A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda

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 918 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 3.4h for positive, 2.3h 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 (48.5% 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 (24)

• Where is the Emergency? Discover and use your first repair machine 100%
• Ready For Action Finish all of the in-game tutorials 52%
• Weapon At Maximum Upgrade one of your weapons to its maximum level 42%
• Burst with the Energy Destroy 5 or more enemies, at once with Valkyl's Zypher Cannon 40%
• Ninety-Nine Combo Maximize your attack combo 33%
• Extinction of the Robots Destroy 1000 enemies 32%
• Primary Objective Finish the game once 28%
• It's a Long Story Watch all the cut-scenes without skipping 21%
• It's getting too hot! Trick a Bomber to hit and destroy a Zytron Walker (LA) 19%
• Don't Come Back Again Perfect the Goliath boss fight 19%
• Close Combat Fighter Destroy 10 enemies, using your Dash Attack 18%
• Art of Destruction Destroy 20 enemies, using your Grenade Attack 14%
• Master of Stun Stun 10 enemies with the EMP grenade 13%
• Bookworm Collect all the Data cubes 11%
• I Am Trashman Collect 1000 units of each material type 11%
• Boss Headhunter In Hard Mode, defeat all the bosses using only the Zytron Blaster 6.8%
• Unlimited Energy Finish all of the stages without using a single repair kit 6.6%
• You Should Have Two Perfect the Carrion boss fight 6.4%
• I am the Destroyer Achieve Synthesis Soldier rank 'A' 6.0%
• Die Another Day Finish all of the stages without dying 5.6%
• Fight with the Same Size Perfect the Sentinel boss fight 4.7%
• Whatever Your Size Is Perfect the Prime Guardian boss fight 4.7%
• Here is my True Strength Achieve Synthesis Soldier rank 'S' 4.7%
• Soldier of the Universe Achieve Synthesis Soldier rank 'SS' 4.3%