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Unreal Tournament 3
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 11% of players who started
Started playing 56% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 4,220
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 20h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 11% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Lock and Load” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Soldier's Blood” (Complete Chapter 2): from 100% to 21% of starters.
- Only 56% 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 4,232 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 14.3h for positive, 6.5h 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 (55.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Lock and Load Complete Chapter 1. 100%
- Soldier's Blood Complete Chapter 2. Most players quit here 21% −79
- Does Not Compute Complete Chapter 3. 16% −5
- Not in Kansas Anymore Complete Chapter 4. 13% −3
- I'm Not on a Holy War Defeat Akasha and complete the campaign. 11% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (57)
story milestone ending side
- Lock and Load Complete Chapter 1. 100%
- Serial Killer Get the "Killing Spree" award in 20 matches. 31%
- Soldier's Blood Complete Chapter 2. 21%
- Armadillo Get the "Roadkill" award in 10 matches. 18%
- Does Not Compute Complete Chapter 3. 16%
- I Need Some Backup Complete 1 mission in co-op. 14%
- Not in Kansas Anymore Complete Chapter 4. 13%
- Killjoy End sprees in 20 matches. 13%
- I'm Not on a Holy War Defeat Akasha and complete the campaign. 11%
- Delivering the Hurt Have over 20 minutes of "UDamage Time". 7.0%
- Got Your Back Complete 10 missions in co-op. 6.8%
- Hat Trick Achieve a Hat Trick in 10 CTF or VCTF matches. 5.9%
- Off To a Good Start Get the "First Blood" award in 40 matches. 5.2%
- Titanic Become a titan 20 times. 4.9%
- Behemoth Become a Behemoth 10 times. 4.7%
- Have a Nice Day Get the "Rocket Scientist" award in 10 matches and "Flak Master" award in 10 matches. 4.5%
- Unholy 10 kills with every Titan weapon in one Titan transformation. 4.3%
- Thanks To All the Little People Complete a campaign in co-op. 3.8%
- I See How It Is Complete an Instant Action match in every game mode. 3.8%
- Shard-o-matic Get the "Blue Streak" award in 10 matches. 3.8%
- Skull Collector Score 500 skulls in Greed. 3.6%
- Brain Surgeon Get the "Head Hunter" award in 10 matches. 3.2%
- Sir Slays-a-Lot Get the "Monster Kill" award in 20 matches. 3.1%
- Seeing Red Have over 20 minutes of "Berserk Time". 3.1%
- Paint the Town Red Complete 100 Deathmatch or Duel matches played to at least 20 kills. 2.9%
- Arachnophobia Kill 10 people with spidermines in deathmatch. 2.9%
- Can't Be Trusted Grab 200 points worth of betrayal pots. 2.9%
- Jack of All Trades Kill an enemy with every vehicle (except hoverboard). 2.7%
- Pistolero Get the "Gun Slinger" award in 10 matches. 2.7%
- Bag of Bones Deliver 50 skulls in one score in Greed against adept or higher skilled bots. 2.5%
- Deathwish Get "Bullseye" (self-destruct to destroy an enemy) award in 20 matches. 2.5%
- Goo God Get the "Biohazard" award in 10 matches. 2.5%
- Spice of Life Play a match with every mutator, using only 1 per match. 2.3%
- Ace Get the "Top Gun" award in 20 matches. 2.3%
- Hammerhead Get the "JackHammer" award in 10 matches. 2.3%
- Strongest Link Get the "Shaft Master" award in 10 matches. 2.3%
- Just Business Complete Chapter 2 in Insane. 2.2%
- Being a Hero Return 100 Orbs in Warfare matches. 2.2%
- Untouchable Reach 20 kills against a god-like bot in instant action without dying. 2.2%
- Never Saw It Coming Have over 20 minutes of "Invisibility Time". 2.2%
- Eradication Get 100 kills with the Eradicator. 2.2%
- Let's Get It On Complete a multiplayer match in every game type. 2.2%
- Don't Taze Me Bro! Get the "Combo King" award in 10 matches. 2.2%
- Fear the Reaper Defeat Akasha and complete the campaign in Insane. 2.0%
- Bag of Bolts Complete Chapter 3 in Insane. 2.0%
- Open War Complete Chapter 4 in Insane. 2.0%
- Thirty Minutes or Less Complete 100 VCTF matches played to at least 3 captures. 2.0%
- Connect the Dots Complete 100 Warfare matches played to at least 3 points. 2.0%
- Flag Waver Completed 100 CTF matches played to at least 3 captures. 2.0%
- Survival of the Fittest Have over 10 minutes of "Invulnerable Time". 2.0%
- Avenger 20 successful retributions against a betrayer. 2.0%
- The Slow Lane Use the Slow Field power-up for over 10 minutes total. 2.0%
- Big Game Hunter Get the "Big Game Hunter" award in 10 matches. 2.0%
- Like the Back of My Hand Collect every power up on every map. 1.8%
- Online Champion Win 500 online matches. 1.8%
- Around the World Win a multiplayer match on every map. 1.8%
- Get a Life Get 200 kills in multiplayer on 50 different days. 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.