Tetris® Effect: Connected
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “With a Single Step” (Complete Area 1 of Journey Mode) and “Don't Stop Believin'” (Complete Area 4 of Journey Mode): from 96% to 63% of starters.
- 84% 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 9,203 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 8.5h for positive, 5.1h 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 (83.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- With a Single Step Complete Area 1 of Journey Mode. 96% −4
- Don't Stop Believin' Complete Area 4 of Journey Mode. Most players quit here 63% −32
- Long, Strange Trip Complete all Areas of Journey Mode. 38% −25
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (43)
story milestone ending side
- Get In Line Clear 100 Lines. 100%
- With a Single Step Complete Area 1 of Journey Mode. 96%
- Just Getting Started Earn 10 Tetris Line Clears. 82%
- Enter the Zone Activate the Zone mechanic. 69%
- Next In Line Clear 1000 Lines. 63%
- Don't Stop Believin' Complete Area 4 of Journey Mode. 63%
- Certified Apprentice Achieve Player Level 10. 52%
- Long, Strange Trip Complete all Areas of Journey Mode. 38%
- Got the Hang of It Now Earn 100 Tetris Line Clears. 37%
- T-Spin Break-In Earn 10 T-Spins. 37%
- Back-to-Back Hack Earn 50 Back-to-Backs. 29%
- Dodecatrist Clear 12 Lines or more in a single Zone visit. 27%
- Weekend Warrior Participate in a Weekly Ritual. 24%
- 10-Minute Parking Zone Enter the Zone for more than 10 minutes total. 21%
- Make a Wish Witness a meteor shower in Countdown mode. 19%
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- All Clear? Earn 10 All Clears. 17%
- The Classics Play Marathon, Ultra and Sprint modes. 17%
- Back-to-Back Attack Earn 10 Back-to-Backs in a row. 14%
- Savvy & Strong Earn your first SS Rank. 13%
- Certified Expert Achieve Player Level 30. 12%
- BOOM! TETRIS! Earn 500 Tetris Line Clears. 12%
- Tetris and Chill Clear Ambient: Sea, Wind, and World modes. 12%
- End of the Line Clear 10,000 Lines. 11%
- Expert Witness Complete all Areas of Expert Journey Mode. 9.9%
- Perfectrist Clear 18 Lines or more in a single Zone visit. 9.2%
- T-Spin King-Pin Earn 100 T-Spins. 8.6%
- "A" Student Earn A Rank or higher in all Areas of Journey Mode. 7.4%
- PeniciIlin' Clear 1,000 Infected Blocks in Purify mode. 7.3%
- Gold Mine Discover a land of golden Tetriminos. 7.2%
- Back-to-Back Mack Earn 500 Back-to-Backs. 6.9%
- Combo Rousseau Earn a 10 Combo. 6.7%
- Comfort Zone Clear 1000 Lines total across all Zone visits. 6.1%
- All Clear! Earn 100 All Clears. 5.6%
- Super Special Earn SS Rank 10 times. 4.8%
- Certified Master Achieve Player Level 50. 4.6%
- Spin Artist Rotate Tetriminos 100,000 times. 3.7%
- Combo Van Gogh Earn a 15 Combo. 2.1%
- Straight "A"s Earn A Rank or higher in all Effect Modes. 1.7%
- Seriously? Seriously. Earn S Rank everywhere possible. 1.1%
- Avatar Rockstar Earn 100 avatars. 1.1%
- Certified Grand Master Achieve Player Level 100. 1.0%
- Certified Platinum Earn all achievements. 0.6%