The Chaos Engine

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 460 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 1.2h 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 (64.6% 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 (34)

• First One is the Hardest Kill your first enemy 100%
• Pwned! Reach Game Over with less than 1000 score 35%
• Bullet Dodger Kill 20 enemies in a single run without losing any health 18%
• Cleared The Forest Clear world 1, The Forest. 18%
• Specialist Use 50 Specials from your inventory 8.5%
• Cleared The Workshops Clear world 2, The Workshops 7.4%
• Doc Use a first-aid kit 50 times 6.3%
• Huntsman Kill 500 enemies in a single play through 6.2%
• Supremacy Fully upgrade a single statistic for any character 5.6%
• Learning Curve Die 100 times 4.6%
• Cleared Fortesque Mansion Clear world 3, The Fortesque Mansion 4.5%
• Super Frog Killer Kill 500 Frogs 4.5%
• Root of all Evil Collect 50000 money 4.3%
• Here boy! Use the Distract Monster Special from your inventory 50 times 3.7%
• Death from below Use the Ground Mine Special from your inventory 50 times 3.6%
• BLAST! Use the Dynamite Special from your inventory 50 times 3.6%
• Locksmith Find 28 gold keys in a single run 3.6%
• Perfect Day 24 hours played in total 3.4%
• Chaos Destroy the Chaos Engine 2.9%
• Be Gone! Use the Shotburst Special from your inventory 50 times 2.9%
• BOOM! Use the Bomb Special from your inventory 50 times 2.8%
• No “I” in Team Resurrect 10x dead characters in co-op games 2.8%
• Bonfire Use the Molotov Special from your inventory 50 times 2.5%
• Double Chaos Destroy the Chaos Engine with 2 players alive 2.3%
• Bounty Hunter Collect 10000 money in a single play through 2.3%
• Ultimate Weapon Fully upgrade the Navvie character 2.3%
• Back to the ice age Use the Freeze Monster Special from your inventory 50 times 2.3%
• Hard Nailed Complete the campaign in a single run 2.3%
• Selfish Fully upgrade the Brigand character 2.2%
• Refined Fully upgrade the Gentleman character 2.2%
• Ransacked Fully upgrade the Thug character 2.2%
• Maxed-out Fully upgrade the Mercenary character 2.2%
• Transcendence Fully upgrade the Scientist character 2.2%
• Six Shooter Complete single-player campaign playing as all six characters 1.9%