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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 44% of players who started
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 45,631
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 15h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 44% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Busted” (Complete Chapter 2) and “The Cost of Freedom” (Complete Chapter 3): from 86% to 74% of starters.
- 73% 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 45,887 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 20.3h for positive, 4.9h 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 (73.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Risky Gamble Complete Chapter 1. 91% −9
- Busted Complete Chapter 2. 86% −6
- The Cost of Freedom Complete Chapter 3. Most players quit here 74% −12
- The Monster Queen Complete Chapter 4. 71% −3
- Due or Die Complete Chapter 5. 66% −5
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place Complete Chapter 6. 62% −3
- Canine Confusion Complete Chapter 7. 58% −4
- The Matriarch Complete Chapter 8. 55% −3
- Desperate Times Complete Chapter 9. 53% −2
- Test of Faith Complete Chapter 10. 51% −2
- Mind Over Matter Complete Chapter 11. 50% −1
- Knowhere to Run Complete Chapter 12. 48% −2
- Against All Odds Complete Chapter 13. 47% −1
- Into The Fire Complete Chapter 14. 45% −1
- Broken Promises Complete Chapter 15. 45% −1
- The Magus Complete Chapter 16. 44%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- Self-Improvement Purchase your first Star-Lord Ability. 100%
- Llama Wrangler Capture the Quarantine Zone monster. 92%
- A Risky Gamble Complete Chapter 1. 91%
- Busted Complete Chapter 2. 86%
- Eat It, Rodent Win the bet against Rocket. 82%
- Flash Freeze Acquire the Ice Element for Star-Lord's guns. 76%
- Like a Glove! Find and equip one Outfit. 76%
- The Cost of Freedom Complete Chapter 3. 74%
- Stagger Swagger Stagger 25 enemies. 74%
- Pick Me Up Revive a fallen team member. 71%
- Squid Kicker Defeat the Dweller-in-Darkness. 71%
- The Monster Queen Complete Chapter 4. 71%
- Unstoppable Force Attain the maximum possible Momentum 10 times. 68%
- Due or Die Complete Chapter 5. 66%
- Katathian Handshake Execute an Auto-Combo with Drax. 65%
- Family Intervention Defeat the Blood Brothers. 63%
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place Complete Chapter 6. 62%
- Shock and Awe Acquire the Lightning Element for Star-Lord's guns. 61%
- Killer Friendship Execute an Auto-Combo with Gamora. 61%
- Canine Confusion Complete Chapter 7. 58%
- The Crowd Goes Wild Execute a Flair Attack 10 times. 58%
- Mama's Boy Defeat the Meredith Quill delusion. 57%
- Dynamic Team Invest in at least one Special Ability for Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot. 56%
- The Matriarch Complete Chapter 8. 55%
- Desperate Times Complete Chapter 9. 53%
- Fan Friction Acquire the Wind Element for Star-Lord's guns. 52%
- Test of Faith Complete Chapter 10. 51%
- Titanslayer Survive the manifestations of Thanos. 51%
- Mind Over Matter Complete Chapter 11. 50%
- Timber! Execute an Auto-Combo with Groot. 50%
- No Way, Nova Corps Interrupt a Nova Centurion with Gamora's Call to Action. 48%
- Knowhere to Run Complete Chapter 12. 48%
- Lava Launcher Acquire the Plasma Element for Star-Lord's guns. 47%
- Against All Odds Complete Chapter 13. 47%
- Foom's Doom Defeat Fin Fang Foom. 47%
- Into The Fire Complete Chapter 14. 45%
- Faithless Defeat Grand Unifier Raker. 45%
- Adding Injury to Insult Defeat 10 enemies affected by Drax's Wrath of Katath ability. 45%
- Fully Loaded Invest in all Special Abilities for all Companions. 45%
- Broken Promises Complete Chapter 15. 45%
- The Magus Complete Chapter 16. 44%
- Poetry Critic Defeat The Magus. 44%
- Guardians of the Galaxy Complete Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. 42%
- Aim Assist Execute an Auto-Combo with Rocket. 40%
- Herbal Remedy Revive or Heal Companions 10 times with Groot's Gift of the Florae. 39%
- Boom Show Defeat 20 enemies with Rocket's Five Barrel Barrage. 38%
- Bullet Hell Defeat 15 enemies with Star-Lord's Fan the Hammer ability. 36%
- Galactic Frugality Pay your Nova Corps fine. 34%
- Slakebuster Interrupt a Slakebeast with Drax's Call to Action. 24%
- Drax the Dismemberer Dismember an Inquisitor with Drax's Call to Action. 22%
- Trained to Perfection Defeat 10 enemies with Gamora's Executioner ability. 21%
- Altitude Adjustment Defeat 20 enemies with Star-Lord's Eye of the Hurricane. 21%
- Groot Canal Interrupt a Charger with Groot's Call to Action. 20%
- Thoughtful Captain Find half of the Guardian Collectibles. 17%
- Managerial Skills Find all of the Guardian Collectibles for one Guardian. 15%
- Lore Hoarder Collect 65 % of all Gallactic Compendium entries of each category. 7.9%
- Set 'em Up, Knock 'em Down Defeat 15 Staggered enemies with a Charged Shot. 5.2%
- Fashion Passion Find and equip all Outfits. 4.0%
- This Is What We Do Win every achievement. 3.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.