Superliminal
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 3h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 60% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Wake Up” (Beat the game): only 60% of starters get there.
- 83% 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 35,014 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 2.5h 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 (82.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Wake Up Beat the game Most players quit here 60% −40
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- Fire Alarmist Pull one fire alarm 100%
- Expert Fire Alarmist Pull enough fire alarms 71%
- Wake Up Beat the game 60%
- Please Use Other Door Find the nook in Optical 51%
- Sugar Crash Break a soda can 51%
- Son of Man An apple for a head 43%
- Why Are You Like This? Clone an object way too many times 39%
- Please Recycle Put a soda can in the wrong place instead of recycling 35%
- Take Your Trash Elsewhere Fail at throwing away trash 24%
- Environment Saved! Place a soda can in a recycling bin 21%
- Soda Connaisseur Drink all sodas 20%
- Vaguely Activated Achievement Congratulations on doing something! 8.6%
- Speed Runner Beat the game in under an hour 4.8%
- Biggest Fan Finish the game with developer commentary enabled 4.1%
- Dream within a Dream Play someone else's dream 3.7%
- Stars Align Complete all constellations 3.4%
- Polite Recognition Find the hidden trophy 3.3%
- Feeling Blue Find all blueprints 3.1%
- Chess Master Find all secret chess pieces 3.1%
- Mindful Finish all challenges in Challenge Mode 3.0%
- Fires Extinguished Empty all fire extinguishers 2.9%
- Contraband Import a 3D model into the game 2.9%
- Fire Safety Achieved Pull all the fire alarms 2.9%
- Kasparov Make the last move 2.9%
- Superluminal Beat the game in under 30 minutes 2.4%
- Dream Sculptor Upload a dream to the workshop 2.3%
- Dr. Pierce's Protege Contribute an item to the Workshop 2.2%