When does DOOM VFR get good?

The first 2 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (66%); after 3h it's 1 in 6 (18%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

How many players finish DOOM VFR?

8% of players who start reach the ending.

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DOOM VFR

Nov 30, 2017 Steam: Mixed

The first 2 hours are a test

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

Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 8% of players who started

Started playing 73% of owners

Steam reviews 54% positive of 3,314

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (66%); after 3h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.
8% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “Welcome to the Party” (Complete the first level): only 62% of starters get there.
73% 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 3,340 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 3.1h for positive, 0.6h 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 (73.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Welcome to the Party Complete the first level Most players quit here 62% −38
Well Done Put out the fires in the BFG central chamber 32% −29
Spicy Travel to Hell 12% −20
Spoiler-Proof Complete the single player campaign on any difficulty 8% −4

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (15)

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Overclocker Use an Argent Cache 100%
Weapon Master Use a Weapon Upgrade Station 98%
Welcome to the Party Complete the first level 62%
Gib-a-licious Telefrag into 25 demons 45%
What did you Expect? Telefrag into a Possessed Engineer and explode 40%
Well Done Put out the fires in the BFG central chamber 32%
Cross the Beams Complete the first laser minigame 29%
Master of One Fully upgrade a single Combat Chassis subsystem 24%
Swiss Army Guy Acquire all weapons 19%
Hack-Man Complete all of the hacking minigames 16%
Shot Blocked Shoot down 30 projectiles 16%
A Hop, Skip and a Jump Teleport 1000 times 15%
Spicy Travel to Hell 12%
Spoiler-Proof Complete the single player campaign on any difficulty 7.9%
Dollhouse Collect all of the DoomGuy Dolls 1.5%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.