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Metro 2033 Redux
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 47% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 143,299
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 7h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 47% 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 144,201 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 203 reviews: 9.8h for positive, 11.2h 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 (47.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- Tank Kill 10 Enemies in a row without taking any damage. 100%
- Demolitionist Blow up the tunnel and airlock at CURSED STATION. 99%
- Warrior Kill 100 Human Enemies. 92%
- Sniper Kill 30 human enemies with headshots. 89%
- Nosalis hunter Kill 100 nosalises. 85%
- Watchman hunter Kill 50 Watchmen. 81%
- Trigger Happy Kill 100 enemies with assault rifles. 79%
- Hunter Kill 200 Mutants. 78%
- Gunman Kill 100 enemies with shotguns. 77%
- Who goes there? Wipe your Gas Mask 20 times. 69%
- Fire in the hole Kill 20 lurkers. 69%
- If it's hostile, you kill it. Become a true ranger. 68%
- Rescue Ranger Save a group of Reds from Fascist captivity. 61%
- Tonic Man Use a Medkit 75 times. 59%
- Inquisitor Kill 2 demons. 57%
- Heavy Reader Kill a librarian. 53%
- Survivor 2033 Complete the game in Survival Mode. 49%
- Pathoanatomist Kill 5 amoebas. 43%
- Snake Stealthily kill 15 Enemies. 41%
- DJ Artyom On the level OUTPOST reach the radio tower and broadcast the commander's message. 40%
- Marksman Kill 15 human enemies with Headshots from at least 30 meters' distance. 38%
- Pyro Kill 30 enemies with a flamethrower. 36%
- Spartan 2033 Complete the game in Spartan Mode. 34%
- Soft Touch Disarm 15 wire traps. 32%
- Generous Help the poor, a coin for the kid, medicine for the sick. You help everyone you see. 29%
- Raider On the level DEPOT silently kill the first guard and break into the Fascist station unnoticed. 29%
- Scrooge Save 1000 military-grade rounds. 28%
- Spider hunter Kill 10 Spiders. 21%
- Stunning Knock 30 human enemies out in close combat. 18%
- Cowboy Kill 100 enemies using revolvers. 18%
- Enlightened Find the truth. 17%
- Ninja Kill 30 enemies with throwing knives. 15%
- Air Bender Kill 50 humans with pneumatic weapons. 14%
- Manhattan Project Spend 60 seconds in a Radiation Hotspot. 13%
- Thief Open 15 locked safe boxes. 13%
- Quick Draw On the level HUNTER kill the nosalises before they break through the ventilation grilles. 13%
- Shocking Get 30 kills with Hellbreath. 13%
- Toast! Drink at every occasion. 12%
- Invisible man Complete FRONTLINE level without killing anyone. 11%
- Slice & Dice Kill 30 human enemies in close combat. 11%
- Metro Trader Make 30 deals in weapon shops. 11%
- Ka-Boom! Explode 30 enemies. 10%
- Merciful Complete the level BLACK STATION without killing or knocking out any enemies. 8.9%
- Hedge-hopper On the level FRONTLINE kill all of the enemy Red Army and Fascist Soldiers. 8.3%
- Ranger Find all Ranger stashes in Dead City. 8.3%
- Blogger Complete all 51 of Artyom's hidden Diary pages. 8.1%
- Fire! Kill 30 enemies with flame grenades. 7.8%
- Weaponsmith Kill at least one enemy with each weapon available in the game 7.0%
- Wheeler-Dealer Exchange 500 Military-Grade 5.45 rounds at Exchange kiosks. 7.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.