PATHOGEN X

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 314 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 2.1h for positive, 1.5h 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 (99.1% 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 (49)

• Greetings! Launch a game 100%
• What's in Here? Break a supply crate 94%
• Small Caliber Kill an enemy with a pistol 91%
• Sniper Kill the enemy in the head 91%
• Lots of Bullets Kill an enemy with an MP5 85%
• Explosion Kill an enemy with an explosion 84%
• Watch the Puddle! Step into the spitter's puddle 77%
• Event Chronology - 1 Read note 1 76%
• Death Die from anything 75%
• Electrician Destroy all control panels 68%
• Blast Kill an enemy with a shotgun 62%
• Cold Calculation Kill an enemy with a knife 59%
• Something in the Dark Defeat the shadow stalker 59%
• Below Zero Freeze an enemy with liquid nitrogen 56%
• Event Chronology - 2 Read note 2 54%
• Event Chronology - 3 Read note 3 53%
• Event Chronology - 4 Read note 4 52%
• Hallucinations Defeat the infected scientist 45%
• Level three Gain access to the laboratory 45%
• Big Caliber Kill an enemy with an assault rifle (AR) 43%
• Heart of the Complex Survive in the laboratory 40%
• What a Stink Defeat the infected fatty 40%
• Mind the Doors Survive in the metro 39%
• Wonderful Place Start the funicular 38%
• Outskirts Survive in the village 38%
• Event Chronology - 7 Read note 7 36%
• One Shot Kill an enemy with a sniper rifle 36%
• Killer Arsenal Collect all 5 weapons 36%
• Arthur Stein Defeat the final boss 35%
• Boss Crusher Kill all bosses 35%
• Final Twist Complete the game 35%
• Event Chronology - 5 Read note 5 31%
• Event Chronology - 6 Read note 6 26%
• Owl-3 Find owl-3 20%
• Owl-6 Find owl-6 17%
• Owl-2 Find owl-2 13%
• Owl-5 Find owl-5 13%
• Owl-4 Find owl-4 11%
• Owl-1 Find owl-1 7.7%
• Scarecrow Scare the crows with a shot 7.3%
• Owl-7 Find owl-7 5.9%
• Just a Joystick Complete the game using only a joystick 4.4%
• Bookworm Read all notes 1.9%
• Collector Gather all owls 1.8%
• Insectonator Complete the level without taking damage from bugs 1.8%
• Invincible Complete the game without taking damage 1.7%
• Mystery Explorer Find 1 secret room 1.7%
• Secret Finder Find 3 secret objects 1.7%
• Weapon Collector Find 2 additional weapons 1.6%