Neon Boost
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 3h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Laser City” and “Tesla Factory”: from 100% to 49% of starters.
- Only 27% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 2,508 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 3.8h for positive, 1.3h 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 (26.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Laser City Complete Laser City 100%
- Tesla Factory Complete Tesla Factory Most players quit here 49% −51
- Cosmic Highway Complete Cosmic Highway 23% −26
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- Laser City Complete Laser City 100%
- Neon Rider Get your first Neon Medal 97%
- Tesla Factory Complete Tesla Factory 49%
- Berni's Express Get smashed by a train 27%
- Juanra's Balcony Find the Easter Egg 26%
- Cosmic Highway Complete Cosmic Highway 23%
- Gold City Get all the Gold Medals on Laser City 20%
- Neon City Get all the Neon Medals on Laser City 16%
- Laser Off Complete Laser City with Lights Off 14%
- Gold Factory Get all the Gold Medals on Tesla Factory 14%
- Neon Factory Get all the Neon Medals on Tesla Factory 12%
- Tesla Off Complete Tesla Factory with Lights Off 11%
- Gold Highway Get all the Gold Medals on Cosmic Highway 11%
- Gold City (Lights Off) Get all the Gold Medals on Laser City (Lights Off) 11%
- Cosmic Off Complete Cosmic Highway with Lights Off 11%
- Gold Factory (Lights Off) Get all the Gold Medals on Tesla Factory (Lights Off) 11%
- Neon Highway Get all the Neon Medals on Cosmic Highway 11%
- Monty's B*tch Get ALL the Neon Medals 9.8%
- Gold Highway (Lights Off) Get all the Gold Medals on Cosmic Highway (Lights Off) 9.8%
- Gold Rider Get ALL the Gold Medals 9.8%