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Tower of Guns
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 30% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 1,256
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Only 30% 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 1,269 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 8.3h for positive, 1.5h 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 (29.8% 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 (17)
- Achievement Farming 101 Kill over 350 Mobs in a Single Level 100%
- At Least You'll Get An Achievement For It... Die while a Boss is Exploding 45%
- BlueGrass Is Still the Best Unlock all the Perks 31%
- Start With a Jump... Jump and Remain Airborn for 45 Seconds 27%
- Why would you do such a thing? Stomp a Hugbot to Death 25%
- Don't Worry You Probably Won't Need That.. Pick up 1000 Health Items While at Full Health 23%
- Shops Are For Wimps Accumulate 888 Gold In a Single Run 22%
- You Have Found The Motivator, Right? Find and Level The Motivator Gun to Level 5 20%
- Chose All The Better Guns Unlock all the Guns 20%
- And You Thought Magnetized Loot Was A Good Thing... Complete a Stage without Picking up ANYTHING 19%
- I hope This Won't Break the Game Tilt 10 Times in a Single Stage 16%
- This Was Easier In Earlier Builds Reach Endless Stage 14 16%
- Shouldn't Just Once Be Enough? Kill That Dang Wall of Turrets Three Times 15%
- Generally An Inadvisable Tactic Pick up Four Difficulty++ Badges in a Single Life 13%
- What does "Tog_ImLame" mean? Discover the Secret Code 9.4%
- Yes, Bombots Self-Destructing Counts... Complete a Stage Without Anything but the Boss dying 7.0%
- Choose Your Gun Wisely Complete a Stage After Firing Exactly Fourteen Shots 7.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.