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Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 31% of players who started
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 67% positive of 19,730
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (23%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Scout Sniper Basic Course” (Complete Prologue) and “Ghost Hunt” (Complete First Act): from 100% to 54% of starters.
- 80% 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 19,856 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 18.1h for positive, 6.7h 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 (79.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Scout Sniper Basic Course Complete Prologue 100%
- Ghost Hunt Complete First Act Most players quit here 54% −46
- Enemy of my Enemy Complete Second Act 43% −11
- The Castling Complete Third Act 36% −7
- Endgame Complete Fourth Act 31% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Scout Sniper Basic Course Complete Prologue 100%
- Hiker Complete 5 Point of Interest in one playthrough 84%
- Manual Labor Use Crafting for the first time 79%
- Crab Walk Move 1 km crouching in one playthrough 71%
- Shot Down Drone destroyed by Enemies 67%
- Aerial Recon Fly 5 km with your Drone in one playthrough 64%
- Trouble Seeker Complete 10 Point of Interest in one playthrough 63%
- Pheidippides Run 10 km in one playthrough 61%
- Ghost Hunt Complete First Act 54%
- Bounty Hunter Neutralize 25% the Most Wanted list in one playthrough 50%
- Cat Killer Complete 20 Point of Interest in one playthrough 46%
- You Can Run But You Can't Hide Kill an Enemy with a Sniper Rifle shooting through a wall 44%
- Enemy of my Enemy Complete Second Act 43%
- Bullet Sponge Survive 500 hits in one playthrough 42%
- The White Death Kill 20 Enemy Snipers in one playthrough 38%
- The Castling Complete Third Act 36%
- Long Shot Kill an Enemy from a 500 meters distance. 32%
- Deputy Neutralize 50% targets from the Most Wanted list in one playthrough 32%
- Endgame Complete Fourth Act 31%
- Treasure Hunter Find 25% Collectibles in one playthrough 26%
- Voyeur Tag 10 Enemies with the CCTV in one playthrough 25%
- Sheriff Neutralize 75% targets from the Most Wanted list in one playthrough 21%
- DIY Enthusiast Craft item from each category at least once 19%
- Treasure Island Open the Loot Box on the Island 18%
- Local Hero: Mining Town Complete all Side-Ops on Mining Town in one playthrough 17%
- Assassin Do 25 Stealth kills in one playthrough 16%
- Local Hero: Village Complete all Side-Ops on Village in one playthrough 16%
- Survivalist Hunt and collect 150 Organic Samples in one playthrough 15%
- Third Degree Do 15 Interrogations in one playthrough 15%
- Archeologist Find 50% Collectibles in one playthrough 14%
- Marshall Neutralize 100% from the Most Wanted list in one playthrough 14%
- Point Blank Do a short distance Sniper Rifle kill 12%
- Local Hero: Dam Complete all Side-Ops on Dam in one playthrough 12%
- Environmentally Unfriendly Drive 100 km in one playthrough 11%
- Blown Up Drone destroyed by Traps 11%
- Drone Warfare Unlock all Drone modules 8.0%
- No Stone Left Unturned Find all Collectibles in one playthrough 6.0%
- Gunslinger Own all Sidearms 5.9%
- Trooper Unlock all Secondary Weapons 5.8%
- Sharpshooter Unlock all Primary Weapons 5.2%
- Marksman Do a headshot from 500 meters using scope 10x 4.4%
- Mark the Prey Tag 30 Enemies with Tagging Bullets in one playthrough 3.5%
- Triple Kill Kill 3 Enemies with 1 bullet 3.5%
- Curiosity Killed the Cat Distract 30 Enemies with Luring Bullet in one playthrough 3.0%
- Turn On the Wipers Kill 25 Enemies while driving in one playthrough 2.9%
- Death From Above Kill 20 Enemies from above in one playthrough 2.5%
- Death From Below Kill 5 Enemies from below in one playthrough 2.4%
- I Am More Unlock all Achievements 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.