Neon Abyss 2
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 70% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 7+ hours (70%).
- 62% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Heretic Awakens” (Pass Level 5) and “Prelude to Deicide” (Pass Level 6): from 90% to 68% of starters.
- Only 32% 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 2,710 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 6.7h for positive, 7.2h 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 (31.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Into the Abyss Pass Level 1 100%
- In the Zone Pass Level 2 98% −2
- Baptism of Fire Pass Level 3 96% −2
- Chaos Unleashed Pass Level 4 95% −1
- The Heretic Awakens Pass Level 5 90% −5
- Prelude to Deicide Pass Level 6 Most players quit here 68% −22
- New Gods' Demise Pass Level 7 63% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- Into the Abyss Pass Level 1 100%
- In the Zone Pass Level 2 98%
- Upgrade Initiated Reach the Blackdog Level: 2. 98%
- Baptism of Fire Pass Level 3 96%
- Showing Promise Unlock Saya. 95%
- Chaos Unleashed Pass Level 4 95%
- Freshly Hatched Unlock Elise. 91%
- The Heretic Awakens Pass Level 5 90%
- Hacker Crisis Defeat God of Hackers. 90%
- Neon Trip Be defeated for the first time in the Abyss. 82%
- Keep Accelerating Reach the Blackdog Level: 10. 81%
- Silicon Nirvana Defeat God of AI. 80%
- Rhythmic Focus Defeat GOD OF EDM 71%
- Performance Unleashed Reach the Blackdog Level: 20. 69%
- Prelude to Deicide Pass Level 6 68%
- Weapon Virtuoso Unlock James. 67%
- Shadow Syndicate Unlock Xuan. 67%
- New Gods' Demise Pass Level 7 63%
- Ironclad Rock Unlock R-7. 62%
- Waking Dream Defeat God of Psychedelia. 60%
- Maximum Overload Reach the Blackdog Level: 30. 55%
- Explosive Spark Unlock Mira. 51%
- Eternal Dream Defeat Dark Eris,God of Psychedelia. 44%
- Treasure Hunter Unlock Cassie. 42%
- Magic Appreciation Unlock Lucia. 40%
- Amusing Ourselves to Death Defeat Hyperion, God of Entertainment. 37%
- Elevated Access Reach the Blackdog Level: 50. 36%
- Signal Lost Defeat Hermes, God of Messages. 31%
- Broken Arrow, Lingering Heart Defeat Aphrodite, Goddess of Seduction. 23%
- Magic Jar Use 30 Wonder Jars 15%
- DARK APHRODITE Defeat Dark Aphrodite. 14%
- THEIA Defeat Theia, Goddess of Vanity. 8.6%