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ShellShock Live
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 35,632
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 76% 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 35,755 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 32.9h for positive, 14.4h 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 (76.5% 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 (63)
story milestone ending side
- Player Play 5 rounds 100%
- XP Grabber Earn 1,000 XP 91%
- Two Birds Hit two enemies in one shot 87%
- Big Winner Win 5 rounds 79%
- Committed Play 20 rounds 71%
- Twenty Birds Hit two enemies in one shot 10 times 63%
- Bouncy Land 5 Bumper Skill Shots 57%
- Double Damage Land 5 Buff Skill Shots 55%
- Following Orders Complete 15 missions 54%
- Dimensional Land 5 Portal Skill Shots 49%
- Triple Threat Hit three enemies in one shot 49%
- Great Success Win 20 rounds 46%
- Max Efficiency Hit three enemies in one shot 10 times 44%
- Two Hundred Birds Hit two enemies in one shot 100 times 41%
- Ouch! Deal 200+ damage in one shot 39%
- Deathmatch Veteran Win 25 Deathmatch rounds 37%
- XP Acculumator Earn 10,000 XP 35%
- Serial Killer Destroy 50 enemy tanks 34%
- Dedicated Play 100 rounds 31%
- Yowzers! Deal 300+ damage in one shot 28%
- Ricochet Land 25 Bumper Skill Shots 27%
- Scavenger Pick up 50 crates 25%
- Filthy Rich Save up 250 Gears 24%
- Opportunist Land 25 Buff Skill Shots 21%
- Call the Shots Complete 45 missions 21%
- Perseverance Attempt missions 100 times 20%
- The Cake is a Lie Land 25 Portal Skill Shots 16%
- Victor Win 100 rounds 15%
- Weekday Warrior Complete and claim 5 daily challenges 12%
- Duty Calls Complete 75 missions 12%
- Dev Destroyer Beat the dev (kChamp) OR beat a lv.100 who has the achievement 11%
- Mass Murderer Destroy 200 enemy tanks 11%
- Master of Geometry Land 100 Bumper Skill Shots 9.5%
- Around the World Land a shot that hits both side bumpers 9.5%
- Bullseye Survive 25 shots in Marksman 8.0%
- Devoted Play 500 rounds 6.1%
- Mr. X2 Land 100 Buff Skill Shots 5.5%
- King of the Loot Pick up 250 crates 5.2%
- Beast Win an 8 player round as the Juggernaut 5.0%
- XP Collector Earn 100,000 XP 3.7%
- Rolling In It Save up 1,000 Gears 3.1%
- Space-Time God Land 100 Portal Skill Shots 3.0%
- Triple Play Land a shot that hits a bumper, a portal, and an X2 2.6%
- Juggernaut Veteran Win 25 Juggernaut rounds 2.4%
- Triumph Win 500 rounds 2.2%
- Rebound Veteran Win 25 Rebound rounds 2.1%
- Daily Dominator Complete and claim 50 daily challenges 2.0%
- Autonomous Combat Destroy 5 tanks with a drone 1.6%
- Tank Genocide Destroy 1,000 enemy tanks 1.2%
- Hit Man Assassinate 50 enemy tanks 1.0%
- Marksman Veteran Win 25 Marksman rounds 1.0%
- Points Veteran Win 25 Points rounds 1.0%
- Ultimate Player Play 2,000 rounds 0.8%
- Scrooge McTank Save up 2,500 Gears 0.8%
- Assassin Veteran Win 25 Assassin rounds 0.8%
- Bracketeer Win a 16 player tournament 0.8%
- Follow the Creed Assassinate 250 enemy tanks 0.4%
- Charge Veteran Win 25 Charge rounds 0.4%
- Shoccer Veteran Win 25 Shoccer rounds 0.4%
- Medic Heal allies 25 times 0.3%
- Doggone-It Unlock 5 Daily Dogtags 0.3%
- Ultimate Champion Win 2,000 rounds 0.1%
- XP Hoarder Earn 1,000,000 XP 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.