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Jagged Alliance Flashback
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 45% of owners
Steam reviews 47% positive of 777
What the data shows
- 30% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 5+ hours (30%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- Only 44% 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 784 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 25h for positive, 3.4h 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 (44.5% 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 (24)
- First Strike Complete the first mission 100%
- Killer Kill 25 enemies 100%
- Side Dish Complete a side mission 94%
- Side Chef Complete all side missions 89%
- Spicy Affair Complete the Spice questline 85%
- Medic Use 5 bandages 83%
- Hireling Hire 5 Mercenaries 75%
- Who Called The Doctor? Heal 5 mercenaries in doctor mode 74%
- Baby Boot Camp Train 5 militia squads 72%
- Cold-Blooded Killer Kill 100 Enemies 60%
- Big Boy Boot Camp Train 25 militia squads 52%
- Money Man Hire 15 Mercenaries 50%
- Mercenary Tryouts Train 75 militia squads 38%
- What's Up Doc? Heal 50 mercenaries in doctor mode 32%
- Healer Use 25 bandages 29%
- The Reaper Kill 500 enemies 29%
- Big Boss Hire 50 Mercenaries 27%
- What, Who, Where? Find a way to Angetta 22%
- Dead Prince of San Hermanos Kill the prince and complete the game 20%
- Boom!!! Destroy 10 environment pieces 19%
- This Is My House Heal 100 mercenaries in doctor mode 19%
- Medicine Man Use 50 bandages 14%
- Demo Guy Destroy 50 environment pieces 4.7%
- Demolition Man Destroy 100 environment pieces 3.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.