Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 10h it's 1 in 13 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Most players drop off before “Piece of Cake” (Complete "L.A. Meltdown" on any difficulty): only 31% of starters get there.
- 84% 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 6,758 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 6.6h for positive, 2.3h 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 (83.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Piece of Cake Complete "L.A. Meltdown" on any difficulty. Most players quit here 31% −69
- Let's Rock Complete "Lunar Apocalypse" on any difficulty. 18% −13
- Come Get Some Complete "Shrapnel City" on any difficulty. 17% −1
- I'm Back, Baby Complete "Alien World Order" on any difficulty. 15% −2
- Damn, I'm Good Complete "The Birth" on any difficulty. 12% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- All Too Easy Find a secret area. 100%
- Shake It, Baby Tip an exotic dancer. 70%
- Take No Prisoners Kill every enemy on a level. 40%
- Doomed Marine Find the Doomguy in the Level "Death Row". 34%
- Piece of Cake Complete "L.A. Meltdown" on any difficulty. 31%
- It Happens Step in a pile of excrement. 31%
- Nukem All Kill 5 bad guys with one shot. 28%
- Invaders Must Die! Kill 1000 enemies. 26%
- I Never Knew This Was Here Find any secret level. 23%
- I Never Inhaled Use the hookah in High Times. 21%
- More Than 2 Weapons At Once? Carry all weapons with ammo at once. 21%
- Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Use the Incinerator 21%
- Oomph, Uugh, Where Is It? Find 70 secret areas. 20%
- Cheating! Use a cheat code. 19%
- Let's Rock Complete "Lunar Apocalypse" on any difficulty. 18%
- Buzz Off Kill a Firefly Trooper while it's flying small. 18%
- Come Get Some Complete "Shrapnel City" on any difficulty. 17%
- That's What She Said Listen to Developer Commentary (Use at least one trigger). 15%
- I'm Back, Baby Complete "Alien World Order" on any difficulty. 15%
- Duke's Mighty Foot Step on 40 enemies after using the Shrinker on them. 15%
- Why So Serious!?! Find Sam in "Mirage Barrage". 13%
- Damn, I'm Good Complete "The Birth" on any difficulty. 12%
- Alien Maggots are Gonna Pay Finish the "Hollywood Holocaust" level in under 3 minutes. 11%
- See, I'm Tough Too! Finish any level on "Damn, I'm Good" difficulty. 9.9%
- Roast 'Em Burn 50 bad guys to death. 8.9%
- Duke, Use the Force! Find Luke in the Level "Lunar Reactor". 8.1%
- Rage Engage Kill 10 bad guys in 10 seconds while on steroids. 7.7%