When does Hot Brass get good?

Hooks you right away. 54% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 4+ hours (54%). Only 60% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Hot Brass

Feb 26, 2021 Steam: Mostly Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 60% of owners

Steam reviews 75% positive of 721

What the data shows

54% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 4+ hours (54%).
Only 60% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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 729 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 1.8h 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 (59.9% 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 (30)

Always Our Goal Complete a non-tutorial mission without casualties. 100%
Applied Learning Unlock the SPAS-12. 95%
Just In Case Unlock the Medium Armor. 79%
Going Dark Cut the power. 75%
Voyeur Unlock the Night Vision Goggles. 58%
Suppression Unlock the G17 SD. 57%
Wall Burrow Unlock the TRR8. 51%
Teacher's Pet Unlock the Ammunition Bag. 37%
Detective Vendrell Unlock the Grenade. 37%
Knock Knock Unlock the Door Ram. 35%
Just Encase Unlock the Heavy Armor. 34%
No Pressure Unlock the Thermal Vision Goggles. 33%
Security Flaw Unlock the Lure. 30%
Walled Off Unlock the Less Lethal X26. 29%
InVader Unlock the Gas Mask. 28%
Hooah Unlock the M4. 26%
Oorah Unlock the Model 700. 25%
Fast Learner Unlock the Difficulty modifier. 24%
Mr. Anderson Unlock the Ballistic Shield. 23%
Filtered Unlock the Smoke Grenade. 21%
Bring Order to Chaos Complete all missions. 20%
The Bullfighter Unlock the Stinger. 20%
Unsprung Unlock the Less Lethal Bean Bag Shotgun. 19%
Less Lethal OP-Ball Unlock the Less Lethal OC-Ball. 19%
Little Ditty Unlock the Music modifier. 14%
Full Arsenal Unlock all equipment. 11%
To Your Taste Unlock all modifiers. 7.7%
Game Night Recover all collectibles. 5.8%
Gold Standard Complete all missions without casualties. 5.7%
Challenges Accepted Complete all challenges. 5.5%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.