Kill It With Fire
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 7h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- 45% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Only Way To Be Sure” (Execute Contingency Omega): only 45% of starters get there.
- 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 5,595 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9h for positive, 5.1h 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 (73% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Only Way To Be Sure Execute Contingency Omega. Most players quit here 45% −55
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- Ragtime Play a tune. 100%
- Just say NOPE Kill a Jumping Spider in mid-air. 80%
- Oil Boom Destroy the gas station. 61%
- Blind Justice Kill a spider after being webbed. 56%
- Web of Lies Betray a Spider Bro. 53%
- The Only Way To Be Sure Execute Contingency Omega. 45%
- Tiny Game Hunter Kill every type of spider. 44%
- Live by the Sword... Kill an Exploding Spider with C4. 41%
- That's All Folks Kill a spider by dropping an anvil on it. 37%
- Extreme Landscaping Decimate the hedge maze. 36%
- From Downtown Shoot a spider with the Revolver from a long distance. 32%
- Sub-Par Sink a putt. 30%
- Sending a Message Burn the money in the safe. 29%
- Unintended Consequences Face the music. 24%
- Eclectic Tastes Find every flavor. 23%
- Out of Business Knock every letter off Kill It With Fire HQ 23%
- Jam This Destroy the printer using the RPG. 22%
- Shoe Potential Unlock the shoe's true power. 20%
- Ultimate Exterminator Find all equipment. 19%
- Line of Succession Transform a Spiderling hatched from a Queen into a Queen 18%
- Knowledge Is Power Find every tracker upgrade. 17%
- Smarter, Not Harder Find every upgrade. 17%
- Lilliputian Commando Complete a mission while in Tiny Mode. 16%
- High Voltage Find batteries. 16%
- Home Turf Eliminate every blade of grass in the yard. 15%
- Spick and Span Destroy EVERY dish. 15%
- MLG Pro 360 no-scope a spider with the Assault Rifle. 13%