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Halo: Spartan Strike
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 72% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 1,718
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 5h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- 72% 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 1,741 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.5h for positive, 3.3h 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 (72.4% 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 (20)
- Experienced Earn your first Gold star 100%
- Welcome to New Mombasa Complete Operation A 52%
- Homing in Complete Operation B 37%
- Ready for Departure Complete Operation C 28%
- I Am Your Shield Keep the Elephant 100% intact in Operation A, Mission 3 23%
- Home Sweet Home Complete Operation D 23%
- Big Spender Spend 10,000 credits on loadout upgrades 14%
- Night Knight Do not allow the Watchers to resurrect any Knights in Operation C, Mission 4 12%
- No Loose Ends Complete Operation E 11%
- Battle Hardened Earn all Gold stars in Operations A through E 9.8%
- Vidmaster Challenge A Complete Operation A, Mission 6 with the Blind and Thunderstorm Skulls active 7.9%
- GEN2 Use every Armor Ability at least once 7.5%
- Not a Scratch Keep the Wraith 100% intact in Operation B, Mission 4 7.2%
- Vidmaster Challenge B Complete Operation B, Mission 6 with the Hollow and Pacifist Skulls active 6.6%
- Vidmaster Challenge D Complete Operation D, Mission 6 with the Famine and Thunderstorm Skulls active 6.4%
- Vidmaster Challenge C Complete Operation C, Mission 6 with the Black Eye and Pacifist Skulls active 6.2%
- Beam Dance Complete Operation D, Mission 5 without getting hit by a Focus Turret 6.1%
- Mine Sweeper Do not get hit by any Proximity Mines in Operation E, Mission 2 5.9%
- Vidmaster Challenge E Complete Operation E, Mission 6 with the Hollow and Black Eye Skulls active 5.8%
- Thorough Complete all Assault Ops for Operations A through E 5.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.