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Severed Steel
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 38% of players who started
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 10,380
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “FINISHED CHAPTER 1” and “FINISHED CHAPTER 2”: from 87% to 67% of starters.
- Only 67% 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 10,544 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 3.9h 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 (66.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- FINISHED CHAPTER 1 FINISHED CHAPTER 1 87% −13
- FINISHED CHAPTER 2 FINISHED CHAPTER 2 Most players quit here 67% −20
- FINISHED CHAPTER 3 FINISHED CHAPTER 3 56% −10
- FINISHED CHAPTER 4 FINISHED CHAPTER 4 50% −6
- FINISH CHAPTER 5 FINISH CHAPTER 5 43% −6
- FINISH CHAPTER 6 FINISH CHAPTER 6 38% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (57)
story milestone ending side
- 100 KILLS GOT 100 KILLS 100%
- 50 HEADSHOTS GOT 50 HEADSHOTS 87%
- FINISHED CHAPTER 1 FINISHED CHAPTER 1 87%
- SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY COMPLETE THE R&D AND PRODUCTION LAB LEVELS IN CAMPAIGN MODE CHAPTER 1 85%
- FINISHED CHAPTER 2 FINISHED CHAPTER 2 67%
- 200 HEADSHOTS GOT 200 HEADSHOTS 57%
- FINISHED CHAPTER 3 FINISHED CHAPTER 3 56%
- FINISHED CHAPTER 4 FINISHED CHAPTER 4 50%
- 1000 KILLS GOT 1000 KILLS 47%
- FINISH CHAPTER 5 FINISH CHAPTER 5 43%
- FINISH CHAPTER 6 FINISH CHAPTER 6 38%
- CATHARTIC ESCAPISM BEAT THE ESCAPISM CAMPAIGN LEVEL 36%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 10 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 10 17%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 20 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 20 11%
- FIRST BLOOD FINISH YOUR FIRST ROGUE STEEL RUN. 11%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 30 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 30 7.6%
- PACEMAKER DESTROY THE HEART WITHIN 60 SECONDS OF BRINGING ITS SHIELD DOWN. 7.0%
- TIME PARADOX COMPLETE CYBERMEDICINE CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITH AN ARM CANNON EQUIPPED. 6.9%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 40 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 40 5.8%
- S RANK GOT YOUR FIRST S RANK IN FIREFIGHT 2.0 5.2%
- PARTY HARD COMPLETE THE PARTY MANSION CAMPAIGN LEVEL IN NEW GAME PLUS MODE 5.1%
- NEW GAME PLUS COMPLETED A NEW GAME PLUS CAMPAIGN 4.9%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 50 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 50 4.6%
- OUT OF ORDER BEAT THE MIDDLE ADMIN CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITHOUT USING THE STAIRS. 4.6%
- CHURCH COMPLETE THE CHURCH BONUS CAMPAIGN 4.0%
- OFF THE HINGES BEAT THE CORRIDOR CAMPAIGN LEVEL WHILE EQUIPPED WITH THE GRAVITY ARM CANNON. 3.7%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 60 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 60 3.6%
- 5 RUNS COMPLETED 5 ROGUE STEEL RUNS. 3.4%
- REMEMBER THE ARMORY BEAT THE ARMORY CAMPAIGN LEVEL IN NEW GAME + MODE DEFEATING EVERY ENEMY BEFORE LEAVING THE LEVEL 3.3%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 70 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 70 3.0%
- SOUL - HORIZONS COMPLETED THE SOUL - HORIZONS BONUS CAMPAIGN 2.8%
- CHALET COMPLETE THE CHALET BONUS CAMPAIGN 2.7%
- COMMAND - [EXIST] COMPELTED THE COMMAND - [ EXIST ] BONUS CAMPAIGN 2.7%
- FIREFIGHT LEVEL 80 FIREFIGHT LEVEL 80 2.7%
- ICARUS COMPLETE THE ICARUS BONUS CAMPAIGN 2.7%
- S RANK X 5 GOT 5 S RANKS IN FIREFIGHT 2.0 2.7%
- BUT WHY? KILL ALL ENEMIES IN PRODUCTION LAB BEFORE DESTROYING ANY OBJECTIVES. 2.5%
- INPUT - [QUERY] COMPLETE THE INPUT - [QUERY] BONUS CAMPAIGN 2.5%
- HEY THATS CHEATING BEAT THE ADMIN VENTS CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITHOUT ACTIVATING ANY OF THE FAN SWITCHES. 2.4%
- FIRE IN THE HOLE BEAT THE GREENS CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITH THE FLOOR IS LAVA MUTATOR 2.4%
- ON THE EDGE COMPLETED A ROGUE STEEL RUN WITH THE "PERMA-DEATH" ADVANCED RULE ON. 2.4%
- 10 RUNS COMPLETED 10 ROGUE STEEL RUNS. 2.4%
- THE COLLECTOR COLLECTED ALL ROGUE STEEL PERK CARDS. 2.4%
- THE GAMBLER COMPLETED A ROGUE STEEL RUN WITH THE "RANDOM SELECT" ADVANCED RULE ON. 2.4%
- COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF BEAT THE CAFETERIA CAMPAIGN LEVEL IN NEW GAME + MODE WITH THE WARRIOR MONK MUTATOR 2.2%
- HUGE SUCCESS BEAT THE PORTAL LABS CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITH THE ONE IN THE CHAMBER MUTATOR 2.2%
- HOLOGRAM SUMMER COMPLETE THE CITY LEVEL IN CAMPAIGN MODE WITH META CANNON EQUIPPED. 2.2%
- OVERCLOCKED BEAT THE SERVER ROOM CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITH THE FLOOR IS LAVA MUTATOR 2.2%
- PAIN TRAIN BEAT THE TRAIN STATION CAMPAIGN LEVEL DEFEATING EVERY ENEMY BEFORE BOARDING THE TRAIN. 2.2%
- SAVOR THE MOMENT BEAT THE MUSEUM CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITH THE LIMITED SLOW-MO MUTATOR 2.2%
- MIRRORED COMPLETE A MIRRORED LEVEL IN FIREFIGHT 2.0 2.1%
- WARRIOR IN A GARDEN BEAT THE GARDENS CAMPAIGN LEVEL WITH THE WARRIOR MONK MUTATOR AND DEFEATING EVERY ENEMY 2.1%
- FRESH COLLECTED ALL ROGUE STEEL JACKETS. 1.9%
- S RANK X 15 GOT 15 S RANKS IN FIREFIGHT 2.0. 1.9%
- KITTED OUT COLLECTED ALL ROGUE STEEL CANNON SKINS. 1.8%
- 20 RUNS COMPLETED 20 ROGUE STEEL RUNS. 1.8%
- S RANK X 30 GOT 30 S RANKS IN FIREFIGHT 2.0 1.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.