When does Flashback get good?

Hooks you right away. 56% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 4+ hours (56%). Only 51% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Flashback

Feb 28, 2019 Steam: Mostly Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 51% of owners

Steam reviews 78% positive of 610

What the data shows

56% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 4+ hours (56%).
Only 51% 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.

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Based on all 621 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 5.6h for positive, 0.8h 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 (50.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (12)

Unfriendly Fire Kill an enemy indirectly 100%
Jungle Explorer Complete level 1 (Jungle) 57%
Licence to Kill Kill 50 enemies 44%
City Explorer Complete level 2 (New Whasington) 35%
Kill them all Kill 200 enemies 33%
Death Tower Explorer Complete level 3 (Death Tower) 33%
Earth Explorer Complete level 4 (Earth) 27%
Rookie agent Complete the game on Easy 20%
FBI agent Complete the game on Normal 15%
Don't look back Without using Rewind on easy/normal 9.5%
Expert agent Complete the game on Expert 7.7%
Never look back Without using Rewind on Expert 7.3%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.