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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
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
Reach the ending 50% of players who started
Started playing 57% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 18,848
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 5h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Operation Quarterback” (Complete Act 1): only 69% of starters get there.
- Only 57% 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 18,892 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 1.9h 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 (57.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Operation Quarterback Complete Act 1 Most players quit here 69% −31
- Hangman's Knot Kill Major Vladic ("And Justice For All") 60% −9
- Operation Archangel Complete Act 2 56% −4
- Nemesis Kill Maddox once and for all ("No Loose Ends") 50% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Worlds Apart Take a successful shot from a distance of 1 km or greater 100%
- Distance Matters Not Kill 20 enemies from a distance of 600m or greater 99%
- Guardian Angel Rescue the friendly ("From Out Of Nowhere") 97%
- Fisher King Kill 25 enemies using thermal or night vision goggles 81%
- Death's Scythe Take 50 headshots in single player 81%
- Kill With Still Kill 50 enemies while holding your breath 73%
- Operation Quarterback Complete Act 1 69%
- Balls Of Steel Complete any single player mission without using med kits, but taking damage 69%
- Hangman's Knot Kill Major Vladic ("And Justice For All") 60%
- Solid Sandman Kill all enemies in the beach houses without causing an alarm ("Leave No Man Behind") 58%
- Operation Archangel Complete Act 2 56%
- Say Hello To My Little Friend Kill 30 enemies using your sidearm 55%
- World Warrior Participate in any multiplayer match 51%
- Nemesis Kill Maddox once and for all ("No Loose Ends") 50%
- Left No Man Behind Complete the game on Casual 50%
- Psst, Don't Look Behind You Kill 15 enemies with a stealth kill 49%
- Hazardous Materials Kill three or more enemies by shooting a grenade 36%
- Karma Chameleon Retrieve your weapon without being detected ("Burning Bridges") 35%
- Laugh This Off In the final duel with Maddox, kill him with the first shot ("No Loose Ends") 30%
- My Rifle Is My Best Friend Complete the game on Medium 30%
- Bullets Can't Hurt Me Complete any act without using medkits 21%
- I Never Bleed Complete the Campaign using max one medkit per mission 12%
- Nerves Of Steel Achieve 100% accuracy in any single player mission 12%
- Back To School Kill all enemy snipers in Sniper Alley without being hit ("Ghosts of Sarajevo") 11%
- Bloodstreak Kill 25 opponents in multiplayer 11%
- Harvester Of Sorrow Complete the game on Expert 7.5%
- Pure Ownage Kill 50 opponents in multiplayer 7.4%
- Everything But The Kitchen Sink In one multiplayer round kill an opponent with a sniper rifle, sidearm and melee attack 6.8%
- Unhappy Camper Kill 10 opponents in multiplayer using your sidearm 6.8%
- Kill That F**ing Band! Take 25 headshots in multiplayer 6.3%
- U Can't Touch This Win 5 rounds in a row in Team Deathmatch 5.6%
- The Sniper Elite Kill 100 opponents in multiplayer 5.6%
- Wrath Child Win 10 Team Deathmatch rounds 5.4%
- Blood And Tears Take 50 headshots in multiplayer 5.1%
- Poking the Bush Collect all secrets in Act 1 4.7%
- Keepsakes Of War Collect all secrets in Act 2 4.7%
- In Search of Enlightenment Collect all secrets in Act 3 4.6%
- Death Dealer Win 25 Team Deathmatch rounds 4.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.