Gear Up
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 5h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 78% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 46% 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 8,340 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 10.2h for positive, 0.7h 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 (45.6% 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 (27)
story milestone ending side
- Double kill 2 kills in a row 100%
- Triple kill 3 kills in a row 78%
- Destroy 25 enemies Destroy 25 enemies 66%
- Quad kill 4 kills in a row 61%
- Destroy 50 enemies Destroy 50 enemies 52%
- Welcome Back Back playing after more than one week of Gear Up absence. 47%
- Destroy 75 enemies Destroy 75 enemies 44%
- Neptune’s disciple Drown in the water at least once. 41%
- Conquest Victorious Win 3 conquest rounds. 40%
- Conquest Domination Win a Conquest round overwhelmingly, with a ratio of 4:1 or higher. 39%
- Destroy 100 enemies Destroy 100 enemies 39%
- Hexa kill 6 kills in a row 37%
- Getting Started Destroy 10 enemies with the default starter cannon. 28%
- Royal Straight Crush Destroy at least seven different opponents in a team game mode. 27%
- Death to the deserter Killed a deserting enemy 24%
- Massive Attack Capture a conquest tower together with 3 or more teammates. 21%
- Deca kill 10 kills in a row 18%
- Solid Teamwork Win a TDM round overwhelmingly, with a ratio of 4:1 or higher. 12%
- Conquest Champion Win 20 conquest rounds. 11%
- TDM Veteran Win 20 team deathmatch rounds. 9.4%
- Tank Recieve 500 damage without being destroyed in a round. 8.8%
- Hungry for Victory Assist in capturing at least 20 conquest towers in a single round. 6.1%
- Destroy 1500 enemies Destroy 1500 enemies 5.7%
- DM Veteran Win 20 deathmatch rounds. 5.7%
- Savior Repair (1250) armor in one round of a team game mode. 3.5%
- Life Saver Repair 20000 armor in lifetime. 3.3%
- Evil saws Destroy 20 enemies with the Grayhound (saws). 3.1%