ActionAdventure
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 18% of players who started
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 17,348
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Reunion” (Resume your old life) and “Learn to Fly” (Take flight with some old friends): from 100% to 77% 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 17,516 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 7.9h for positive, 1.9h 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 (66.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Reunion Resume your old life 100%
- Learn to Fly Take flight with some old friends Most players quit here 77% −23
- In his bad books Escape with a gift from an old enemy 61% −16
- Time for a Frenzied Rumble First crack the shell, then crack what's inside 56% −4
- Devastation Witness a terrifying event 46% −10
- Payback Repay Dogen 32% −14
- Never forgotten Avenge them 28% −4
- The enemy of my enemy Seek out Black November for help 28% −1
- Smash & grab Resistance is futile 27% −1
- This. Is. Glass. Send the KrugerSec turrets into the abyss 27%
- Vengeful Strike Claw back what they took from you 25% −1
- Little girl found Discover the identity of Kruger's deadliest asset 22% −3
- Into the light Escape from the heart of darkness 20% −2
- Shattered Dreams Take what is his and make it crumble 20% −1
- Blood is thicker than everything Defeat Kruger 18% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- Reunion Resume your old life 100%
- Learn to Fly Take flight with some old friends 77%
- Learn to walk Purchase Faith's second upgrade 76%
- In his bad books Escape with a gift from an old enemy 61%
- Time for a Frenzied Rumble First crack the shell, then crack what's inside 56%
- Devastation Witness a terrifying event 46%
- Five Finger Discount Remove 10 electronic parts from Conglomerate terminals 43%
- Elegant Flight Deliver any fragile package without any damage to it 34%
- Payback Repay Dogen 32%
- Run free Purchase half of Faith's upgrades 32%
- Praise the Run Reach full focus and keep it going 30%
- Never forgotten Avenge them 28%
- The enemy of my enemy Seek out Black November for help 28%
- Smash & grab Resistance is futile 27%
- This. Is. Glass. Send the KrugerSec turrets into the abyss 27%
- Undetected Surge Shut down any gridNode without notifying KrugerSec of your presence 26%
- Vengeful Strike Claw back what they took from you 25%
- Hacker Time Hack. Tick. Tock. Run. Repeat. 22%
- I refuse to sink Complete all side missions in Anchor 22%
- Little girl found Discover the identity of Kruger's deadliest asset 22%
- You can't keep me down Get yourself to a user created Beat L.E. 21%
- Into the light Escape from the heart of darkness 20%
- Shattered Dreams Take what is his and make it crumble 20%
- Spooky Customize your Echo 19%
- Hey, it's-a-me again! Perform a highground attack as a finishing move 19%
- Blood is thicker than everything Defeat Kruger 18%
- Building Blocks Complete all side missions in Rezoning 16%
- Danger Zone Reach full focus and take out 10 enemies before it runs out 13%
- User Generated Finisher Complete a user created Time Trial 9.2%
- Downtown Girl Complete all side missions in Downtown 8.9%
- Viewfinder Complete all side missions in The View 8.7%
- Express delivery Deliver 10 packages 8.7%
- Knowledge is power Complete all of Plastic's missions 8.3%
- With Bells On Purchase all of Faith's upgrades 8.0%
- Running Errands Complete all side missions 7.7%
- I Saw You On The Battlefield Destroy all Security Hubs 6.3%
- Tenacious Traceur Wallrun, Turn, Jump, Wallclimb, Turn, Jump, Wallclimb, Turn, Jump 5.9%
- Roof Runner Complete 10 Dashes in the main game 4.5%
- Fighting the system Complete 15 billboard hacks and interventions 4.2%
- Law-abiding citizen A good Cascadian follows the rules 4.2%
- Veteran Runner Shift, Wallrun, Jump, Coil, Skill Roll, Shift 4.1%
- Seb's Salute Shift, Springboard, Wallrun, Swing Pipe, Skill Roll 3.9%
- Full Exposure Collect every gridLeak in Glass 3.8%
- Easy Runner Springboard, Wallclimb, Turn, Jump, Coil, Skill Roll 3.5%
- Georges' Garrison Springboard, Swingbar, Jump, Wallclimb, Turn, Jump, Coil 3.3%
- Belle of the Ball Vault, Slide, Jump, Wallclimb, Turn, Jump, Wallrun, Turn, Jump, Skill Roll 3.3%
- Peak Performer Get a 3-star rating on all Dashes in the main game 3.3%
- P.I. Connors Find every secret bag hidden in Glass 3.2%
- Story Teller Find every recording and document in Glass 3.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.