When does HITMAN World of Assassination get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 15h it's 1 in 15 (7%). Fully opens up by hour 15.

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HITMAN World of Assassination

Jan 20, 2022 Steam: Very Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 60% of owners

Steam reviews 87% positive of 70,429

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 15h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
Fully opens up by hour 15.
The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 60% 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 70,868 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 284 reviews: 17h for positive, 8.6h 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 (60.2% 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 (83)

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The Result of Previous Training Complete Freeform Training in the Prologue. 100%
Unseen Assassin Assassinate a Target without getting spotted. 100%
Cleared for Field Duty Complete The Final Test in the Prologue. 96%
Seizing the Opportunity Complete any Mission Story in The Final Test. 92%
When No One Else Dares Complete The Showstopper. 83%
Die By the Sword Complete World of Tomorrow. 73%
Too Big to Fail Complete A Gilded Cage. 62%
Tools of the Trade Assassinate Targets with Ballistic, Accident and Explosion Kills. 61%
Shining Bright Complete Club 27. 56%
A Long Time Coming Complete Situs Inversus. 48%
Guerrilla Warfare Complete Freedom Fighters. 46%
Silent Assassin Complete The Final Test unspotted. Kill only Jasper Knight, ensuring his body is not found. 45%
Infiltrator Complete Nightcall. 41%
Damage Control Complete The Finish Line. 39%
Stylish Assassin Get 10 different Playstyles. 38%
Death From Above Complete On Top Of The World. 37%
Tactical Strike Complete Three-Headed Serpent. 35%
Master of the Household Complete Death In The Family. 33%
Pirate Hunter Complete Chasing a Ghost. 32%
Long Shot Complete Another Life. 32%
Death of the Party Complete Apex Predator. 31%
NEXUS-47 Complete End Of An Era. 29%
The Last Tango Complete The Farewell. 29%
Nightmare Fuel Complete Untouchable. 28%
This is Maintenance Complete The Ark Society. 28%
Bullet Train Take out a guard with a silenced pistol, with a shotgun and with an SMG. 23%
Break the Bank Complete Golden Handshake. 19%
Island and Chill Complete The Last Resort. 17%
Local Knowledge Reach Hawke's Bay Mastery Level 5. 12%
Last Stop Reach Carpathian Mountains Mastery Level 5. 12%
Evil Wine Club Attend the secret Providence meeting. 10%
City of Light Reach Paris Mastery Level 20. 10%
Console Cowboy Use Royce's terminal to fry the core. 9.8%
A New Profile Complete a Featured Contract. 9.6%
Rise Up Complete all Mission Stories in On Top Of The World. 9.0%
Amalfi Pearl Reach Sapienza Mastery Level 20. 8.8%
No Stone Unturned Reveal all undiscovered areas in Dartmoor. 7.6%
Full House Complete all Mission Stories in Death In The Family. 7.1%
Count Down From 47 47 takes another nap. 7.1%
Training Escalated Complete Level 5 of an Escalation Contract set in the ICA Facility. 7.0%
Dune Raider Reveal all undiscovered areas in Dubai. 6.8%
Sayōnara Reach Hokkaido Mastery Level 20. 6.8%
Last Call Become the club owner, and have a sit down with the ICA. 6.3%
Icebreaker Complete all Mission Stories in End Of An Era. 6.3%
Family Feud Help Emma kill Alexa. 6.1%
Miami Wise Reach Miami Mastery Level 20. 6.0%
Ancient Marrakesh Reach Marrakesh Mastery Level 20. 5.8%
One Night in Bangkok Reach Bangkok Mastery Level 20. 5.8%
Rich Harvest Complete all Mission Stories in The Farewell. 5.6%
Perfectionist Complete Suit Only and Silent Assassin Challenges on The Icon, A House Built on Sand or Landslide. 5.6%
Pillar of the Community Reach Whittleton Creek Mastery Level 20. 5.5%
Followed the Trails Reveal all undiscovered areas in Berlin. 5.3%
Mission Complete Reach Colorado Mastery Level 20. 5.3%
Dark Tourist Reach Santa Fortuna Mastery Level 20. 5.0%
Surveillance Master Reveal all undiscovered areas in Chongqing. 4.8%
Keys to the City Reach Mumbai Mastery Level 20. 4.8%
The Great Outdoors Reach Dartmoor Mastery Level 20. 4.7%
Stair Master Reach Dubai Mastery Level 20. 4.5%
Hack the Planet Reach Chongqing Mastery Level 20. 4.5%
Train Surfing Complete all Untouchable Challenges. 4.5%
Top of the Heap Reach New York Mastery Level 20. 4.5%
Shortcut Killer Find and unlock 15 Shortcuts. 4.3%
Treacherous Architecture Kill Ingram with his oil-rig model, push Stuyvesant over a rail, and kill them in the air. 4.3%
Warehouse Veteran Reach Berlin Mastery Level 20. 4.3%
Partied Out Tremain has a rifle accident, Thames is hit by a crane and Montgomery & Banner light up the club. 4.2%
Honorary Member Reach Isle of Sgàil Mastery Level 20. 4.2%
Silent Sniper Complete The Last Yardbird as Silent Assassin. 4.2%
Upstairs, Downstairs Eliminate Alexa in her private room, shoot her from the roof, and put her to rest. 4.0%
Master the Terroir Reveal all undiscovered areas in Mendoza. 4.0%
Null and Void Reach Haven Island Mastery Level 20. 3.8%
Future Shock Kill Hush in his "relaxing chair," electrocute Royce and shoot both with one bullet. 3.7%
Vineyard Virtuoso Reach Mendoza Mastery Level 20. 3.7%
Keep Your Eyes Peeled Make a target slip and fall while evacuating in a skydiving suit. 3.5%
Top of the Class Beat the highest leaderboard score on a Contract. 3.5%
The Creative Assassin Complete the Contract Creation Tutorial. 3.3%
Bird Art Photograph the Yellow Bird. 3.0%
Hawkeye Complete The Pen and the Sword as Silent Assassin. 2.8%
Never Knew What Hit Them Complete Crime and Punishment as Silent Assassin. 2.7%
Ripe for the Picking Eliminate Vidal with the grape crusher, Yates with poisoned Grand Paladin, and both with gas. 2.3%
Seven Figures Get a score above 1,000,000 points on The Pen and the Sword. 2.3%
Pure Poetry Complete all The Pen and the Sword Challenges. 2.3%
In a League of Their Own Get a score above 1,000,000 points on Crime and Punishment. 2.3%
Capital Punishment Complete all Crime and Punishment Challenges. 2.2%

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