When does Air Brawl get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 5h it's 1 in 35 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

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Air Brawl

Nov 5, 2015 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 73% of owners

Steam reviews 79% positive of 1,734

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 5h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
73% 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 1,746 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 3.3h for positive, 0.2h 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 (73% 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 (15)

First of many Crash for the first time! 100%
I finally got one! Get your first kill 53%
Certified Brawler Complete the tutorial 41%
Victory! Win your first game 33%
Team player Capture your first flag 21%
And again, and again... Crash 100 Times 13%
Serial killer Get 100 Kills 8.1%
Progress! Win 10 games 7.7%
Even more progress! Win 100 games 5.1%
Seriously? Win 10000 Games 2.9%
Air Brawl Veteran Win 1000 Games 2.9%
ARGHHH!! Crash 1000 Times 2.3%
Mass murder Get 1000 Kills 2.3%
Meet your maker Get killed by one of the developers 2.2%
Slayer of gods Kill one of the developers 2.2%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.