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SteamWorld Heist
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 21% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 6,257
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 10h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Drop the Chop” (Defeat the Scrapper Boss): only 41% of starters get there.
- 83% of owners got the first achievement.
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 6,286 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 15h for positive, 6.9h 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 (82.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Drop the Chop Defeat the Scrapper Boss. Most players quit here 41% −59
- Down with the Queen Defeat the Royalist Boss. 28% −13
- Savior of the Universe Defeat the Vectron Boss. 21% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- Tutorial Grind Complete the tutorial. 100%
- Hat-off, Hat-on Pick up a hat after yours has been shot off. 77%
- Well Hatted Collect 15 hats. 46%
- Bullet Bouncer Kill 20 enemies by bouncing bullets, one count per attack. 42%
- Drop the Chop Defeat the Scrapper Boss. 41%
- Top of the Heap Get 45 reputation in The Outskirts. 29%
- Down with the Queen Defeat the Royalist Boss. 28%
- Full House Recruit all available crew mates. (DLC not included) 26%
- Oh Captain! My Captain! Use Area Heal on crew mates other than Piper 10 times. 26%
- It’s over 9...! Reach level 10 with one character. (DLC not included) 23%
- Crème de la Crème Get 38 reputation in The Core. 21%
- In a military style Hat combo - We want YOU. 21%
- Savior of the Universe Defeat the Vectron Boss. 21%
- Easy Like Sunday Morning Complete the game in Casual mode. 21%
- Headgear-hunter Shoot off and pick up a rare hat. 20%
- Mad as a Hatter Collect 30 hats. 19%
- Brass Effect Use Payback and Double Shot to kill the foe who triggered Payback. 18%
- Ordinary World Complete the game in Regular mode. 17%
- The Outsider Recruit Fen. 15%
- Deep Space Superstar Get 40 reputation in Deep Space. 14%
- Are You Experienced? Complete the game in Experienced mode. 12%
- Just Like Back At The Farm During one turn, use Sally's Mad Dog ability to kill 5 enemies. 10%
- Mayhem With one attack: Deal at least 40 damage to enemies. 9.9%
- Well worth it Defeat Jester. 8.7%
- Backscratcher Use the Flanker ability to kill 50 enemies. 6.8%
- Gosh, it’s full of stars! Get max reputation on all missions in The Outsider DLC. 6.7%
- Hat-Trick Shoot off 3 hats with one attack. 5.4%
- Stunning Stun 25 enemies. 5.3%
- Mr Pierce Pierce Bang Bang Damage 5 enemies with the same shot using Valentine’s Piercing Shot ability. 4.7%
- Shut Out The Light Complete the game in Veteran mode. 3.9%
- Thunderstruck Use Fen's Lightning Coil ability to kill 4 enemies with one shot. 3.7%
- Too Cool For School Skip the tutorial. 3.7%
- Hats, hats, hats! Collect 60 hats. 3.3%
- Madly Maxed Reach level 10 with all characters. (DLC not included) 3.1%
- Cog save the Queen Hat combo - A royal hat selection indeed. 2.2%
- Nosferatu Use the Vampire ability to restore 10 health during one mission. 2.1%
- You're The Best Around Complete the game in Elite mode. 1.9%
- Big in Japan Hat combo - An influential and creative culture. 1.6%
- No Guts, No Glory Get saved by the Guts ability 3 times during one mission. 1.3%
- Animal Planet Hat combo - Wildlife supporter. 1.3%
- Fields Of Gold Complete the game with an all Gold SteamWorld Ranking on any difficulty. 1.3%
- Fashionista Collect all hats from The Outsider DLC. 1.1%
- Kawaii Hat combo - That's a really cute collection! 1.1%
- (Space) Unicorn Start a mission with Unicorn Slayer and Unicorn mask equipped. 1.1%
- Higher Than The Sun Complete the game with an all Gold SteamWorld Ranking on Elite. 1.0%
- Indie love Hat combo - Friends support friends <3 0.8%
- They shunned Kenny :( Hat combo - Friendly faces everywhere. 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.