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BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 11% of players who started
Started playing 32% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 3,298
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 3h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- 11% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Rambo” (Complete all the levels in Day I): only 28% of starters get there.
- Only 32% 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 3,331 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 3.7h for positive, 5.3h 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 (31.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Rambo Complete all the levels in Day I Most players quit here 28% −72
- Red Eye Complete all the levels in Day II 14% −14
- Dream Come True Complete all the levels in Daydream 14%
- Doomed Complete all the levels in Doomsday 11% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (78)
story milestone ending side
- Badlander Complete all the dawn levels in Day I 100%
- Forced Sacrifices Lose 100 clones to circular saws 80%
- Not Forever Alone Play multiplayer 76%
- Deminer Explode 100 mines in total 73%
- Happy Accidents Lose 100 clones by squashing 69%
- Terminator Lose 250 clones to circular saws 65%
- Survivor Complete all the noon levels in Day I 55%
- Benefactor Save 100 clones in total 54%
- Besserwisser Miss 20 clone powerups while some player is dead in coop 44%
- Friendly Fire Lose 500 clones in coop 41%
- Joint Pain Lose 1000 clones in coop 38%
- Ultimate Survivor Complete all the dusk levels in Day I 37%
- Dexter Lose 250 clones by squashing 36%
- Minimum Objective Save 200 clones in total 34%
- Rambo Complete all the levels in Day I 28%
- Overdoer Save 300 clones in total 23%
- Voyager Complete all the dawn levels in Day II 20%
- First Date Complete Day I in coop 19%
- Clone Lover Save 400 clones in total 18%
- Globetrotter Complete all the noon levels in Day II 17%
- Good Start Complete 30 missions in total 16%
- Semi Explorer Complete all the dusk levels in Day II 15%
- Executor Save 500 clones in total 15%
- Red Eye Complete all the levels in Day II 14%
- Dream Come True Complete all the levels in Daydream 14%
- Contributor Save 600 clones in total 13%
- Fourth Date Complete Daydream in coop 12%
- Total Dedication Play 10 hours in total 11%
- Conqueror Save 700 clones in total 11%
- Second Date Complete Day II in coop 11%
- Doomed Complete all the levels in Doomsday 11%
- True Multiplayer Play 100 multiplayer rounds in total 11%
- Shepherd Save 800 clones in total 10%
- Getting There Complete 60 missions in total 10%
- Antistop Do not stop time in the level Flipping 10%
- Disproportional Save over 20 more clones than your friend in coop 9.8%
- Surgeon Complete 40 levels with one try 9.8%
- Warrior Save 900 clones in total 9.8%
- Third Date Complete Doomsday in coop 9.8%
- Traveller Play 10 levels in the Level World 9.8%
- Multitasker Press two buttons inb the level Hypersonic in coop 9.8%
- Millennium Save 1000 clones in total 9.5%
- Joint Task Force Save 500 clones in total in coop 9.5%
- Missionary Complete 120 missions in total 9.1%
- Small City Save 1250 clones in total 9.1%
- Hypercloner Save 1500 clones in total 9.1%
- True Devotion Complete 90 missions in total 9.1%
- Hyperspeed Complete Blockworks with all fast forward powerups 9.1%
- Call Me Morpheus Complete all Daydream levels with one try 9.1%
- Master Of Darkness Explode the hidden mine in the level Switch 9.1%
- Joint Venture Save 1000 clones in total in coop 8.8%
- Symbiosis Complete 120 missions in coop 8.8%
- Oologist Complete 150 missions in total 8.8%
- Getting Greedy? Save 1750 clones in total 8.8%
- Radicalist Complete 180 missions in total 8.8%
- Superstar Save 2000 clones in total 8.8%
- Road Trip Save 2000 clones in total in coop 8.8%
- Tapping Genius Complete 210 missions in total 8.8%
- Solver Complete 240 missions in total 8.8%
- Friends With Benefits Complete 240 missions in coop 8.8%
- Highlander Save 2500 clones in total 8.8%
- The Boss Complete 270 missions in total 8.8%
- More Than Friends Complete 270 missions in coop 8.8%
- Three Kilos Of Clones Save 3000 clones in total 8.8%
- We Are The Saviours Save 3000 clones in total in coop 8.8%
- Mission Possible Complete 300 missions in total 8.8%
- League Of Clones Complete 300 missions in coop 8.8%
- New Thumb Please! Complete 80 levels with one try 8.8%
- Mine Solver Explode the hidden mine in the level buttons 8.8%
- Legacy No one dies in level Clonetron in coop 8.8%
- IDDQD Complete all Doomsday levels with one try 8.8%
- Twins Save two clones in the level Final Frontier 8.8%
- God Status Complete the level Flaw with the chained character 8.8%
- Big Night For Us Miss all decrease size powerups in th elevel Clonefest in coop without dying 8.8%
- Unity No one dies and no clone powerups collected in level High Speed 8.8%
- Double Trouble Save two clones in the level Oblivion 8.8%
- Quality Time Spend over 15 minutes in the level Verticality in coop 8.8%
- Unfasten Do not stop time in the level Flipping 8.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.