Mars: War Logs
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
- At least 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Great Escape” (Finish Chapter 1 at any difficulty level): only 52% of starters get there.
- 75% 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 3,079 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 12.4h for positive, 6.4h 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 (75.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Great Escape Finish Chapter 1 at any difficulty level Most players quit here 52% −48
- Aurora execution Finish Chapter 2 at any difficulty level 30% −22
- Plot smasher Finish Chapter 3 at any difficulty level 25% −5
- Man of Honour Finish the game with Honour Grant at any difficulty level ≥15% −10
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (14)
story milestone ending side
- Upgrade a skill Upgrade a skill 100%
- Recycling Upgrade an object 77%
- Pest Control Kill 15 moles 76%
- The Great Escape Finish Chapter 1 at any difficulty level 52%
- Crowbar Empty 50 containers 34%
- Aurora execution Finish Chapter 2 at any difficulty level 30%
- Mentor Influence Innocence's personality during your conversations 30%
- Plot smasher Finish Chapter 3 at any difficulty level 25%
- Man of Honour Finish the game with Honour Grant at any difficulty level 15%
- Hero of the Resistance Finish the game with the Resistance at any difficulty level 14%
- Specialist Unlock every skill and upgrade in a single skill tree 7.1%
- Hard as nails Finish the game in Difficult mode 4.4%
- Completionist Finish all of the secondary quests in Mars: War Logs 4.4%
- Mutant Finish the game in Extreme mode 2.9%