Zombie Night Terror
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- 7% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “You just fucked with the wrong zombies!” (Defeat the Boss in Chapter 1): only 33% of starters get there.
- 90% 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 4,078 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 10.8h for positive, 4.1h 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 (89.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- You just fucked with the wrong zombies! Defeat the Boss in Chapter 1 Most players quit here 33% −67
- The Incredible Gertrude Defeat the Boss in Chapter 2 18% −15
- The brain is a lie Defeat the Boss in Chapter 3 12% −6
- The Ultimate Dead Form Defeat the Boss in Chapter 4 7% −5
- Zombie Apocalypse Successfully complete all levels 7%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- Fast Food Bite 10 humans to death in 15 seconds 100%
- It's not a hangover, it's the zombie flu! Use 5 contaminations on humans 99%
- 28 Doors Later Destroy 28 doors 89%
- Rocket Jump Kill a zombie by blowing up another zombie nearby 61%
- Soft Landing Prevent a zombie from falling to its death by blowing up another zombie 48%
- Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Superzombie! Fall with style for at least 10 seconds with a zombie 48%
- Base Jump Kill a zombie by making him jump from too high 47%
- Lemmings Let 66 zombies fall to their death 36%
- You just fucked with the wrong zombies! Defeat the Boss in Chapter 1 33%
- Hot Blood Collect 1,000 DNA units 33%
- Minecraft Blast through 256 breakable blocks 32%
- R.I.P. Let 1,000 zombies die 28%
- Kamikaze Blow up 4 humans with a single explosion 27%
- Scream Scare 6 humans with a single scream 25%
- ZNT: Five-star city Kill 50 cops 24%
- Barrel roll Collect 100 Mutation Barrels 23%
- IT deserved it Kill Gronald 22%
- Running Man Kill 7 enemies with a single Tank dash 19%
- The Incredible Gertrude Defeat the Boss in Chapter 2 18%
- The Zombie Centipede Assemble a horde of 12 zombies with a screaming Overlord 17%
- Zplatoon Paint over 9,000 blocks with blood 15%
- Starter Pack Start the level editor 14%
- The brain is a lie Defeat the Boss in Chapter 3 12%
- Pancake Let a Tank get squashed 11%
- Don’t Starve Bite 1,337 humans to death 10%
- BRRAAAAIIIIIIIINNS!? Lose a level by sacrificing your last zombie 8.7%
- Zombie Apocalypse Successfully complete all levels 6.7%
- The Ultimate Dead Form Defeat the Boss in Chapter 4 6.6%
- True Zombie Apocalypse Successfully complete all challenges 3.3%
- Overkill Kill 10,000 humans 2.9%
- Romero In Juliette Be patient! 2.7%
- You Shall Not Pass ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2.3%
- Creative Mind Create a level and upload it to Steam Workshop 2.2%
- Braindead Spend 104 minutes on the Credits page 2.2%