When does Back 4 Blood get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (31%). The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.

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Back 4 Blood

Oct 12, 2021 Steam: Mixed

The first 3 hours are a test

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

Started playing 93% of owners

Steam reviews 69% positive of 73,530

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
93% 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 74,074 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 12.1h for positive, 5.8h 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 (93.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (93)

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Welcome to the Apocalypse Good luck out there, you're gunna need it. 100%
Dead Quiet Complete a map without ever triggering a horde from Reekers, Birds, Snitches, or alarms. 85%
Cleanup Crew Complete a mission without any players being incapacitated or killed. 85%
No Time for a Nap Revive a fallen teammate. 80%
Squad Up Form a party in Fort Hope. 78%
Expanding the Arsenal Spend your first Supply Point. 76%
Hippocrates Would be Proud Heal a teammate. 76%
Paid the Toll Complete The Devil's Return. 76%
Stacked Deck Play 25 cards in a single match. 73%
Smörgåsbord Kill at least one of each non-boss Mutation. 73%
Don't Ask… Rescue a teammate from a cocoon. 70%
This Round's On Me Complete Search & Rescue. 69%
Down, But Not Out Kill 15 enemies while downed. 67%
Breakfast Can Wait Complete The Dark Before The Dawn. 64%
Enemy of Mine Complete Blue Dog Hollow. 58%
Snitches Get Stitches Kill a Snitch without it alerting the horde. 57%
Constant Vigilance Kill all variants of the Sentinel. 53%
Bob's Your Uncle Complete The Armory. 51%
Jugger-not Make a Breaker hurt itself. 50%
Brought a Knife to a Gunfight Complete a level while getting at least 50 kills with melee weapons. 49%
Act 1 Recruit Complete all Act 1 maps on Recruit difficulty or higher. 48%
Unnatural Selection Kill each of the Warped Ridden. 48%
Totem Toter Earn some Skull Totems. 45%
Down the Drain Complete Plan B. 45%
Share the Load Drop some ammo for a teammate. 45%
Of Biblical Proportions Complete Job 10:22. 44%
Act 2 Recruit Complete all Act 2 maps on Recruit difficulty or higher. 38%
Don't You Eat My Neighbor Complete Dr. Rogers' Neighborhood. 37%
Overwhelming Power Get a kill with a Legendary Weapon. 36%
Nemesis Safely descend the ladder in the construction zone in Resurgence. 36%
Paved With Good Intestines Complete Remnants. 35%
Using Your Noggin Kill 10 Ridden with a Skull Totem. 32%
Act 4 Recruit Complete Act 4 on Recruit difficulty or higher. 31%
Act 3 Recruit Complete all Act 3 maps on Recruit difficulty or higher. 30%
Duffel Brothers Bring 11 Duffel Bags to Saferooms. 30%
Balanced Meal Have at least five different Food Buffs active at one time. 27%
Act 1 Veteran Complete all Act 1 maps on Veteran difficulty or higher. 24%
Pallet Cleanser Find the secret in The Dark Before the Dawn. 20%
Breakfest Kill a Monstrous Breaker after removing all of its armor. 20%
Act 2 Veteran Complete all Act 2 maps on Veteran difficulty or higher. 20%
A Can Of Worms Play Trial of the Worm for the first time. 18%
Jukebox Hero Defend the jukebox in Bar Room Blitz without it breaking. 17%
Smoke And Mirrors, But Without The Mirrors Use a Smoke Grenade to become hidden while at Critical Health. 16%
Act 5 Recruit Complete all Act 5 maps on Recruit difficulty or higher. 16%
Act 4 Veteran Complete Act 4 on Veteran difficulty or higher. 16%
Act 3 Veteran Complete all Act 3 maps on Veteran difficulty or higher. 15%
Round the Riverbend Find the Secret in Blood Stream. 15%
Night of the Living Hedge Find the secret in Dr. Rogers' Neighborhood. 14%
Easily Mist Find the secret in Blue Dog Hollow. 14%
Act 6 Recruit Complete all Act 6 maps on Recruit difficulty or higher. 13%
Brute Force Kill an Ogre with the Howitzer. 12%
Dangerous To Go Alone Find the secret in Plan B. 12%
A Humerus Weapon Kill 10 Ridden with Bob's Arm. 12%
Master Spelunker Complete All Ridden Hives. 11%
Act 5 Veteran Complete all Act 5 maps on Veteran difficulty or higher. 11%
Who Snipes The Snipers? Kill a Sniper with a Sniper Rifle. 11%
Act 6 Veteran Complete all Act 6 maps on Veteran difficulty or higher. 8.9%
Nook, or Cranny? Find the Secret in Sunken Passages. 8.6%
Barely Made It Jump over a Cultist Bear Trap without triggering it. 8.6%
And The LAW Won Land a final blow on a Boss Mutation with the LAW. 8.2%
This Is Fine Set an enemy on fire with the Flamethrower, while also being on fire. 8.2%
Grateful Eight Complete a mission with each of the original Cleaners. 7.5%
Cooped Up Find the secret in The Armory. 7.0%
Precarious Perch Find the Secret in Brood Lair. 6.3%
Act 1 Cleaner Complete all Act 1 maps on Nightmare difficulty. 6.2%
Force Majeure Claws Kill a Slasher with Iron Claws. 6.1%
Act 2 Cleaner Complete all Act 2 maps on Nightmare difficulty. 5.9%
Extra Credit Find the secret in Remnants. 5.8%
Bell Hop Find the secret in Search & Rescue. 5.6%
Take A Bow Kill a Crone with the Bow. 5.5%
Act 4 Cleaner Complete Act 4 on Nightmare difficulty. 4.9%
Left Ventricle Find the Secret in The Nursery. 4.9%
Act 3 Cleaner Complete all Act 3 maps on Nightmare difficulty. 4.7%
Swarmed Win a game in Swarm Mode. 4.4%
Port Man Toe? Find the secret in The Devil's Return. 4.2%
Backtrack Find the Secret in 300 Below. 3.7%
Act 5 Cleaner Complete all Act 5 maps on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 3.7%
Good Riddence! Kill 53,600 Ridden over your career. 3.4%
Apocalypse Pacifist Complete a map without any players on the team killing a single Ridden. 3.4%
Cryptozoologist Find the secret in Job 10:22. 3.3%
Act 6 Cleaner Complete all Act 6 maps on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 3.1%
Going For Broke Earn a score of at least 100,000 in Trial of the Worm. 2.6%
LAW and Hors D'oeuvres Blow up a Food Item with the LAW. 2.6%
Pipe Dream Find the Secret in Caustic Cesspool. 2.5%
Unholy Grail Find the Secret in The Cut. 2.1%
Jar Jar Bonks Hit a Pusflinger with a Bait Jar. 2.1%
TR's Secret Stash Find the Secret in Act 6. 2.1%
Mind Your Step Find the secret in The Abomination. 2.1%
Left Fork Dead End Find the Secret in Act 5. 2.0%
Hard-Boiled Defeat The Harbinger without using the LAW. 1.9%
The Path To Glory Complete a map in Trial of the Worm with a total modifier of at least x20. 1.8%
Act 5 Ace Complete all Act 5 maps on No Hope difficulty. 1.7%
Act 6 Ace Complete all Act 6 maps on No Hope difficulty. 1.6%

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