Insect Swarm
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's 1 in 7 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 45% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Swarm Lord Pesterer VII” (Kill the 7th Swarm Lord) and “Swarm Lord Pesterer VIII” (Kill the final Swarm Lord): from 55% to 45% of starters.
- Only 43% 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 2,724 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6h for positive, 4.9h 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 (43.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer I Kill the 1st Swarm Lord 93% −7
- Swarm Lord Pesterer II Kill the 2nd Swarm Lord 84% −9
- Swarm Lord Pesterer III Kill the 3rd Swarm Lord 77% −7
- Swarm Lord Pesterer IV Kill the 4th Swarm Lord 70% −7
- Swarm Lord Pesterer V Kill the 5th Swarm Lord 67% −3
- Swarm Lord Pesterer VI Kill the 6th Swarm Lord 59% −9
- Swarm Lord Pesterer VII Kill the 7th Swarm Lord 55% −4
- Swarm Lord Pesterer VIII Kill the final Swarm Lord Most players quit here 45% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- New Pilot Total level reaches 100 100%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer I Kill the 1st Swarm Lord 93%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer II Kill the 2nd Swarm Lord 84%
- Pesterer Kill 10,000 insects 84%
- Mobile Fotress Unlock all weapons for the aircraft 84%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer III Kill the 3rd Swarm Lord 77%
- Experienced Pilot Total level reaches 1,000 74%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer IV Kill the 4th Swarm Lord 70%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer V Kill the 5th Swarm Lord 67%
- Ultimate Mecha Unlock all weapons for the mecha 61%
- Geared Up! Unlock all weapons 60%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer VI Kill the 6th Swarm Lord 59%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer VII Kill the 7th Swarm Lord 55%
- Pro Pilot Total level reaches 10,000 46%
- Swarm Lord Pesterer VIII Kill the final Swarm Lord 45%
- Armageddon Destroy the planet 45%
- Adept Pesterer Kill 100,000 insects 39%
- Ace Pilot! Total level reaches 100,000 14%
- Master Pesterer Kill 500,000 insects 4.8%
- Who Is the Swarm Lord Now?! Kill 1,000,000 insects 3.0%