DEFCON
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 3h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 12% 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 4,418 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 0.8h 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 (11.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (22)
story milestone ending side
- Merry Christmas Nuke Santa and thereby end Christmas for everyone, for ever more 100%
- Nice try Sink an entire enemy fleet of six subs, before they can launch a single nuke 88%
- Had enough yet? Nuke a city with a population already reduced to 0.0M 71%
- Victory Win a game online 59%
- Hit and run Launch all nukes from a fleet of six subs and escape without losing a single sub in the process 55%
- Explore Russia Nuke Moscow and Leningrad in a single match 47%
- Explore North America Nuke Washington DC, New York and San Francisco in a single match 32%
- Explore Africa Nuke Cairo and Kinchasa in a single match 32%
- Explore Asia Nuke Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong in a single match 30%
- Explore Europe Nuke London, Rome and Berlin in a single match 24%
- Explore South America Nuke Mexico, Sao Paolo and Lima in a single match 23%
- Recon expert Uncover all ground bases belonging to a single enemy team before Defcon 1 22%
- Lone warrior Win a 6 player game online without ever being in an alliance 13%
- Diplomat Win an online game of Diplomacy 12%
- Brave sacrifice Lose 500 pilots due to running out of fuel 12%
- Survivor Win an online game of Survivor with at least 90% of your population still alive 11%
- Perfectly timed betrayal Defect from an ally, then land a nuke on one of their cities within 10 seconds 10%
- Wasteful Destroy a total of 50 enemy ships with Nukes 10%
- Reserves Win an online game with at least half your nukes still remaining 8.5%
- Backstabber Call a vote and convince your allies to kick a team member, a total of 10 times 8.5%
- Pre-emptive striker Destroy a total of 50 enemy silos before they can launch any Nukes 8.5%
- Kill The World Nuke 7 billion civilians 8.5%