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Syrian Warfare
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 23% of players who started
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 5,612
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Tour of duty” (Complete the game on any difficulty setting): only 23% of starters get there.
- Only 67% 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 5,638 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 19.6h for positive, 4.7h 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 (67.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Tour of duty Complete the game on any difficulty setting. Most players quit here 23% −77
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Just in time! Refuel the BMP and take control of it. 100%
- The municipality will help Save the Al-Amiriyah's municipality staff (Return to Palmyra DLC) 60%
- Bane of tanks On Latakia's coast, capture the gun truck with the ATGM launcher. 53%
- The old guard is back in business! Help uncle Mansur. 48%
- Old friend Help Uncle Mansur break out of the encirclement (Return to Palmyra DLC) 43%
- Science, unharmed Save the archaeologists (Return to Palmyra DLC) 42%
- Instant karma Destroy the hijacked Grads before they can fire (Return to Palmyra DLC) 42%
- Black gold Prevent the oil extraction equipment's from being destroyed (Return to Palmyra DLC) 39%
- Safe rear Prevent the military town's capture (Return to Palmyra DLC) 38%
- Comrades in peril Do not allow the AA squads to die (Return to Palmyra DLC) 37%
- Stop the lies Do not allow the false flag operation with the bus to happen. 36%
- Return to Palmyra Complete the DLC on any difficulty setting (Return to Palmyra DLC) 33%
- The Army sends its regards On Latakia's coast, do not lose any vehicle from the convoy. 32%
- Getting everyone out Evacuate all the civilians from Al-Amiriyah (Return to Palmyra DLC) 32%
- Workhorse During the last Grad hunt, do not let the helicopter get shot down (Return to Palmyra DLC) 31%
- No man left behind Rescue the captured army men. 31%
- Stop panicking Prevent every desertion in Palmyra (Return to Palmyra DLC) 27%
- Not one step back! Help your allies defend the control building. 26%
- They're all coming home Finish the Damascus suburbs mission without losing any Russian forward air controllers. 26%
- A bird in the sky Do not let the Russian Mi-24 be destroyed. 24%
- Tour of duty Complete the game on any difficulty setting. 23%
- The show's cancelled Do not let the provocation with the ambulance happen. 23%
- Superguardian Do not allow the convoys to take any losses (Return to Palmyra DLC) 23%
- Liberation Lift the Kuweires airbase blockade (Battlefields DLC) 22%
- Not chances for the instigators Capture the militants' chemical lab before they reach 60% chemical attack preparation (Battlefields DLC) 22%
- Each life is precious During the Damascus suburbs mission evacuate all the civilians. 20%
- Quick help Save the OPCW investigators without letting the escorting SOF officer die (Battlefields DLC) 20%
- No man left behind 2 Rescue the hostage IFV crew in Kuweires (Battlefields DLC) 20%
- Where did those rockets come from? Find the ATGM storage. 20%
- Last stand At the Palmyra airport, do not let any of the key points get re-captured by the enemy (Return to Palmyra DLC) 19%
- Every witness counts Evacuate all chemical attack witnesses from Douma (Battlefields DLC) 19%
- Damscus liberated Clear Douma out (Battlefields DLC) 19%
- Stand up and fight! Find all the deserters in Al-Amiriyah and return them to your ranks (Return to Palmyra DLC) 18%
- Freedom of speech Help the journalists. 18%
- Two suicide bombers less Help Nail and Masud. 18%
- No such thing as an ex-cop Rescue a group of ex-policemen being held hostage (Battlefields DLC) 17%
- Payback Finish Anwar's story (Battlefields DLC) 16%
- Weather's clear today Destroy Al-Nusra's Grad before it deals serious damage to the enemy (Battlefields DLC) 16%
- A long way home Visit Anwar's house (Battlefields DLC) 16%
- Everything's under control Don't skip any reinforcements HQ offers to you (Battlefields DLC) 16%
- ATGM hunter Eliminate Al-Nusra's ATGM troops before they inflict unacceptable damage (Battlefields DLC) 15%
- Balance master Do not let the scales tip towards ISIS or Al-Nusra on Aleppo's outskirts (Battlefields DLC) 14%
- Foolhardy Escort the IFV with the wounded in Kuweires (Battlefields DLC) 13%
- Useless scrap Eliminate ISIS's mortar squads before they inflict unacceptable damage on the enemy (Battlefields DLC) 13%
- Museum warden Do not allow the destruction of any of Palmyra's ancient monuments. 12%
- Death road Completely destroy the two convoys in Palmyra. 11%
- Back on duty Capture Al-Nusra's T-72 on Aleppo's outskirts (Battlefields DLC) 11%
- Clear skies Eliminate the enemy anti-air detachments before they hide in the city. 11%
- The impregnable stronghold Do not let the key points of the second Kuweires defense line get captured (Battlefields DLC) 9.2%
- No room for mistakes Complete the game in Ironman mode. 3.7%
- Polite People Support the game during its development. 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.