill 5 worms using prod in ranked matches 3.6%
- I am The Worminator Kill more than 3 worms in one turn (ranked match only) 3.6%
- I Love New Play each new map more than 5 times (all modes count) 3.6%
- Join Me Luke Win a ranked Deathmatch on a new map with at least one worm ending with more health than they started with 3.6%
- Ranked Up Win 10 online ranked matches 3.6%
- Total Ranker Win 40 online ranked matches across any 3 game styles 3.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.