It came from space and ate our brains

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 524 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 278 reviews: 5h for positive, 2.5h 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 (57.2% 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 (57)

• Brainless Die for the first time 100%
• Got Your Back Kill an enemy close to a player with one health 67%
• Medic! Complete Hospital on any difficulty 57%
• Wipeout Kill 1,000 aliens 56%
• No-Brainer Reach 50x multiplier 54%
• Because 1337 Is Too Mainstream Kill 1338 Pink Crawlers 43%
• Rain Of Bullets Buy all Machine Gun upgrades in one game 38%
• Ignored The Signals Complete City on any difficulty 38%
• Last Man Standing Stay alive while other players are waiting to respawn 37%
• Pistolero Buy all Pistol upgrades in one game 35%
• Facemelter Buy all Plasma Gun upgrades in one game 29%
• Science! Buy all Laser Gun upgrades in one game 27%
• Hold The Line Place 50 Turrets 27%
• In The Spotlights Use Beams 50 times 26%
• Loving My Bubble Use the Shield 50 times 26%
• Hoarder Collect 250 pick-ups 25%
• My Way Or The Highway Complete Highway on any difficulty 25%
• Tread Carefully Place 150 Mines 24%
• Splat! Kill seven aliens at once 23%
• Most Valuable Player Get the highest score in a co-op multiplayer game 23%
• All Together Now Reach 100x multiplier 23%
• Hunting Season Buy all Shotgun upgrades in one game 21%
• Smelled The Fresh Air Complete Countryside on any difficulty 18%
• Taken Complete Crash Site on any difficulty 15%
• In The Navy Complete Navy on any difficulty 14%
• C-c-c-combo! Reach 150x multiplier 13%
• Space Janitor Kill 10,000 aliens 13%
• Had A Blast Buy all Rocket Launcher upgrades in one game 12%
• On Top Of The World Complete Rooftops (Campaign) on any difficulty 11%
• Heavy Metal Complete Industrial on any difficulty 10%
• It Came From Earth... Complete Planet on any difficulty 9.6%
• Home Sweet Home Complete Suburbs on any difficulty 8.7%
• Randomized Shoot 95471 times 7.9%
• Scrapyard Challenged Complete Scrapyard on any difficulty 7.5%
• Lost My Mind Die 123 times 7.2%
• Houston... Complete Launch Pad on any difficulty 7.0%
• Perioperative Mortality Complete Clinic (Campaign) on any difficulty 6.5%
• Unsinkable Complete Ship on any difficulty 6.3%
• They Walked Into My Gun Complete all Survival levels on Easy 5.4%
• Jerrycan Complete all Survival levels on Medium 5.4%
• Not Hogan's Complete Alleys (Campaign) on any difficulty 4.7%
• Unmissable Get the highest score in a co-op multiplayer game ten times 4.5%
• Tunnel Vision Complete Sewers (Campaign) on any difficulty 3.7%
• Saving The Day Revive 50 people using Medkits 3.1%
• Winter Is Coming Complete Riverside (Campaign) on any difficulty 3.0%
• Not Giving In Complete a co-op multiplayer game on Insane without dying 3.0%
• Hardened Complete all Survival levels on Hard 2.8%
• Insane In The Membrain Complete all Survival levels on Insane 2.8%
• Scrooge Collect 25,000,000 coins in total (accumulative) 2.8%
• Total Annihilation Kill 100,000 aliens 2.6%
• Semi-Pro Alienator Complete three co-op multiplayer games on Insane without dying 2.6%
• Brainfest Has Been Cancelled Complete six co-op multiplayer games on Insane without dying 2.6%
• Wave Your Hands In The Air Complete all Campaign levels on Easy 2.4%
• Caved In Complete Cave (Campaign) on any difficulty 2.4%
• Why Would I Ever Stop Doing This? Complete all Campaign levels on Medium 1.7%
• Stop... Hammer Time! Complete all Campaign levels on Hard 1.0%
• Can't Touch This Complete all Campaign levels on Insane 1.0%