ActionAdventureRPG
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 70% of owners
Steam reviews 67% positive of 34,551
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Lost But Not Forgotten” (Discover the location of the Chimera) and “Patent Violation” (Destroy the AIM arc reactor): from 82% to 52% of starters.
- Only 70% 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 34,811 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 16.3h for positive, 11h 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 (69.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Golden Ticket Reach the VIP balcony 99% −1
- The Adventure Begins Escape the clutches of AIM in New Jersey 84% −15
- Lost But Not Forgotten Discover the location of the Chimera 82% −2
- Patent Violation Destroy the AIM arc reactor Most players quit here 52% −29
- A Novel Way to Travel Rescue Inhumans from the research facility 45% −7
- Unparalleled View Reach the AIM space station 40% −5
- Welcome Back, Old Friend Rescue Captain America 40%
- New Girl Makes Good Defeat MODOK and the Kree 35% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Prized Collection Collect a full comic set 100%
- Golden Ticket Reach the VIP balcony 99%
- And That's How It's Done Defeat 10 or more enemies with a single Heroic ability activation 98%
- The Adventure Begins Escape the clutches of AIM in New Jersey 84%
- Lost But Not Forgotten Discover the location of the Chimera 82%
- Rough and Tumble Reach a combo of 20 hits or higher 81%
- A Little Bit Broken Recruit Bruce Banner 80%
- Fundamentally Flawless Defeat 50 enemies with Assault Heroic or Ultimate Heroic abilities 78%
- Odds and Ends Collect three Artifacts 69%
- From the Ashes Recover the SHIELD Protocols 65%
- The Best Defense Collect 20 different enemy codex files 64%
- Trying on Perfection Earn a 100% rating on a mission without any team member being downed 63%
- No Suit, No Problem Recruit Tony Stark 60%
- Patent Violation Destroy the AIM arc reactor 52%
- Gone To Ground Locate the Ant Hill 51%
- Seeing Stars Earn a five star rating on an objective without any team member taking damage 47%
- Itsy Bitsy Recruit Black Widow 46%
- A Novel Way to Travel Rescue Inhumans from the research facility 45%
- Thunderous Applause Stop the Helicarrier from crashing into New York City 42%
- Unparalleled View Reach the AIM space station 40%
- Welcome Back, Old Friend Rescue Captain America 40%
- More Important Things To Do Complete any mission in under three minutes 36%
- Avengers Assemble! Reunite the Avengers 35%
- Investing in the Future Fully upgrade any gear item 35%
- New Girl Makes Good Defeat MODOK and the Kree 35%
- Team Player Reach Hero Level 5 with five different Heroes 34%
- Super Hero Business Complete 10 assignments 32%
- Shopping Spree Purchase an item from two different faction vendors 31%
- A Surprise Every Time Open 100 strongboxes 27%
- Group Effort Reach rank 25 in any faction 17%
- Wanting for Nothing Collect 500 gear items 15%
- Breaking and Entering Break into 30 Depots 14%
- Time to Shine Reach Hero Level 50 and purchase all skills for any Hero 13%
- Clear Skies Complete the "A Global Offensive" mission chain 12%
- Become Legend Equip all Legendary or better gear with any hero 12%
- Muahahahahaha! Fully upgrade a major artifact 11%
- Back in Business Earn a total of 250 Hero Levels across the entire Hero Roster 11%
- Old Fashioned Beat Down Complete HARM Challenges I to V 8.8%
- Information Overload Collect 50 intelligence files 8.2%
- The Best Around Earn a 100% rating for any War Zone at Challenge IV rating 7.6%
- Gold Star Success Complete 100 assignments 7.2%
- Honeycomb Hideout Complete five Hive missions 5.9%
- Former Glory Complete the "Iconic Avengers" mission chain 5.5%
- On the Mountaintop Reach Power Level 150 with any Hero 5.0%
- Truly Elite Complete an Elite Heroic Hive 4.7%
- Tentative Peace Complete 15 Villain Sectors 4.5%
- Savior of the People Rescue 100 AIM prisoners 4.0%
- Holding It Down Complete 30 War Zones at Challenge III or higher rating 2.7%
- To the Dark and Back Again Complete 50 Hive missions 1.9%
- Treasure Trove Open 50 Caches strongboxes 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.