When does Audiosurf 2 get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 5h it's 1 in 8 (13%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

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Audiosurf 2

May 26, 2015 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

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 86% of owners

Steam reviews 83% positive of 6,056

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 5h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
86% 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 6,097 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 10.1h for positive, 0.8h 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 (85.8% 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 (14)

story milestone ending side

Mod Explorer Get a new mod on Steam Workshop. 100%
Skin Explorer Get a new skin on Steam Workshop. 100%
How to Win Using Mono mode, earn over 15,000 points in a single grid match. 67%
Recommendation Engine Send a song challenge to your friends. 16%
Be Ninja Using Ninja mode, get a perfect run on a song at least 3 minutes long. 4.4%
Song of the Day 7 Ride 7 different Songs of the Day. 3.6%
Puzzler Using a puzzle mode, earn over 25,000 points in a single grid match. 3.1%
Audiosurf Air Using a Wakeboard mode, catch over 7 seconds of air with at least a 2.75x trick multiplier. 2.4%
Off the Grid Using a wakeboard mode, catch over 11 seconds of air. 2.3%
Sprint Specialist Using Audiosprint mode, get a perfect run on a song at least 3 minutes long. 2.1%
Level Up Create a new skin or mod and share it on Steam Workshop. 1.5%
Song of the Day 65 Ride 65 different Songs of the Day. 1.4%
Puzzle Master Using a puzzle mode, earn over 150,000 points in a single grid match. 1.3%
Tres Commas Using Mono mode, earn 1 billion points (cumulatively). 1.2%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.