Insurgency: Sandstorm
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 15h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 79% 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 134,328 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 20.9h for positive, 19.6h 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 (78.8% 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 (35)
story milestone ending side
- Wallbanger Kill an enemy by shooting through something. 100%
- Point Shooting Kill an enemy without using weapon sights. 97%
- Exploitative Kill an enemy while they are reloading. 87%
- High Speed Low Drag Kill an enemy right after performing a speed reload. 77%
- Lucky Kill an enemy with the last bullet of your magazine. 74%
- Turf War Block an objective from being captured and then clear it. 74%
- Wet Feet Complete the tutorial mission. 71%
- Stylin' Purchase your first item in the Appearance menu. 65%
- Checkpoint Victory Win a match of Checkpoint. 60%
- First Blood Get the first kill in a round. 54%
- Flaccid Paralysis Kill 3 enemies with a headshot in a row. 51%
- Banged Kill an enemy after blinding them with a flashbang 49%
- Self-destructive Successfully rig and destroy an enemy weapon cache. 43%
- Push Victory Win a match of Push. 39%
- Ruthless Kill an enemy by burning them. 32%
- Blindfire Kill an enemy while blinded by a flashbang 31%
- Semper Paratus Navigate through chemical gas while wearing a gas mask. 29%
- Carrying Capture an objective as the last member of the team alive. 28%
- Mount & Gun Kill an enemy using the mounted weapon on a vehicle. 27%
- Efficient Kill three or more enemies with a single grenade or explosive. 27%
- Personal Kill an enemy with a knife. 26%
- Play to Win Capture 100 objectives. 24%
- Special Delivery Destroy an enemy weapon cache using a remote explosive charge. 23%
- #1 Be the Most Valuable Player of a round. 22%
- Firefight Victory Win a match of Firefight. 22%
- Grounded Destroy an enemy air support vehicle. 21%
- There For You Call in fire support ten times as an Observer. 17%
- Thanks Station! As a Commander, kill an enemy using fire support. 16%
- Cinematic Kill an enemy while vaulting. 14%
- Knock Knock Kill an enemy by bashing in a door. 10%
- Hit and Run Kill an enemy with a vehicle. 7.7%
- It's All in the Reflexes Kill an enemy with an enemy's live grenade. 2.9%
- Road Hazard Destroy an enemy vehicle with a mine. 1.5%
- Designated Driver Drive a vehicle full of teammates for more than 15 seconds. 1.4%
- J.R. .50 Kill an enemy driver with the mounted weapon of their vehicle. 1.0%