Hard West 2
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 20h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- At least 44% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 44% 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 3,273 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 20h for positive, 6.4h 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 (43.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Take Your Time Finished the game on the Easy difficulty. ≥44% −56
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Is That All You've Got? Killed 100 Bandits. 100%
- True Daredevils Finish "Daredevils" in no more than 8 turns with all objectives completed. 96%
- Those Freaking Undead Killed 80 Revenants. 77%
- Not My Tribe Killed 50 Shadow Dancers. 73%
- Spiritual Bond Maxed out loyalty with Clalish. 49%
- Take Your Time Finished the game on the Easy difficulty. 44%
- Now, where's that train? Completed all world map side objectives in Chapter 1. 44%
- The Number of The Beast Killed 666 enemies. 42%
- Slow Player Form sets of Straight with 4 posse at the same time. 41%
- "Biting" Ben Finish "A Plague Upon This Land" in no more than 12 rounds with all objectives completed. 37%
- Ready for Hell Completed all world map side objectives in Chapter 3. 36%
- Poker Master Form sets of Royal Flush with 4 posse at the same time. 36%
- A Witch's Friend Maxed out loyalty with Flynn. 36%
- First time? Finish "Fooling The Hangman" in no more than 4 turns with all objectives completed. 31%
- This is the Way Finished the game on the Normal difficulty. 29%
- Train Job Finish "3:10 To Heaven" in no more than 1 round with all objectives completed. 28%
- Face Your Fears Finish "Flynn's Vision" in no more than 10 turns with all objectives completed. 28%
- Wasn't THAT Hard Finished the game on the Hard difficulty. 28%
- High Noon Completed a mission using only Handguns. 28%
- Legendary Robbers Finish "The Great Train Heist" in no more than 10 turns with all objectives completed. 25%
- Book of Moses Finish "O'Kane Farm" in no more than 8 turns with all objectives completed. 24%
- Headhunters Finish "Wanted: Lady Shrike" in no more than 15 turns with all objectives completed. 21%
- Looking for Traces Finish "Frostbitten in Calla Calla" in no more than 10 turns with all objectives completed. 19%
- Demolition Expert Finish "Blasting Out" in no more than 8 turns with all objectives completed. 18%
- Now It Is Our Tribe Maxed out loyalty with Laughing Deer. 16%
- Close the Rift Finish "Riftwalkers" in no more than 10 turns with all objectives completed. 14%
- Final Destination Finish "One Last Ride" in no more than 12 rounds with all objectives completed. 13%
- Not So Saint Friend Maxed out loyalty with Lazarus. 13%
- A Friend of a Deadman Maxed out loyalty with Old Man Bill. 12%
- Every Nook and Cranny Visited every location in all Chapters. 12%
- Demon Hunter Killed 60 Hellspawns. 10%
- Turkey Shoot Completed a mission using only Rifles. 8.5%
- Passive Rock Form sets of Full House with 4 posse at the same time. 6.2%
- Bring a Knife To a Gunfight Completed a mission using only Melee weapons. 6.2%
- Highway to Hell Finished the game on the Nightmare difficulty. 5.1%
- Let's Play Collected every card in the game. 4.6%
- Full Blast Completed a mission using only Shotguns. 4.1%
- Now We're Talkin' Finished the game on the Nightmare+ difficulty. 3.9%