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When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 758 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 9.5h for positive, 1.7h 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 (57% 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 (52)

• GOT SOME ENERGY? UPGRADED ENERGY FOR THE FIRST TIME 100%
• GOT SOME HEALTH? UPGRADED HEALTH FOR THE FIRST TIME 100%
• THE BUTCHER IS DEAD KILLED THE BUTCHER FOR THE FIRST TIME 51%
• DASH AWAY ACQUIRED THE DASH POWERUP 50%
• MACHINE GUNNER UNLOCK MXRAID 2000 44%
• A DOZEN OF LOCKERS OPENED 12 LOCKERS 37%
• GEM KEEPER FIRST GEM UPGRADE ON A WEAPON 34%
• LEVIN DEFEAT ELITE BOSS 30%
• XENOMORPH DEFEAT RED 13 28%
• RESURRECTION STONE DEFEAT CHAMIAHOLOM 27%
• HYPER BLASTER UNLOCK PR-417 23%
• LOCK N LOAD UNLOCK MISSILE DRONE 23%
• DESTINY UNLOCK LIGHT BRINGER 22%
• WITCH HUNT DEFEAT NUXI 22%
• DRAGONITE DEFEAT DRAGON 20%
• THORN UNLOCK THE LAST BREATH 20%
• THE LAST SAMURAI DEFEAT KAGE 18%
• MONEY MAKER ACQUIRE 100.000 CURRENCY 17%
• KILLY UNLOCK RX400 BEAM 17%
• SANDWORM DEFEAT WORM 16%
• CLOVERFIELD DEFEAT CLOVER 15%
• THEY CALLED IT PUPPY LOVE... ACQUIRE LUNA'S PENDANT 14%
• ON THE HEAD HEADSHOT THE BUTCHER 13%
• D WOLFWOOD DEFEAT FINAL BOSS 11%
• HEAD OFF DEFEAT QUILLAN 10%
• CRIMSON 5600B UNLOCK BLOOD DRONE 9.8%
• THE FIRST BLOOD UNLOCK THE FIRST WOLF FACTION SKILL 9.5%
• LEVIN 3900X UNLOCK LIGHTNING DRONE 8.9%
• SUPERCELL MAXIMUM ENERGY PURCHASED 8.8%
• KING SLAYER DEFEAT ONYX 8.6%
• THUNDERBOLT UNLOCK THE FIRST KNIGHT FACTION SKILL 8.4%
• ALPHA FACTION RANK HIGHEST LEVEL 4 WOLF 8.2%
• ROMEO MUST DIE ACQUIRE THE LOVE LETTER 7.9%
• HANZO DEFEAT APACHE 7.2%
• DEATH STRANDING COMPLETE DISTRESS SIGNAL QUEST 7.0%
• KNIGHT FACTION RANK HIGHEST LEVEL 4 KNIGHT 6.7%
• MUSASHI DEFEAT AMOUX 6.0%
• TOP OF THE CLASS MAXIMUM HEALTH PURCHASED 6.0%
• ONE BUTCHER 10 SHOTS HEADSHOT THE BUTCHER 10 TIMES BEFORE HE DIES 5.4%
• ANGEL SPARED ONYX 3.7%
• DEVA SPARED AMOUX 3.5%
• ENDING VIII "THE SAINT" 3.5%
• ENDING I "THE ASSASSIN WOLF" 3.3%
• MILLIONAIRE ACQUIRE 1 MILLION CURRENCY 2.8%
• ENDING IV "THE TEMPLAR KNIGHTS OF THE LIGHT" 1.9%
• ENDING VI "HAN SOLO" 1.6%
• LEAVE THAT ALONE NOW! OPENED THE SAME LOCKER 20 TIMES 1.6%
• SO MANY LOCKERS OPENED 100 LOCKERS 1.6%
• ENDING II "THE LONE WOLF" 1.2%
• ENDING III "THE TROJAN WARRIOR" 1.2%
• ENDING V "THE FALLEN KNIGHT" 1.2%
• ENDING VII "THE EXECUTIONER" 0.5%