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Beat Hazard
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 7,451
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 7h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 80% 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 7,472 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 5.3h for positive, 0.5h 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 (80.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (63)
story milestone ending side
- The First Step Level up 100%
- 1st Track Cleared Complete your first track 91%
- Millionare Score 1 Million Points 73%
- Perfect Complete a track of at least 3 minutes without losing a life 64%
- Half Way There Reach the rank of Senior Officer 63%
- x100 Get a x100 Multiplier 61%
- Muti Millionare Score 5 Million Points 56%
- The First Hour Accumulate 1 hour of play 55%
- Pwnage Get a 1,000 kill streak 51%
- Dude of Hazard Score 10 Million Points 49%
- Go Platinum In Normal Mode score 1 million points in one track 49%
- Perk MAXED Buy all the upgrades for a Perk 47%
- I'm Just Starting Reach 5 Minutes in Survival Mode 40%
- Brutal Boss Kill Kill a boss before it fires 40%
- Elite! Reach the rank of Elite 38%
- 25! Complete 25 tracks 32%
- A Real Dare Devil In Normal Mode get the Dare Devil multiplier 10 times 29%
- Tug of War Have a 10 second tug of war with a Stalker 28%
- Don't Stop Me Now Reach 10 Minutes in Survival Mode 27%
- Boss Slayer Kill 8 bosses in 1 game 27%
- High 5 Accumulate 5 hours of play 20%
- Shadow Rank Rookie Level up to Shadow Rookie 19%
- Perks! Unlock all the Perks 19%
- Don't Panic Don't fire for 60 seconds 18%
- 50! Complete 50 tracks 18%
- Survive Christmas 5 In Survival Mode last 5 mins while playing to a Christmas Radio Station 18%
- Survive Christmas 10 In Survival Mode last 10 mins while playing to a Christmas Radio Station 16%
- Cash Grab Get $10,000 in the bank 15%
- Completely Insane Complete a 4+ minute track on Insane difficulty 14%
- Coming Through! Reach 15 Minutes in Survival Mode 14%
- Boss Dance Survive with 4 bosses on the screen in Boss Rush mode 13%
- Survival Champion! Reach 20 Minutes in Survival Mode 9.9%
- Reflection Reflect 150 projectiles with 1 Shield burst 9.5%
- Veteran Accumulate 10 hours of play 9.1%
- Shadow Rank Operative Level up to Shadow Operative 8.7%
- Tough Guy Complete a 4+ minute track on Suicidal difficulty 8.6%
- 100! Complete 100 tracks 8.4%
- Cool Tracks! Visit a musicians website from the Credits screen 8.0%
- Striptease Strip 2 bosses of their turrets and keep them alive for 60s 7.9%
- Shadow Rank Covert Agent Level up to Shadow Covert Agent 7.5%
- Death By A Thousand Cuts Get 10,000 kills using Micro Missiles 6.1%
- Survive Christmas 15 In Survival Mode last 15 mins while playing to a Christmas Radio Station 5.9%
- Boss King Get to Wave 30 in Boss Rush mode 5.9%
- Shadow Rank Shadow Officer Level up to Shadow Officer 5.4%
- Survive Christmas 20 In Survival Mode last 20 mins while playing to a Christmas Radio Station 5.0%
- Shadow Rank Shadow Captain Level up to Shadow Captain 4.1%
- Untouchable Reflect 10,000 projectiles using the Reflect Shield power up 4.0%
- Death Star Get 10,000 kills using the Ultra Beam power up 3.5%
- Mad MAXED Max out all the Perks 3.4%
- Ultra Beam of Death Kill 150 enemies with 1 Ultra Beam blast 3.4%
- Music Tour Score at least 1,000,000 on each built in track 3.0%
- Death Blossom Shadow Mission Complete The Death Blossom Shadow Mission 2.9%
- Shadow Rank Shadow Commander Level up to Shadow Commander 2.9%
- Slick Shadow Mission Complete The Slick Shadow Mission 2.9%
- A Real Mine Sweeper Hit 50 mines in one track without losing a life 2.7%
- Star Runner Shadow Mission Complete The Star Runner Shadow Mission 2.7%
- Razorburn Shadow Mission Complete The Razorburn Shadow Mission 2.6%
- Dragon Fire Shadow Mission Complete The Dragon Fire Shadow Mission 2.4%
- Shadow Rank Shadow Force Elite Level up to Shadow Force Elite 2.2%
- The Collector Shadow Mission Complete The Collector Shadow Mission 2.0%
- Speedy Shadow Mission Complete The Speedy Shadow Mission 2.0%
- Mosquito Shadow Mission Complete The Mosquito Shadow Mission 1.9%
- Juggernaut Shadow Mission Complete The Juggernaut Shadow Mission 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.