When does AudioSurf get good?

Hooks you almost right away. In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 5h it's 1 in 50 (2%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

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AudioSurf

Feb 15, 2008 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

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

Started playing 80% of owners

Steam reviews 96% positive of 11,111

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 5h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
80% 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 11,158 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 10.2h for positive, 2.5h 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 (79.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (19)

story milestone ending side

Royal Ride Earn Gold without overfilling. 2 min minimum. 100%
PPM 10,000 10000 points per minute. 3 minute minimum. 95%
Olympian Earn triple a gold medal requirement. 2 min minimum. 86%
PPM 30,000 30000 points per minute. 3 minute minimum. 39%
Stainless Earn Clean Finish and Gold 3 times in a row. 34%
Ninjutsu Stealth and collect every color block. 3 min minimum. 19%
Big Kahuna Score 17000 points in a single match. 18%
Stealth Adept Using Ninja Mono, earn Stealth. 3 min minimum. 17%
Candy Stripe Make a candy stripe. 15%
Laser Show Collect matches in 4 colors simultaneously. 14%
Bauer Collect a match of 24 blocks. 6.1%
Sunburn Turn 21 blocks red with a single paint. 5.9%
Spotlight Finish Finish Clean, Gold before finish, hit last block, elite only. 4.9%
Stealth Master Using Ninja Mono, earn Stealth. 7 min minimum. 4.4%
Ambush Beat a friend's score less than 15 min. after they earn it. 3.6%
Brutus Dethrone a friend from a global scoreboard. 3.5%
Stealth Legend Using Ninja Mono, earn Stealth. 11 min minimum. 3.1%
Snowstorm Collect a chain reaction of 7 white blocks. 3.0%
Bizarro Fill all columns within 15 seconds. No greys. No matches. 2.0%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.