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Infested Planet
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 24% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 3,051
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- 83% 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 3,074 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 12.9h for positive, 3.7h 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 (83.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Opening Gambits Finish the Opening Gambits mission. 100%
- Warpath Finish the Warpath mission. 98% −2
- Arsenal Finish the Arsenal mission. 92% −5
- Foundations Finish the Foundations mission. 88% −4
- Blitzkrieg Finish the Blitzkrieg mission. 83% −5
- Crow's Neck Finish the Crow's Neck mission. 79% −4
- Science Station Finish the Science Station mission. 72% −7
- Contact Finish the Contact mission. 65% −6
- Night and Day Finish the Night and Day mission. Most players quit here 57% −8
- Preparations Finish the Preparations mission. 50% −7
- The Return Finish the The Return mission. 46% −5
- Memento Mori Finish the Memento Mori mission. 41% −5
- Anabasis Finish the Anabasis mission. 38% −3
- Tension Finish the Tension mission. 33% −4
- Periapsis Finish the Periapsis mission. 31% −2
- Endgame Finish the Endgame mission and the campaign. 24% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Opening Gambits Finish the Opening Gambits mission. 100%
- Warpath Finish the Warpath mission. 98%
- Arsenal Finish the Arsenal mission. 92%
- Foundations Finish the Foundations mission. 88%
- Blitzkrieg Finish the Blitzkrieg mission. 83%
- Crow's Neck Finish the Crow's Neck mission. 79%
- Science Station Finish the Science Station mission. 72%
- Contact Finish the Contact mission. 65%
- Sudden Strike Kill all hives in the Sudden Strike mission. 65%
- Night and Day Finish the Night and Day mission. 57%
- Preparations Finish the Preparations mission. 50%
- The Return Finish the The Return mission. 46%
- Memento Mori Finish the Memento Mori mission. 41%
- Anabasis Finish the Anabasis mission. 38%
- Tension Finish the Tension mission. 33%
- Periapsis Finish the Periapsis mission. 31%
- Expert Win a capture map at Ruins difficulty. 28%
- Clone Killer Finish a random capture mission with the Clone Strike mutation. 27%
- Broken Arrow Finish a random capture mission with the Sharp Spikes mutation. 27%
- Armed To The Teeth Unlock all weapons, tech and buildings in the campaign. 27%
- Bunker Benefactor Finish Periapsis without losing a bunker. 27%
- Thou Shalt Not Pass Finish Memento Mori while holding more than 1 point. 26%
- Endgame Finish the Endgame mission and the campaign. 24%
- General Stonewall Finish Night and Day without losing a point 24%
- Early Dawn Finish Night and Day in 11 minutes or faster. 21%
- Champion Courier Finish Preparations within 10 minutes. 21%
- Hive-B-Gone Finish a random capture mission with the Burrowing Hive mutation. 21%
- Master Win a capture map at Abyss difficulty. 20%
- Raider Kill all hives on a raid map at Ruins difficulty. 18%
- Tinkerer Start a skirmish custom map. 16%
- Guard Slayer Finish a random capture mission with the Guardians mutation. 13%
- Grand Master Win a capture map at Terminus difficulty. 13%
- Raider Captain Kill all hives on a raid map at Abyss difficulty. 12%
- Raider King Kill all hives on a raid map at Terminus difficulty. 9.8%
- Back From The Dead Undo 10 mutations at once during the Endgame mission. 5.6%
- Get Your Own Finish Tension without losing a crate to the aliens. 4.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.