ActionAdventure
Mad Max
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 32% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 90,909
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 20h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Everything Lost Again” (Complete Act 01) and “Wasteland of Opportunities” (Complete Act 02): from 88% to 53% of starters.
- 87% 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 91,161 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 25.2h for positive, 7.9h 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 (86.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Everything Lost Again Complete Act 01 89% −11
- Wasteland of Opportunities Complete Act 02 Most players quit here 53% −36
- Digging a Deeper Hole Complete Act 03 36% −16
- Power in the Machine Complete Act 04 34% −3
- Downward Spiral Reawakening Complete Act 05 32% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- On the Road to Nowhere Travel 1300 car lengths in a vehicle 100%
- Just Walk Away Travel 650 car lengths on foot 93%
- Fresh Air Drive the Magnum Opus off a Wasteland jump 90%
- Everything Lost Again Complete Act 01 89%
- Golden Boy Reach a new legend rank 75%
- Slight Distraction Complete the Dinki-Di Wasteland Mission 68%
- Wasteland Chef Eat a meal of maggots 67%
- Quench Their Thirst Give water to a wanderer 63%
- The Bigger they are… Take down a Top Dog camp 60%
- Doing Jeet a Big Favor Build two projects in Jeet's Stronghold 59%
- Wasteland of Opportunities Complete Act 02 53%
- Doing Gutgash a Big Favor Build two projects in Gutgash's Stronghold 51%
- The Skilled Driver Complete a Barrel Bash Death Run 49%
- The Saint Complete a Death Run in an Archangel 41%
- Doing Pink Eye a Big Favor Build two projects in Pink Eye's Stronghold 40%
- Jeet Thrives Reduce threat to 0 in the Balefire Flatland region around Jeet's Stronghold 39%
- Digging a Deeper Hole Complete Act 03 36%
- Road Warrior Reach Road Warrior legend rank 34%
- Power in the Machine Complete Act 04 34%
- The Smart Driver Complete a Scatter Death Run 33%
- Start of Something Good Clear all threat in Jeet's territory 33%
- Downward Spiral Reawakening Complete Act 05 32%
- Just Rewards Have 5,000 scrap in your inventory 30%
- Maximum Fully upgrade Max 28%
- Rust is the New Black Collect all body colors 22%
- Scrap Collector Have 10,000 scrap in your inventory 22%
- Daddy Wants a New Grill Collect all hood ornaments 22%
- Stop and Smell the Roses Complete all Wasteland Missions 20%
- Gutgash Thrives Reduce threat to 0 in the Parch Moon region around Gutgash's Stronghold 20%
- Up, Up and Away Fly the balloon at every Vantage Outpost 19%
- Sniper Suppressor Take out all Scrotus snipers 18%
- Pink Eye Thrives Reduce threat to 0 in the Knit Sack region around Pink Eye's Stronghold 18%
- Keep Up the Good Work Clear all threat in Gutgash's territory 17%
- The Quick Driver Complete a Time Bomb Death Run 17%
- Razing Legend Take down all Scrotus camps 17%
- No Brainer Destroy all scarecrows 16%
- Spreading the Word Clear all threat in Pink Eye's territory 16%
- Bomb Specialist Clear all minefields 13%
- Blockhead Own the best V6 and V8 Engines 13%
- The Constructionist Build all projects in all strongholds 13%
- Maximum Air Be airborne in a vehicle for 4 seconds or more and land without dying 11%
- Explosions Are Not Enough Complete all optional objectives in all camps 8.5%
- A Thousand Words Collect all History Relics 6.2%
- Looked Everywhere Loot all Scavenging Locations 5.8%
- Running Wild Complete at least one race at every Death Run Location 5.5%
- The Guardian Successfully complete a Death Run with every Archangel 4.2%
- The Messenger Complete a Death Run in legendary time with every Archangel 4.0%
- The Exiled Defeat an enemy vehicle with every Archangel 3.9%
- Up to the Task Complete all non-repeating challenges 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.