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Battleborn
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 38% of players who started
Started playing 40% of owners
Steam reviews 63% positive of 9,711
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Divide by Zero Hour” (Complete The Algorithm on any difficulty) and “Mister Wolf's Wild Ride” (Complete The Void's Edge on any difficulty): from 89% to 78% of starters.
- Only 40% 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 9,739 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 233 reviews: 29.6h for positive, 8.4h 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 (39.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Divide by Zero Hour Complete The Algorithm on any difficulty. 89% −11
- Mister Wolf's Wild Ride Complete The Void's Edge on any difficulty. Most players quit here 78% −11
- Shock the Trooper Complete The Renegade on any difficulty. 71% −6
- Remnants of Codex Complete The Archive on any difficulty. 63% −8
- Traps and Treasure Complete The Sentinel on any difficulty. 60% −3
- Desperate Measurements Complete The Experiment on any difficulty. 54% −6
- A Booming Business Complete The Saboteur on any difficulty. 47% −7
- A Tyrant Undone Defeat Rendain. 38% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Dressed for Success Complete any challenge that unlocks a Champion skin. 100%
- Divide by Zero Hour Complete The Algorithm on any difficulty. 89%
- Mister Wolf's Wild Ride Complete The Void's Edge on any difficulty. 78%
- Perfectionist Complete a Story mission without losing any Lives. 72%
- Shock the Trooper Complete The Renegade on any difficulty. 71%
- Grow Forth and Conquer Activate a mutation in a match. 69%
- Remnants of Codex Complete The Archive on any difficulty. 63%
- Solus Sentinel Achieve a Gold rating on any Story mission. 63%
- Traps and Treasure Complete The Sentinel on any difficulty. 60%
- Behold My Death Lasers and Despair Activate a piece of Legendary Gear. 59%
- Desperate Measurements Complete The Experiment on any difficulty. 54%
- A Booming Business Complete The Saboteur on any difficulty. 47%
- A Tyrant Undone Defeat Rendain. 38%
- Decked Out Activate three pieces of Epic or better Gear in a single mission or match. 30%
- No Rest for the Wicked Win 30 Story missions or Versus matches. 25%
- The Ol' One-Two Get 5 double kills. 23%
- Gotta Punch 'em All Participate in killing each Battleborn at least once. 18%
- Sir Hon. Lord Baron Oscar Mike Jr IV, Esq. Collect 25 Titles from completing Challenges. 16%
- When You Roll Up With the Squad Like Enter matchmaking with a full team of 5 players. 12%
- First Among Heroes Complete a match or mission and reach rank 15 with a Battleborn. 12%
- Tour of Duty Win a match on each Versus map. 11%
- Solus War Hero Advanced Complete all Story missions on Advanced Difficulty. 9.4%
- Brotherhood of the Mikes Complete all Oscar Mike lore challenges. 7.8%
- Love and Fire, Death and Kisses Complete all Orendi lore challenges. 7.8%
- It Was A Dark And Stormy Night Complete Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion with at least 50 Ops Points. 7.6%
- Battleborn Play a match or mission after reaching Command Rank 100. 7.3%
- Commander and Collector Play at least one match or mission with all 25 Battleborn. 7.1%
- Priestess of the Sustaining Mother Complete all Ambra lore challenges. 6.8%
- Berg Rush Complete Toby's Friendship Raid with at least 50 Ops Points. 6.8%
- Magnum Gun Loud Complete Oscar Mike vs. the Battle School with at least 50 Ops points. 6.8%
- Titanium Dandy Complete all Marquis lore challenges. 6.3%
- Acres and Eras Complete all Miko lore challenges. 6.1%
- Rise of the Valkyrie Complete all Reyna lore challenges. 6.1%
- Elegance in Engineering Complete all Phoebe lore challenges. 6.1%
- Keeper of the Blades Complete all Rath lore challenges. 5.8%
- Champion of the Pits Complete all Caldarius lore challenges. 5.8%
- Hate Furnace at Maximum! :) Complete all ISIC lore challenges. 5.8%
- Me 'n' My Monster Complete all Shayne & Aurox lore challenges. 5.8%
- The Wraith of Bliss Complete all Galilea lore challenges. 5.8%
- The Mike Who Lived Complete all Whiskey Foxtrot lore challenges. 5.8%
- Tooth, Nail, and Minigun Complete Montana and the Demon Bear with at least 50 Ops points. 5.8%
- Mountains of Madness Complete Phoebe and the Heart of Ekkunar with at least 50 Ops points. 5.8%
- The Blossom's Fury Complete all Thorn lore challenges. 5.6%
- It's My Only Name, Chief Complete all Montana lore challenges. 5.6%
- Anarchy Rules Complete all Attikus lore challenges. 5.6%
- Lost Little Eldrid Complete all Mellka lore challenges. 5.6%
- The Spymistress Complete all Deande lore challenges. 5.6%
- Sergeant Demobird Complete all Ernest lore challenges. 5.6%
- Flyboy Complete all Benedict lore challenges. 5.3%
- Solus War Hardcore Hero Complete all Story missions on Hardcore. 5.3%
- The Bears and the Beers Complete all Boldur lore challenges. 5.3%
- Civil Ice Complete all Kelvin lore challenges. 5.3%
- Anxious, Angry, and Adorable Complete all Toby lore challenges. 5.3%
- The Captain Complete all Ghalt lore challenges. 5.3%
- The Curmudgeon Complete all Kleese lore challenges. 5.3%
- The Bluemother Smiles Complete all Alani lore challenges. 5.3%
- Twice-Made Sneaker Complete all Pendles lore challenges. 5.3%
- The Once and Future Champ Complete all El Dragón lore challenges. 5.1%
- Duty is Only Skin Deep Complete all Beatrix lore challenges. 5.1%
- Collect All 5! Complete all Kid Ultra lore challenges. 4.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.