When does Warhammer: Vermintide 2 get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (13%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Mar 8, 2018 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 74% of owners

Steam reviews 85% positive of 147,923

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
74% 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.

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Based on all 148,645 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 204 reviews: 42.4h for positive, 15.8h 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 (73.6% 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 (26)

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My First Wargear Equip a Common Item 100%
Escaped! Complete Prologue 99%
Tempered by War Unlock 1st Talent point 99%
Quite the Find Equip a Rare Item 85%
Waste Not, Want Not Salvage an item 81%
Craftsman Craft an Item 68%
Heirloom Equip an Exotic Item 64%
The Plot Thickens Complete Act 1 58%
Striking Back Complete Act 2 48%
Make Do And Mend Salvage 100 items 47%
Reikland Rumble Complete Act 3 42%
The Frozen North Complete Skittergate on Recruit 37%
Pact-Smasher Complete Skittergate on Veteran 28%
Now You're Showing Off Equip Exotic items in every slot 26%
Exemplar Unlock all Talent points for 1 career 23%
Master Craftsman Craft 50 items 23%
Mark of Expertise Equip a Veteran Item 15%
Righteous Crusade Complete Skittergate on Champion 15%
Avatar of Drakira Reach level 30 with Kerillian 12%
Champion of Taal Reach level 30 with Kruber 11%
Witch Hunter General Reach level 30 with Saltzpyre 11%
Just Like Cousin Okri Reach level 30 with Bardin 11%
Conflagration of Doom Reach level 30 with Sienna 9.8%
Virtuoso Complete a level as every Hero 9.4%
Norscannihilation Complete Skittergate on Legend 7.9%
Pantheon of Heroes Reach Level 30 with all characters 5.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.