Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 5h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- Only 53% 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 49,678 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 7.4h for positive, 2.9h 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 (53.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- No Man Left Behind Rescue Woods. Most players quit here 99% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Just Gettin' Started Complete 1 challenge in any level. 100%
- No Man Left Behind Rescue Woods. 99%
- Gathering Storm Investigate the jungle facility. 86%
- Gun Nut Complete a level with customized loadout. 81%
- Shifting Sands Gather intel on Raul Menendez from Mullah Rahmaan. 77%
- Driven by Rage Take down Menendez and his operation. 66%
- Waterlogged Gather information on Raul Menendez' suspected terrorist plot. 62%
- What Happens in Colossus... Find the Karma weapon. 59%
- False Profit Capture Manuel Noriega and bring him to justice. 57%
- Deep Cover Capture Menendez. 55%
- Defender Successfully defend FOB Spectre from incursion. 55%
- Sinking Star Interrogate Menendez. 54%
- Late for the Prom Escort the president to the secure location in downtown LA. 51%
- Death from Above Stop Menendez once and for all. 50%
- Dead or Alive Jailor or executioner. 49%
- Ultimate Sacrifice Only one can survive. 47%
- Dirty Business Listen and think before you shoot. 43%
- Hey Good Looking Plastic surgery avoided. 31%
- Singapore Sling Successfully neutralize the SDC freighter at Keppel Terminal. 23%
- Family Reunion There are two futures. 22%
- Desert Storm Successfully escort the VIPs to safety. 22%
- Art of War Successfully assassinate SDC Chairman Tian Zhao. 19%
- Blind Date Successfully rescue HVI. 14%
- Ship Shape Reinforcements on the way. 14%
- Man of the People Stop the brutality inflicted by the PDF. 13%
- Black Ops II Master Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty. 12%
- Showdown A duel between rivals. 11%
- Ten K Minimum score of 10k in every mission. 10%
- Back in Time Use a future weapon in the past. 9.9%
- Good Karma Crack the celerium worm. 9.0%
- Old Fashioned Complete "Pyrrhic Victory", "Old Wounds", "Time And Fate", and "Suffer With Me" in Veteran. 6.9%
- Futurist Complete all future levels in veteran. 6.4%
- High IQ Collect all intel. 4.1%
- Mission Complete Complete all challenges in a level. 3.9%
- Giant Accomplishment Complete all challenges in Black Ops II. 3.4%