ActionRPGSimulation
State of Decay
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 19% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 17,465
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 19% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Holy Rolling” and “It Was Just a Police Action” (Find out what the Army was up to): from 85% to 27% of starters.
- 91% 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 17,519 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 36.3h for positive, 14.1h 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 (91.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Cannibal Family Picnic Get to the Mt. Tanner Ranger Station. 100%
- Holy Rolling Escape Mt. Tanner and find the survivors at the church. 85% −15
- It Was Just a Police Action Find out what the Army was up to. Most players quit here 27% −58
- Arrested Developments See things through at the courthouse. 25% −2
- Survivor Escape Trumbull County. 19% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Cannibal Family Picnic Get to the Mt. Tanner Ranger Station. 100%
- I Can See My House From Here Complete a survey activity. 93%
- Holy Rolling Escape Mt. Tanner and find the survivors at the church. 85%
- Gotta Enjoy the Little Things Use a car door to kill a zombie. 75%
- Home Improvement Build a facility. 68%
- Come and Knock On Our Door Convince another enclave to join your community. 66%
- Watch the Birdie! Distract zombies to complete an objective. 62%
- Torn Apart Get killed by zombies. 53%
- Horde Hoard Destroy 10 hordes in one day. 50%
- Vehicular Zombicide Run over 250 zombies. 49%
- Get Yo' Freak On Kill one of each freak zombie type. 46%
- Movin' On Up! Relocate your home base. 41%
- Badass Complete 50 missions or activities with the same character. 37%
- Pest Control Destroy 5 infestations in one day. 31%
- Trust Me, I'm an Expert Earn a skill specialization for one of your community members. 30%
- Everywhere You Look Get 15 people in your community. 29%
- Mercy Shot Kill a member of your community to prevent them from turning. 28%
- It Was Just a Police Action Find out what the Army was up to. 27%
- Arrested Developments See things through at the courthouse. 25%
- Home on the Grange Play matchmaker for Quentin and Becca. 24%
- I'll Be There For You Earn 500 Fame. 24%
- The Bruce Kill 3 zombies with an exploding propane tank. 21%
- Survivor Escape Trumbull County. 19%
- Gun Thugs Help the Wilkersons resolve their differences. 18%
- Manifest Destiny Build 8 outposts. 18%
- Get Outta My Dreams Kill one of each freak zombie type with your car. 18%
- Rule #1 Max out a community member's Cardio skill. 17%
- Flugtag Send an energy drink flying. 7.6%
- Land Usage Build one of every type of facility. 7.0%
- The Dead Man Kill 5 Bloaters (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher). 6.0%
- Rucks in Trucks Deliver 6 rucksacks to your base in the back of a single vehicle. 5.8%
- Double Dead Perform a hand to hand double kill special attack. 5.4%
- Ya Always Were An A-Hole Gorman Sacrifice your life in a blaze of glory. 4.9%
- The Judge Perform 50 Zombie Executions (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher). 4.6%
- The Sacrifice Go Out in a Blaze of Glory (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher). 4.2%
- Freak Hunt Complete all Sasquatch hunting missions. 3.8%
- The Survivor Collect 150 Resources (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher). 3.6%
- The Scientist Reach Breakdown Level 6. 2.8%
- War Never Changes Survive detonating a nuclear device in Danforth. 2.8%
- The Mercenary Destroy 5 Juggernauts (Breakdown Level 5 or Higher). 2.7%
- Under Siege Survive 10 sieges on your base in a single playthrough. 2.6%
- Last Voice of Danforth Escape Danforth with Vienna Cho in your community. 2.6%
- The Ninja Execute 50 Stealth Kills (Breakdown Level 5 or Higher). 2.3%
- The Rescuer Unlock All Heroes. 2.2%
- Maverick Survive 2 minutes within a Danger Zone. 2.0%
- Wired for War Kill 100 zombies with Drone Strikes. 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.