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RAGE
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 36% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 18,350
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (54%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
- 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Ghost Buster” (Complete Ghost Hideout in the Campaign) and “Waste Management” (Complete Wasted Garage in the Campaign): from 100% to 80% of starters.
- 83% 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 18,377 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 18.2h for positive, 4.6h 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 (82.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Ghost Buster Complete Ghost Hideout in the Campaign 100%
- Waste Management Complete Wasted Garage in the Campaign Most players quit here 80% −20
- Gladiator Complete Mutant Bash TV in the Campaign 61% −19
- It's Alive! Complete Dead City in the Campaign 54% −7
- Debunked Complete Shrouded Bunker in the Campaign 54%
- Wellness Plan Complete The Well in the Campaign 51% −4
- Jail Break Complete Authority Prison in the Campaign 48% −3
- ytiC daeD Complete Dead City Reverse in the Campaign 46% −2
- Mutie Blues Complete Blue Line Station in the Campaign 44% −2
- Vault Assault Complete Gearhead Vault in the Campaign 42% −2
- Power Struggle Complete Power Plant in the Campaign 40% −2
- Decrypted Complete Jackal Canyon in the Campaign 38% −2
- Hey, not too rough Finish the Campaign on any difficulty 36% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Ghost Buster Complete Ghost Hideout in the Campaign 100%
- Waste Management Complete Wasted Garage in the Campaign 80%
- Lead Foot Win a Race in the Campaign 71%
- Gladiator Complete Mutant Bash TV in the Campaign 61%
- Open Minded Get 10 Headshot kills with the Sniper Rifle 59%
- Arts and Crafts Construct 10 Engineering Items 58%
- It's Alive! Complete Dead City in the Campaign 54%
- Debunked Complete Shrouded Bunker in the Campaign 54%
- Wellness Plan Complete The Well in the Campaign 51%
- Jail Break Complete Authority Prison in the Campaign 48%
- ytiC daeD Complete Dead City Reverse in the Campaign 46%
- Mutie Blues Complete Blue Line Station in the Campaign 44%
- Vault Assault Complete Gearhead Vault in the Campaign 42%
- Power Struggle Complete Power Plant in the Campaign 40%
- Decrypted Complete Jackal Canyon in the Campaign 38%
- Jetpacker Kill an Authority Enforcer during Jetpack descent 37%
- Hey, not too rough Finish the Campaign on any difficulty 36%
- Decapathon Get 10 Headshot kills with the Wingstick 36%
- Demolition Man Destroy 100 Enemy Cars 35%
- Mr. Oddjob Complete 5 Job Board Quests in one play-through 33%
- Tinkerer Construct 50 Engineering Items 32%
- Hurt me plenty Finish the Campaign on at least Normal difficulty 27%
- Bringin' Home the Bacon Earn 750 Dollars in one episode of Bash TV in the Campaign 22%
- Passive Aggressive Get 3 kills with a single Sentry Bot 21%
- Silent But Deadly Stealth kill 10 Enemies with the Striker Crossbow 18%
- Roadkill Run over 10 Mutants 18%
- Cavernous Stumble Complete Hagar Caves in The Scorchers job path 16%
- JACKPOT! Roll 4 Targets in the first round of Tombstones 13%
- Plans Refined Complete Refinery in The Scorchers job path 13%
- Keep 'Em Coming Get 5 kills with one deployed Sentry Turret 12%
- The Legend Begins... Complete a Legend of the Wasteland 12%
- Rebar Pie Pin an enemy to a surface with a Rebar ammo shot 10%
- Thrash Canyon Complete Bash Canyon in The Scorchers job path 10%
- Rite of Passage Complete Wellspring Tunnels in The Scorchers job path 9.5%
- Master Chef Collect all Recipes and Schematics in one play-through 9.4%
- Fired Up! Complete Scorcher Base in the The Scorchers job path 9.2%
- Ultra-violence Finish the Campaign on at least Hard difficulty 8.1%
- Rage Cup Win all Races in the Campaign 7.5%
- Dev Graffiti Find the secret Developer Graffiti Room 7.2%
- Three Birds, One Bomb Car Kill 3 Enemies with one RC Bomb Car 6.8%
- Hardest Deck Beat Teague's hardest Deck 6.5%
- Mechanocide Kill 100 Enemies with Sentry Bots, Sentry Turrets, or RC Bomb Cars 6.4%
- Fresh Meat Complete a public Road RAGE match 5.4%
- Jumper Perform all 18 Vehicle Jumps 5.3%
- Minigamer Win all Minigames 5.3%
- No Room for Sidekicks Complete a Legend of the Wasteland without any player(s) becoming incapacitated 5.1%
- Hat Trick Kill at least 3 Enemies with a single Mind Controlled Enemy 5.1%
- A True Legend Complete a Legend of the Wasteland on Nightmare difficulty 3.9%
- RAGE Nightmare Finish the Campaign on Nightmare difficulty 3.7%
- Anthology Complete all Legends of the Wasteland 3.4%
- Deliverance Complete the final round of Strum 3.1%
- It's Good! Score each of the 3 Field Goals from the ATV 3.0%
- Just a Flesh Wound Complete the final round of 5 Finger Filet 2.9%
- MVP Get first place in a public Road RAGE match 2.8%
- Lucky Charms Bet and win on Green in the Roly-Poly minigame 2.8%
- Foursome Win with a Four of a Kind in the Video Poker minigame 2.7%
- Gotta Have 'Em All Collect all Playing Cards on one play-through 2.5%
- Wall Hack Kill 2 enemies with one Railgun Slug shot through a wall 2.5%
- Obsessive Compulsive Reach 100% Completion in the Campaign 2.1%
- Night Terrors Finish the Campaign on Ultra Nightmare difficulty 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.