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Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

Q: When does Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 15 (7%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

May 16, 2022 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

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

Started playing 72% of owners

Steam reviews 90% positive of 51,116

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
72% of owners got the first achievement.

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 51,537 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 21.2h for positive, 15.1h 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 (71.9% 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 (63)

story milestone ending side

Hero to Zero Vanquish an opponent using a Potted Plant or Zombot Turret. 100%
My Favourite Z-Mech on the Citadel As a Plant, vanquish the Z7 Imp. 61%
Playdate Visit a friend's Backyard Battleground, or have a friend visit your Backyard Battleground. 54%
Skinchanger In solo ops, swap to another character. 48%
Just Sprouted Complete 'Boom Tombs'. 45%
Behind Enemy Vines Enter the Plant Stats room as a Zombie. 38%
Star Crazy Spend your first star. 36%
On the Cob Complete 'Zero Bark Thirty'. 33%
Mango Tango Complete 'Showdown'. 30%
Yuck! Complete 'Yuck!'. 30%
Gnome Man's Land Enter the Chamber of Gnomes. 29%
Her Majesty Complete 'Well That Escalated Quickly'. 29%
Goat Any Last Words? As a Goat, vanquish a Plant. 26%
This is Craaazy! Enter the Mystery Portal and Complete a Super Mix Event! 25%
King of Winter Defeat Blue Gnome King. 24%
It's My Island Reach the boss wave using the Flag of Power in the Backyard Battleground. 24%
Specialist Promote a character for the first time. 24%
The Boss is Watching Max out your XP Multiplier on the quest board. 23%
Corn Identity Enter the Zombie Stats room as a Plant. 23%
Curseproof Complete 'Captain Smasher's Curse'. 22%
West Indian Lilac Enter Infinity as a Plant. 22%
Aww Shucks! As Kernel Corn, vanquish 25 Zombies with the Shuck Shot. 22%
Warp Tour Complete 'Steve-cation'. 21%
The Bean Situation Complete 'The Bean Situation'. 20%
Got Golden Complete 'Gold Rush'. 20%
It's Not a Door...it's a Portal! Complete 3 Mystery Portal Matches 19%
Who Can You Trust? Vanquish a friend in their Backyard Battleground. 18%
Always IMProvising Apply a weapon skin to a Zombie's weapon. 18%
King of Spring Defeat Green Gnome King. 18%
Catching Waves Complete 100 waves in Ops. 17%
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Collect 25 Rainbow Stars from the Mystery Portal 15%
What a Trip Complete 'Strong Coffee'. 15%
String Theory Enter Infinity as a Zombie. 15%
Insanity Complete an Ops game on CRRRRRAAAZY Difficulty. 13%
What's the Catch? Train with the Mysterious Fish. 12%
Prance vs Samba Gesture immediately after vanquishing a player. 12%
Hawkguy Earn a S-Rank in the Crazy Targets Range. 12%
King of Summer Defeat Yellow Gnome King. 12%
VIPs Only! Play a private match with your own custom rules. 12%
King of Autumn Defeat Red Gnome King. 10%
Not the Boss of Me Defeat 3 Super Boss Waves in Ops. 10%
The Secret of Secrets Discover the Secret Area…What can it be? 9.9%
My Place or Yours Vanquish 25 Plants with the Scurvy Scattershot, and 25 Plants with the Spyglass Shot. 9.5%
Time to Go Outside Promote a single character 5 times. 9.3%
Goatmeal As the Chomper, swallow a Goat. 8.8%
RGBY Vanquish Gnomus, the Gnome King! 8.1%
Gnomore! Find all hidden Garden Gnomes. 7.1%
Simply Super As Super Brainz, vanquish 25 Plants with Heroic Fists, and 25 Plants with the Heroic Beam. 7.0%
Lawn Care Customize your Backyard with an Epic Item. 6.7%
Rinsed 'Em Vanquish 5000 Zombies. 5.4%
More Secrets? New Faces from Craazy Places 5.0%
Gramma Z Says... Vanquish 5000 Plants. 4.5%
You've Goat to Be Kidding Me! As Rose, Goatify 100 Zombies. 2.4%
Stomp the Yard Vanquish 50 Plants with the Z-Mech's Robo Stomp. 1.8%
Really Epic! Complete 10 Epic Quests. 1.7%
Just Peachy! Stun 50 Z-Mechs using Citron's EMPeach. 1.1%
Boss Battle Enter the Mystery Portal and Defeat a Boss Hunt on Normal Difficulty 1.0%
Boss Battle Boss Enter the Mystery Portal and Defeat a Boss Hunt on Craaazy Difficulty 1.0%
Team Player Meet the Contribution Requirement for 3 Community Challenges 1.0%
Boss Battle Specialist Enter the Mystery Portal and Defeat a Boss Hunt on Hard Difficulty 1.0%
Alright Meow Enter the Mystery Portal and Complete a Full Game of Cats vs Dinos as a Cat 1.0%
Open the Door Get on the Floor Enter the Mystery Portal and Complete a Full Game of Cats vs Dinos as a Dino 1.0%
Together we Win Open 5 Community Challenge Reward Chests. 1.0%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.