Swarm Grinder

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 1,243 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 8.3h for positive, 5.6h 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 (82.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (31)

• A Warm Welcome Survive for 10 minutes. 100%
• Hive Hunter Kill 2,000 enemies in one run. 94%
• Devotion Take a Special Upgrade. 92%
• This One Works Win the game. 79%
• New Recruit Kill total of 10.000 enemies. 58%
• Bullet Heaven Win the game by using only Rapid Fire skills as Active skills. 54%
• Pesticide Kill 5,000 enemies in one run. 51%
• Treasure Hunter Win the game after collecting over 100 Bio Shards in a single run. 43%
• Polygamy Take 3 Special Upgrades in a run. 41%
• Critical Roll Deal more than 500 damage to an enemy in one hit. 39%
• Fast Feet Win the game in under 15 minutes. 39%
• Mass Destruction Win the game by only taking Blade skills as Active skills. 36%
• Camper Survive for 25 minutes. 35%
• Tamed Sector Complete the Plateu map with Evolution 2. 33%
• Doom from Heaven Deal the final blow to a boss by landing a Drilling Station on it. 30%
• Mercenary Kill total of 50.000 enemies. 30%
• Fireworks Activate 50 explosions in under 3 seconds. 27%
• Lone Wolf Win the game without distributing any points to Workshop upgrades. 24%
• Stomper Kill 200 enemies with Drilling Station in one run. 22%
• All for One Win the game with only one Active skill. 22%
• More Than Just Walls Complete the Cave map with Evolution 2. 21%
• The Colonizer Win the game 10 times. 18%
• Blood, Sweat and Missiles Win the game with only Launcher skills as active skills. 16%
• Highway to Hell Lose the game in under 7 seconds. 12%
• Valiant Glory Win the game with the "Evolution 5" difficulty is on. 11%
• Devil's Eye Deal more than 2000 damage to an enemy in one hit. 10%
• Veteran Survive for 35 minutes. 9.9%
• Inefficient Win the game with 5 Active skills. 7.0%
• Deep Dive Win the game in under 8 minutes. 6.5%
• The Grinder Win the game 25 times. 5.7%
• Ace Pilot Win the game at a level above "Evolution 3" without distributing any points towards Workshop upgrades. 2.9%