EMPTY SHELL

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 878 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 2.9h 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 (74.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (81)

• IT BEGINS Death count: 1 100%
• HERD Kills count: 50 94%
• JUST THE BEGINNING Leaving Building C 84%
• TECHNODEATH Deploy a Gadget 83%
• BLACK FRIDAY Upgrades Cost: >1000 75%
• DAD, YOU WERE RIGHT As big as an elephant 70%
• AMMO Ammo used: 500 65%
• DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Find 15 documents 45%
• LOYAL CUSTOMER Open 100 supply crates 40%
• ENGINEERING Use a Device 39%
• SWARM Kills count: 500 37%
• TILL DEATH DO US PART Find the Ring 32%
• MORE AMMO Ammo used: 2000 30%
• THE OTHER SIDE Reach the West Wing 30%
• ONE OF EVERYTHING Upgrades Cost: >10000 28%
• METICOLOUS SHOOTER Complete a level with 90+ % of accuracy 24%
• DROP LIKE FLIES Death count: 10 23%
• FINALLY Fully upgrade the inventory 22%
• CAN'T DECIDE Power up both platforms in the Transport Center 17%
• SMOOTH Complete the Game on Easy difficulty or higher 17%
• EXPLORER Find 5 secret rooms 17%
• BLACKOUT Use 500 Energy Cells 16%
• THEY CALL IT THE SCISSOR Kill 5 Scissors 16%
• BEEFED UP Upgrade to and fill up 120 of both HP and Armor at the same time 14%
• DIGGING IN THE PAST Find 50 documents 14%
• DANGEROUS TOY Kill a Soulless armed with a rocket launcher with his own rocket 12%
• DARK Pass through the North Wing Building B 11%
• EVEN MORE AMMO Ammo used: 5000 11%
• A CLEAN SWEEP Kill 1000 Walking Soulless 11%
• SHUT DOWN Destroy the SSLW System 11%
• NOT TOO BAD Complete the game on Normal difficulty or higher 11%
• ENTHUSIAST Find 20 different ranged weapons 11%
• GOING DEEPER Pass through the Caves 11%
• ANOTHER WAY Reach the Construction Site 11%
• REBOOT Reboot the SSLW System 9.7%
• I, AM THE ONE WHO SHOOTS Kill 100 Armed Soulless 9.3%
• DEAD BUT WEALTHY Collect 50000+ credits 9.2%
• OBSESSED CUSTOMER Open 500 supply crates 9.0%
• FAUNA Kills count: 2000 7.8%
• THRIFTY Own 5000+ credits at the same time 7.8%
• LOVE MY TOOLS Use 10 different Gadgets 7.7%
• MOM, HELP ME Kill Miho on Hard difficulty or higher 7.4%
• INVERTEBRATES Kill 15 Worms or Maggots 6.9%
• BUTCHER Kill 500 enemies with the Old Axe 6.2%
• SERIOUS STUFF Buy the Rocket Launcher 5.9%
• FORGED Find the Katana 5.8%
• WHAT'S A TRIGGER? Finish a level with only melee weapons 5.8%
• ANGRY Kill 5 enemies with the Old Axe in less than 1 second 5.4%
• INQUISITIVE Find 20 secret rooms 5.2%
• FROM THE DEEP Kill the Giant Eye on Hard difficulty or higher 5.1%
• COLLECTOR Find 10 different melee weapons 4.8%
• SHARPSHOOTER Kills 100 enemies with a precision rifle 4.6%
• X-RAY Kill 4 enemies with a single Railgun bullet 4.2%
• NEVER ENOUGH Equip all types of attack drones at the same time 3.6%
• END OF THE LINE Kill 10 enemies in a row while staying in the front carriage 3.5%
• CONJUNCTIVITIS Kill 200 Eyes 3.2%
• ARSON Burn them 3.1%
• QUICK NIGHTMARE HANDSHAKE Kill the Hand in less than 20 seconds on NIGHTMARE difficulty 3.1%
• Wild Kill 400 enemies with the Machete 3.0%
• HEARTBROKEN Kill the Heart on Hard difficulty or higher 2.8%
• UNTOUCHABLE Kill Miho without taking damage 2.8%
• ARACHNOPHOBIA Kill 30 Spitting Spiders 2.8%
• STOP THINKING Kill the Brain on Hard difficulty or higher 2.6%
• THE RIGHT STUFF Complete the game on Hard difficulty or higher 2.6%
• THAT WAS CLOSE Complete The Barge without dying on Nightmare difficulty 2.4%
• BREATHE DEEPLY Complete the level without wearing the Special Gas Mask 2.2%
• QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY Complete the game with no more than 30 volunteers on Hard difficulty or higher 2.2%
• B:\> Collect all the data disks 2.0%
• NINE INCH PAIN Nail them 2.0%
• RADIOACTIVE Reach 40+ mSv of radiation and back without dying 2.0%
• THE AWAKENING Complete the game on Nightmare difficulty or higher 1.9%
• THE TRUTH Find 90 documents 1.7%
• MADE OF STEEL Finish a level without taking any damaged on NIGHTMARE difficulty 1.7%
• TAP TAP TAP Kill 900 Small Spiders 1.6%
• ELITE Finish the New Game + 1.6%
• DEATH FROM ABOVE Cause 10 enemies to end up crushed 1.6%
• THE SIGNAL Listen to all radio signals till the end 1.5%
• CARPENTER Finish a level on Nightmare difficulty using just the hammer 1.3%
• ZAP ZAP Shock them 1.3%
• HEAVY LOAD Kill her with her own weapon 1.1%
• LET ME TRY THIS ONE TOO Use 10 different Devices 1.1%