Serious Sam II
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (15%); after 5h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Simba Defender” (Complete M'Digbo Episode): only 40% of starters get there.
- Only 9% 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 14,465 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 8.7h for positive, 5.9h 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 (8.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Simba Defender Complete M'Digbo Episode Most players quit here 40% −60
- Zixie Savior Complete Magnor Episode 28% −12
- Chi Fang Champion Complete ChiFang Episode 26% −2
- Dances with Kleer Complete Kleer Episode 23% −2
- Elvian Defender Complete Ellenier Episode 20% −3
- Hugo Annihilator Complete Kronor Episode 17% −2
- Mental Kicker Complete Sirius Episode 15% −2
- Totally Serious Complete Game on ANY Difficulty 13% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Serious Beginner Complete Jungle Level 100%
- Powered Up Use Powerups for more than 20 Minutes 52%
- Simba Defender Complete M'Digbo Episode 40%
- Sherlock Find all secrets on one level 36%
- He Sure Had Me Fooled! Get fooled 35%
- My Old Love Find the secret Rocket Launcher in Jungle 34%
- How Unfortunate How Unfortunate 30%
- Zixie Savior Complete Magnor Episode 28%
- Chi Fang Champion Complete ChiFang Episode 26%
- A Helping Hand Throw 200 hand grenades 26%
- Don't Feed The Monkey!!! Feed the monkey 24%
- Dances with Kleer Complete Kleer Episode 23%
- Elvian Defender Complete Ellenier Episode 20%
- Hugo Annihilator Complete Kronor Episode 17%
- Bird Lover Send 100 Klodovics flying 17%
- Atomic Firecracker Use Serious Bomb 10 times 17%
- Fun And Games Find the secret teleporter in Floaterra 16%
- Mental Kicker Complete Sirius Episode 15%
- Totally Serious Complete Game on ANY Difficulty 13%
- Extra Life! Get 20 extra lives on one level 13%
- Someone Pick Up The Phone... ...because I called it! 12%
- Cannon Expert Kill 300 enemies with the Cannon 11%
- Double Trouble Complete a level on SERIOUS Difficulty with 2X Enemy Multiplier or higher 9.3%
- Look, It's A Secret Find at least 60 secrets 9.3%
- Football Glory Find all football-related secrets 7.0%
- Mental Institution Master Complete Mental Institution on SERIOUS difficulty without using dual weapons, sprinting and rocket jumping 7.0%
- Serious Run Complete all of the levels, beating estimated time on each level 7.0%
- Serious Master Complete Game on SERIOUS Difficulty 5.8%
- Punk Rocker Complete Game on ANY Difficulty with 2X Enemy Multiplier or higher 4.7%
- Sam I Am! Kill 20000 Enemies 4.7%