When does UnMetal get good?

Give it 7 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 10h it's 1 in 50 (2%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

How many players finish UnMetal?

30% of players who start reach the ending.

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UnMetal

Sep 28, 2021 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 7 hours

Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 30% of players who started

Started playing 68% of owners

Steam reviews 94% positive of 3,750

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 10h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
The opening is criticised less than in 75% of games we track.
30% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “THE GREAT ESCAPE” and “SOMETHING STINKS REALLY BAD”: from 91% to 63% of starters.
Only 68% 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 3,782 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 4h 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 (68% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
THE GREAT ESCAPE Complete "The Great Escape". 91% −9
SOMETHING STINKS REALLY BAD Complete "Something Stinks Really Bad". Most players quit here 63% −28
IN THE LION'S DEN Complete "In the Lion's Den". 53% −9
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Complete "Welcome to the Jungle". 47% −6
THE BARRACKS Complete "The Barracks". 41% −6
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS Complete "Engineering Problems". 38% −2
BOOM DOCKS Complete "Boom Docks". 37% −2
A THOUSAND EYES ARE WATCHING YOU Complete "A Thousand Eyes Are Watching You". 35% −2
JERICO'S HEART Complete "Jerico's Heart". 31% −3
ESCAPE COMPLETE! Finish the game. 30% −1

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (40)

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SERGEANT Reach level 2. 100%
THE GREAT ESCAPE Complete "The Great Escape". 91%
SOMETHING STINKS REALLY BAD Complete "Something Stinks Really Bad". 63%
LIEUTENANT Reach level 4. 59%
IN THE LION'S DEN Complete "In the Lion's Den". 53%
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Complete "Welcome to the Jungle". 47%
MAJOR Reach level 6. 43%
COLLATERAL DAMAGE Die while tampering with items from your inventory. 42%
THE BARRACKS Complete "The Barracks". 41%
THE SMELL OF NAPALM Craft a Molotov cocktail. 40%
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS Complete "Engineering Problems". 38%
BOOM DOCKS Complete "Boom Docks". 37%
A THOUSAND EYES ARE WATCHING YOU Complete "A Thousand Eyes Are Watching You". 35%
COLONEL Reach level 8. 34%
JERICO'S HEART Complete "Jerico's Heart". 31%
LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH Obtain Robert's photographs. 31%
ESCAPE COMPLETE! Finish the game. 30%
YOU GOTTA BECOME WAR Destroy General X's robo-tank without using electromagnetic grenades. 29%
GOOD NIGHT Put 20 guards to sleep. 27%
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Destroy 5 drones by punching them. 24%
MECHA-RACHNOPHOBIA Destroy 9 mechanical spiders. 21%
THERE IN 60 SECONDS Reach the ground floor in less than a minute when rushing to save the doctor. 18%
UNAGI BLAST Defeat HUGEEL firing just 6 torpedoes. 18%
DANCE OF THE BLADE AND GUN Defeat TAKUMA TAKAGASHI without letting him heal himself. 16%
SORT OF CHILDISH, DON'T YOU THINK? Neutralize 5 guards using the slingshot. 15%
POTTY TIME Obtain 5 potties. 14%
THE STEALTHY EXPERIENCE Get the maximum experience possible in at least 5 chapters. 13%
KNOCK KNOCK Break all toilet doors. 13%
DO NOT DISTURB Complete the catacombs without destroying any cell gates. 13%
SHREDDED TUNA Kill 5 Human-Piranha-hybrid things with the shredders. 12%
CONTINENCE Finish the game without using a potty. 9.7%
GENERAL Reach level 10. 8.4%
JUST SOME BOXES Destroy 5 crates with the explosion of a single grenade. 7.9%
FINDERS DESTROYERS Destroy 5 trucks in the barracks north parking lot before SPLASH MIKE does with his tank. 7.1%
LORD OF THE BULLETS Have 90 or more bullets at the same time. 6.8%
YOU'RE A TOUGH GUY Finish the game on hard difficulty. 6.5%
SPLASH DAMAGE Let SPLASH MIKE destroy all crates and trucks at the barracks. 6.5%
SECRETS Find 15 secrets in the game. 6.2%
COLD AS ICE Defeat Sewerjunk without damaging it with the Flamethrower. 5.6%
AS YOU WISH Heal 20 guards. 4.4%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.