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MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 889
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 91% 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 893 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 13.5h for positive, 3.6h 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 (91.4% 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 (35)
- FIRST KILL Kill 1 zombie 100%
- ALPHA LEADER First special force 94%
- FIRST PERK Earn 1 perk 93%
- FULL METAL JACKET Max a tower 90%
- DON'T HURT ME Build the lander shield 85%
- PARAMEDIC Heal a crew member 74%
- FIRST TECH CENTER Build a tech center 69%
- MY FIRST RESEARCH STUDY Research a new tower 67%
- TRAITOR Kill a mutated crew member 60%
- CONSTRUCTOR Build 50 towers 60%
- BUTCHER Kill 2.500 zombies 53%
- FIRST ARMS FACTORY Build an arms factory 51%
- YOUR FIRST SUPER WEAPON Use a super weapon 50%
- MASSACRE Kill 25 zombies at once by nuke 49%
- NO ONE CAN STOP ME Use 4 different super weapons in a single mission 47%
- ENGINEER Build 100 towers 44%
- HIGH FIVE Earn 5 perks 42%
- LORD RAIDEN Deactivate 30 electro shields by tesla 34%
- PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE 10 special forces in one mission 34%
- ARMED TO THE TEETH Complete the tech tree 30%
- TERMINATOR Kill 10.000 zombies 30%
- FEARLESS Call an early wave 28%
- STOP! Stop 10 runner zombies by freeze ray 22%
- A SPACE ODYSSEY Analyze all monoliths 21%
- UNLOCK THE TRUTH Use all monoliths in mission 20 17%
- THE END Complete the campaign 17%
- SUB-ZERO Extinguish 20 pyro zombies by freeze ray 11%
- THE CHALLENGING END Complete all missions of the campaign in challenge mode 11%
- ALL OR NOTHING Earn all perks 10%
- ARCHITECT Build 500 towers 9.7%
- LASER MASTER Kill 200 bomber by laser tower 6.7%
- HELL YEAH Kill 20 zombies in FPS mode 6.6%
- TOWERS? WHICH TOWERS? Win a mission without building a tower 6.3%
- PHOTOGRAPHER Take a screenshot 6.1%
- ALMIGHTY Unlock all achievements 2.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.