Terminator: Resistance
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Close Call” (Escape from Pasadena with other survivors) and “Contact”: from 100% to 62% of starters.
- 88% 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 19,030 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 15.6h for positive, 2.2h 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 (87.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Close Call Escape from Pasadena with other survivors. 100%
- Contact Make contact with the imprisoned Resistance Soldiers. Most players quit here 62% −38
- Coming Home Find the South Division’s Resistance Shelter. 59% −3
- The Tide Is Turning Escape Downtown with Alvin. 49% −10
- Fool Me Once... Destroy the Infiltrator. 46% −3
- Second Generation Obtain Skynet security codes from a fallen HK Tank. 41% −5
- I'll be Back Complete the game on any difficulty level. 41% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Close Call Escape from Pasadena with other survivors. 100%
- Journalist Find a note. 86%
- Not a Mission Priority Complete a side objective. 81%
- Easy Money Successfully open 10 locks. 69%
- Handyman Successfully craft 5 items. 63%
- Helping Hand Successfully hack a Turret. 63%
- Contact Make contact with the imprisoned Resistance Soldiers. 62%
- Taste of Your Own Medicine Get an enemy killed by a hacked Turret. 61%
- Hasta la vista, baby Destroy your first T-800. 61%
- Coming Home Find the South Division’s Resistance Shelter. 59%
- Tinker Upgrade your weapon. 59%
- Hacker Successfully hack 10 devices. 56%
- Researcher Take at least a ‘good’ photo of an enemy. 54%
- It’s a bird... Destroy T-800 Flamethrower by shooting its fuel tank. 54%
- Historian Find 10 notes. 53%
- Priority to Me! Complete 5 side objectives. 53%
- Blackout Destroy a Skynet Outpost. 51%
- The Tide Is Turning Escape Downtown with Alvin. 49%
- Fool Me Once... Destroy the Infiltrator. 46%
- Still Counts as One Destroy the T-47 that occupies Pasadena. 43%
- Second Generation Obtain Skynet security codes from a fallen HK Tank. 41%
- I'll be Back Complete the game on any difficulty level. 41%
- Turn Up the Radio Use Ryan’s boombox to annoy Alvin. 39%
- Efficient Killer Kill a Terminator using a Termination Knife. 37%
- Infiltrated Finish infiltrator mode. 20%
- No Hope Open the unlockable door in Pasadena. 18%
- Just a Bad Dream Relive a Past Nightmare 18%
- This is My Place Retake the Resistance Outpost 17%
- Savior Rescue Anselmo 15%
- Skin of your Teeth Escape the Skynet Ambush at the Metro Station 15%
- Planning Permit Denied Destroy Skynet's Construction Equipment 15%
- Won't Get Fooled Again Halt the Infiltrator Production Line 15%
- The Fall of Rome Take Down the Centurion 14%
- Make 'em Hurt Destroy the Antenna and the Refueling Station 14%
- Quick on Your Feet Plant Explosives in the Factory Main Core Faster than Ferro 14%
- Back to the past Find all 3 secrets in the infiltrator mode. 6.5%