Jagged Alliance - Back in Action

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 1,772 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 80.3h for positive, 11.2h 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 (70.3% 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 (60)

• Jack the Ripper Kill an enemy with a melee attack 100%
• Getting started Secure Drassen Airport 87%
• Undying A single merc received over 100 damage in a single encounter without dying 81%
• Just point and shoot! Recruit a local for the militia 78%
• Scavenger Loot over 1000$ across several playthroughs 75%
• You're not dead yet! Rescue a merc from dying 74%
• Where there's a will Use explosives to blast a hole into a wall 70%
• It's always the red one Defuse a mine 68%
• Things that go BOOM Kill an enemy with a frag grenade 58%
• Field Doctor Restore 1000 health 56%
• Field Mechanic Restore 1000 durability on weapons 55%
• Gaining trust Recruit Ira 55%
• Squad Leader Hire a total of 6 mercs 50%
• Higher education Liberate Cambria City 48%
• Bullet Hell Fire a total of 5000 bullets 40%
• Garret would be proud Pick 10 locks 37%
• Rebel army Recruit 100 locals for the militia across several playthroughs 37%
• Adults only Liberate San Mona 34%
• Mines and military Liberate Alma City 34%
• Front towards enemy Plant a mine 34%
• Bodycount Kill a total of 1000 enemies 30%
• Gordon never does this Open 10 doors with the crowbar 30%
• Throwing arm Throw 100 grenades 30%
• Mother Russia Recruit Iggy 29%
• Grenade variety Use either smoke, stun, frag and teargas grenades at least once 29%
• The local industry Liberate Grumm City 27%
• A little crazy Recruit Maddog 26%
• Infantry ftw! Destroy a tank with the rocket launcher 25%
• Don't let me rot here Recruit Shank 24%
• A museum Liberate Balime City 22%
• Get off my beach! Recruit Hamous 21%
• For the children Help Fatima and her children 18%
• Huge explosions Recruit Devin 17%
• I don't like the drugs Recruit Dimitri 16%
• Bloodcat extinction Recruit Carlos 16%
• Nearly there Liberate Meduna City 16%
• All your SAM are belong to us Recruit Dr. Vince 15%
• Lead the leader Recruit Miguel 15%
• Military madness Recruit Conrad 14%
• Hail to the king! Miguel Cordona becomes king 13%
• Explosive trap Kill an enemy with a mine you planted 13%
• This guy likes slasher movies Kill 100 enemies with melee attacks 13%
• Oniomania Buy goods for 1,000,000$ in the online shop 12%
• She's dead, Enrico Kill Deidranna 12%
• DaHonko Flakes Help Richie "The Wizard" Parker find a limited edition of DaHonko Flakes! 9.2%
• The evil scientist Stop Dr. Pippin's evil scheme 9.1%
• Who needs not a penny... Loot over 100000$ across several playthroughs 7.1%
• It's a trap! Plant 100 mines 6.3%
• Blitz rebellion Kill Deidranna within 15 days 4.8%
• It turns blue Find the dropped crates containing the equipment 3.8%
• Expert Tactician Kill Deidranna in tactical mode 3.8%
• Free Fox Free Fox from captivity! 3.6%
• Nuclear Phase-Out Defeat Silevic and stop the missile launch! 3.4%
• Politics 2.0 Kill Rygor Manson and save John Gaiden 3.0%
• Winning Team Joiner Recruit Jamirez 3.0%
• Missile Inferno Kill all five agents who have the missile launchers 2.6%
• Bring it on! Kill Deidranna in high difficulty mode 2.4%
• It’s Raining Weapons Find the two dropped crates containing the equipment 2.4%
• Blast corps Blast through 100 walls 2.1%
• Silent… But Deadly! Kill 10 enemies using the knife 2.1%