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Ace Combat Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 18% of players who started
Started playing 68% of owners
Steam reviews 58% positive of 5,262
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (23%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Fire Hazard”: only 57% of starters get there.
- Only 68% 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 5,290 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.2h for positive, 6.2h 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 (67.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Fire Hazard Removed enemy presence from the oil field and the base. Most players quit here 57% −43
- Life Saver Rescued Major Illich from enemy captivity. 41% −15
- Fearsome Guardian Protected your allies using the gunship, and led a successful attack on the base. 38% −3
- Total Annihilation Disintegrated enemy bombers in mid-air, keeping damage to the city to a minimum. 29% −9
- Steel Hunter Eliminated enemy threat from the Suez Canal. 29% −1
- Defender of World Heritage Prevented enemy from using Trinity to destroy Derbent. 26% −2
- Hot Pit Successfully took off to protect allies amid heavy hostile fire. 25% −2
- One Million Tons of Scrap Metal Sank the enemy fleet and saved the Russian Prime Minister. 23% −1
- Nick of Time Destroyed the ICBMs. 22% −1
- Berserker Destroyed the air defense system, opening the way for allied pilots. 21% −1
- Patriot Protected Moscow from destruction, freeing it from enemy control. 20% −1
- Friendly Fire Alleviated the attack on Miami and helped Guts bail out. 20%
- Category 5 Pursued the enemy and shot down Major Illich. 19% −1
- Guardian Protected Washington D.C. from the threat of Trinity, and returned alive. 18% −1
- Warwolf 1 Cleared all missions. 18%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Critical Hit Took down a hostile fighter with a charged homing missile. 100%
- Bail Out Ejected from a damaged aircraft. 82%
- Guns Guns Guns Destroyed 5 hostile vehicles from the air as the door gunner. 79%
- Gun Master Took out a large number of hostiles as the door gunner. 71%
- Machine Gun Faithful Destroyed an enemy aircraft using only the standard machine gun while piloting an aircraft. 67%
- Fire Hazard Removed enemy presence from the oil field and the base. 57%
- Limbo Flew beneath a falling chimney. 56%
- Shot Master Took down 5 hostiles with a direct shot. 48%
- Eagle Eye Successfully focused on 3 targets. 46%
- Stay On Target Obtained and destroyed 10 enemies in a helicopter. 45%
- Life Saver Rescued Major Illich from enemy captivity. 41%
- Diverse Strikes Defeated hostiles with all 3 of the gunship's weapons. 39%
- Fearsome Guardian Protected your allies using the gunship, and led a successful attack on the base. 38%
- Switch Master Successfully switched from defense to offense 10 times with counter maneuvers. 34%
- Emergency Attempted an emergency landing in a damaged aircraft. 33%
- Successive Kill Took down 3 hostiles in a row with an assault chain. 31%
- Total Annihilation Disintegrated enemy bombers in mid-air, keeping damage to the city to a minimum. 29%
- Steel Hunter Eliminated enemy threat from the Suez Canal. 29%
- Hard Strike Wiped out hostile ground forces with ASM. 28%
- Defender of World Heritage Prevented enemy from using Trinity to destroy Derbent. 26%
- Hot Pit Successfully took off to protect allies amid heavy hostile fire. 25%
- One Million Tons of Scrap Metal Sank the enemy fleet and saved the Russian Prime Minister. 23%
- Nick of Time Destroyed the ICBMs. 22%
- Berserker Destroyed the air defense system, opening the way for allied pilots. 21%
- Patriot Protected Moscow from destruction, freeing it from enemy control. 20%
- Smooth Flight Managed to get Sova 1 to land safely. 20%
- Friendly Fire Alleviated the attack on Miami and helped Guts bail out. 20%
- Category 5 Pursued the enemy and shot down Major Illich. 19%
- Guardian Protected Washington D.C. from the threat of Trinity, and returned alive. 18%
- Warwolf 1 Cleared all missions. 18%
- Pursuit Master Successfully pursued 3 enemies with counter maneuvers. 12%
- Checking In Flew through the big hotel's gates. 5.5%
- Welcome to Mission Co-Op Cleared 1 level in mission co-op. 5.3%
- Calamity Used Trinity to wipe out the enemy (free mission). 5.0%
- Bomber Master Defeated a large number of enemies while flying a bomber. 3.9%
- Aerial Sniper Used DFM to destroy 10 airborne enemies in competitive online. 3.7%
- Speed Demon Destroyed all radar missile defense systems in a short period of time. 3.3%
- Interceptor Used an attack helicopter and destroyed 10 missiles or bombs in competitive online. 2.7%
- Nice Assist Used DFM support or ASM support to join a flight member. 2.5%
- Chain Master Took down 5 hostiles in a row with an assault chain. 2.2%
- Nice Kill Shot down a large number of hostile players in competitive online. 2.2%
- Formation Attack Joined the same DFM with two others and shot down a hostile (mission co-op). 2.2%
- The Collector Piloted all aircraft in the game. 2.2%
- Ground Pounder Used ASM to destroy 30 ground enemies in competitive online. 2.2%
- Nice Save Saved an ally being targeted by hostile players in DFM in competitive online. 2.1%
- Warwolf Squadron Cleared all levels in mission co-op. 2.1%
- All Rounder Obtained all MVPs. 2.1%
- Ace of Aces Obtained an A rank for every mission (free mission). 1.9%
- Veteran Pilot Sortied for 50 hours in competitive online or mission co-op. 1.8%
- World Tour Played on all maps in competitive online. 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.