ActionAdventure
Scars Above
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 26% of players who started
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 3,679
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Pillars of the Earth” (Activated your first pillar) and “The Body Must Be Cleansed”: from 90% to 71% of starters.
- 93% 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 3,701 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9.1h for positive, 3.8h 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 (92.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Construction Work VERA assembled. 100%
- He Ruined Us Weathered the mysterious storm. 96% −4
- Pillars of the Earth Activated your first pillar. 90% −6
- The Body Must Be Cleansed Investigated the area around Richard's backpack and figured out where he went. Most players quit here 71% −19
- Alpha Defeated the Alpha. 53% −18
- Fear Keeps You Sharp Discovered Robinsons' transformation into the Alluvial King and had to kill him. 42% −11
- Blades of Grass Reached the Grassy Plains. 42%
- Lost Scientist Found Mr. Jefferson. 42%
- Fallen Deity Found the crashed remains of the Hermes. 39% −3
- Deconstructed Defeated the Construct. 29% −9
- Flesh and Bones Defeated the Feliform Cadaver. 28% −1
- Face the Nightmare Defeated the Neuro-parasite. 27%
- I Just Wanted You to See Her Discovered Naya's fate. 26% −1
- Omega Defeated the Omega and the Custodian. 26%
- We Are SCARs Completed the game. 26%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Construction Work VERA assembled. 100%
- Beyond the Horizon Discovered the Metahedron vista. 97%
- He Ruined Us Weathered the mysterious storm. 96%
- Darwin's Theory Scanned the first hostile creature. 95%
- Aristotle's Apprentice Scanned first natural resource. 94%
- Newton's Third Law Caused an elemental reaction. 94%
- Knowledge is Power Scanned a Knowledge Cube. 90%
- Pillars of the Earth Activated your first pillar. 90%
- Destructive Tool Printing Used the Mobile Printing Unit to craft the Thermic Charger. 87%
- Survivor Crafted the first consumable. 84%
- Ready and Able Unlocked the first ability. 75%
- The Body Must Be Cleansed Investigated the area around Richard's backpack and figured out where he went. 71%
- Shattered Killed an enemy while it was in the frozen state. 55%
- Improvise, Adapt, Overcome Crafted the first gadget. 53%
- Alpha Defeated the Alpha. 53%
- Master Survivor Crafted all consumables. 46%
- Putting Together the Initial Pieces Solved the Alien Console puzzle. 46%
- Tinkerer Crafted a weapon upgrade. 46%
- Pillars Everywhere Activated 5 pillars. 44%
- Master Scientist Scanned all available unique natural resources. 42%
- Fear Keeps You Sharp Discovered Robinsons' transformation into the Alluvial King and had to kill him. 42%
- Real-time Analysis Used the pulse scan to reveal an enemy weak point. 42%
- Blades of Grass Reached the Grassy Plains. 42%
- Lost Scientist Found Mr. Jefferson. 42%
- Fallen Deity Found the crashed remains of the Hermes. 39%
- Baited Killed an enemy while it was affected by the Holo-lure. 38%
- Trapped Kept an enemy within the Gravity Trap for its whole duration. 31%
- Deconstructed Defeated the Construct. 29%
- Peak Potential Unlocked a tier 4 ability. 29%
- A Healthy Mind Solved all puzzles. 28%
- The Code of Life Learned of the mysterious code hidden in genes. 28%
- Control Variable Learned of Kate's special status. 28%
- Flesh and Bones Defeated the Feliform Cadaver. 28%
- Face the Nightmare Defeated the Neuro-parasite. 27%
- CAUTION: Flammable Ignited multiple enemies with a single Flammable Liquid charge. 27%
- Destructive Tool Collection Crafted all weapons. 27%
- Worlds Without End Activated all pillars. 27%
- I Just Wanted You to See Her Discovered Naya's fate. 26%
- Science Wins Crafted all gadgets. 26%
- Omega Defeated the Omega and the Custodian. 26%
- We Are SCARs Completed the game. 26%
- Masterclass Unlocked all abilities. 25%
- Applied Science Crafted a weapon upgrade for all weapons. 23%
- Scientific Collection Scanned all hostile creatures. 23%
- Final Destination Used the shield to deflect incoming damage that would have killed you. 20%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.