When does S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 5h it's 1 in 18 (6%). The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.

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S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster

May 23, 2019 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 78% of owners

Steam reviews 91% positive of 1,299

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 5h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
78% 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 1,312 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 9.6h for positive, 4.8h 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 (77.6% 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 (23)

Must have been the wind Get hit by a unit hidden in the fog of war. 100%
Here's Johnny! Get a new unit onto the field via airdrop. 63%
Anything else? Have 3 different equipments for a single unit. 60%
Special snowflake Reach the maximum rank with a unit. 47%
Oooh, shiny! Capture a trailer from the enemy. 44%
Is someone there? Destroy a unit hidden in the fog of war. 37%
Not such a special snowflake Reach 1000 experience with a single unit. 31%
Live. Die. Repeat. Load the same mission 3 times in a row. 29%
Plumped up Reach 1000 experience with 3 units. 26%
Time for a feast Reach 1000 experience with 5 units. 23%
Power overwhelming Have one of your units destroy 100 enemy units in a campaign. 21%
The bigger they are… Destroy an elite unit with a standard unit. 21%
Party pooper Kill 3 units with a single air strike. 18%
Barbecue Destroy 1000 Pig units. 16%
The Dirty Ten Reach 1000 experience with 10 units. 14%
You just stood there didn't you? Have a unit survive an entire campaign. 12%
Fat free diet Complete the Rabbit Campaign. 12%
Knock, knock Destroy a dug in tank with a mortar unit. 11%
Bad-tempered rodent Destroy 1000 Rabbit units. 11%
Stay a while and read Watch the complete credits. 8.8%
Just a hint of seasoning Complete the Pig Campaign. 7.2%
Clever use of... Destroy 100 units with mines. 4.6%
Sting like a bee Complete a mission using only Mortar units. 3.9%

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