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Alien Breed 3: Descent
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 22% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 627
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 22% 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.
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Based on all 622 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.6h for positive, 2.4h 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 (21.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (13)
- Time to Party Complete 3 Co-op Assault multiplayer games 100%
- Exterminator Kill 1000 aliens in single player 100%
- Battle-hardened Complete all single player levels 1-5 85%
- The Informed Collect all the logs throughout the game 65%
- Immobilised Stun 10 aliens with one Stun Grenade 51%
- Frag-master Kill 10 aliens with one Frag Grenade 45%
- Tank Take 500 damage on 'Determination' single player mission without dying 38%
- Seasoned Squaddie Complete any multiplayer level 33%
- Elite Unit Complete all single player levels 1-5 on Elite difficulty 33%
- Hidden Treasure Find all secret collectibles 30%
- Survivor Stay alive for 8 minutes on any single player Survivor level 29%
- Meat Grinder Kill 250 aliens on any multiplayer Survivor level 27%
- More Speed, Less Haste Complete 'Vengeance' single player level on Veteran difficulty in 17 minutes or less 27%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.