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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 84% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 2,268
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 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 2,266 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 23h for positive, 14h 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 (84.2% 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 (57)
- Take That Nature Chop a tree 100%
- Cabin in the woods Build your first cabin 100%
- Apprentice Level up a survivor 100%
- Warmonger Craft a weapon 99%
- Castle doctrine Defend your colony 96%
- Survival 101 Build a farm 94%
- A good start Survive for 3 days 91%
- Helping the needy Rescue a survivor 91%
- What's yours is mine Complete a scavenge mission 87%
- Armorer Craft some armor 82%
- Team Reach population of 5 survivors 79%
- Field Hospital Build an infirmary 64%
- Wannabe Mage Perform a ritual 56%
- We shall not fall Survive for 30 days 49%
- Master of trade Level any survivor to level 5 49%
- Huff and Puff Build a stone building 44%
- Gunsmith Craft a firearm 44%
- Dumpster Diving Search all debris in base map 41%
- Defying Death Defeat 50 reapers 40%
- Community Reach population of 15 survivors 36%
- If you can't beat them Build a dark altar 35%
- Fires of Hell Build a Hell Forge 33%
- Heavenly Light Build a Holy Forge 33%
- Fallen hero Lose a level 5 survivor in combat 33%
- Farmers Market Build 15 farms 32%
- Redemption Build a Holy Altar 30%
- Survival Finish chapter 1 of the campaign 29%
- Perimeter Build a guard tower 29%
- Lord of war Craft an advanced weapon 29%
- Ghostbuster Defeat 50 ghosts 28%
- Alchemist Craft composites 27%
- Charm me not Defeat 50 succubi 25%
- Lead to Gold Build an Alchemy Table 24%
- Persistent Kill a Legion with an Uzi 18%
- Mine is Bigger Kill a dark angel with a sniper rifle or .50 cal 18%
- You shall not pass Complete a hellgate mission 18%
- The Occult Connection Finish chapter 2 of the campaign 16%
- Close call Retreat a survivor with less than 10 health 14%
- Fully Staffed Have at least one level 5 survivor of each profession, at the same time 14%
- Human Resources Kill 25 human enemies 14%
- Logging corporation Chop down all the trees on the map 12%
- The Recruiters Finish chapter 3 of the campaign 8.9%
- Respect the Dead Bury a survivor 8.6%
- Overexploitation Mine all metals and minerals 8.4%
- Look them in the eye Clear a tier 2 scavenge mission with only melee weapons 7.5%
- Fortress Survive 100 days on challenging difficulty 7.0%
- A Solution is Born Finish chapter 4 of the campaign 6.9%
- Ashes of the Apocalypse Win the main campaign at any difficulty level. 5.0%
- Fists beat claws Kill a werewolf with an unarmed survivor 3.9%
- It Works, Bitches Achieve a Science Victory 3.6%
- Antediluvian Knowledge Achieve an Occult Victory 3.1%
- BFG Craft a Plasma Charger 2.9%
- OCD Explore the entire world map 1.0%
- Craftmanship Craft one of each item 0.8%
- Comeback Survive 10 days after losing all but one survivor on challenging difficulty 0.7%
- Tungsten Man Win the main campaign at Tough difficulty 0.6%
- How's it Hanging Use the soul crystal to save Theon 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.