Syder Arcade
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 3h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- At least 11% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 63% 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.
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Based on all 702 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 3.1h for positive, 1.7h 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 (63.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Young Gun Complete the campaign at young gun difficulty ≥11% −89
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Space Turtle I Get hit 10 times without dying 100%
- Space Turtle II Get hit 15 times without dying 95%
- Space Turtle III Get hit 20 times without dying 91%
- Action Hero I Fire 5000 bullets 69%
- OmNomNom I Pick up 50 powerups 61%
- Death Dealer I Kill 500 enemies 58%
- OmNomNom II Pick up 100 powerups 47%
- Death Dealer II Kill 1000 enemies 44%
- Action Hero II Fire 20000 bullets 43%
- Mr. Scott I Absorb 50 bullets with your shields 40%
- Mr. Scott II Absorb 100 bullets with your shields 30%
- El Satanico I Kill 100 enemies in melee combat 29%
- Facepalm Die in less than 30 seconds 26%
- OmNomNom III Pick up 500 powerups 26%
- Action Hero III Fire 100000 bullets 23%
- Mr. Scott III Absorb 200 bullets with your shields 21%
- Flawless Complete a campaign level without getting hit or sufferig damage 19%
- The Most Powerful Man In The Universe Be one of the top players in the campaign leaderboard 18%
- El Satanico II Kill 250 enemies in melee combat 17%
- Double Facepalm Die in less than 15 seconds 17%
- Bomb the Bass Kill 1000 enemies with your special weapons 16%
- Death Dealer III Kill 10000 enemies 13%
- Diehard I Survive 5 minutes in survival mode 12%
- Young Gun Complete the campaign at young gun difficulty 11%
- Nostalgia Complete a campaign level using a retro filter 11%
- El Satanico III Kill 500 enemies in melee combat 10%
- Roasted Abruzzese Skewer Complete the campaign with the Dart 10%
- Tourist Complete the campaign at tourist difficulty 8.5%
- Heavy Duty Complete the campaign with the Mule 7.9%
- Insect Man Complete the campaign with the Wasp 7.8%
- Immortal (kind of) Be one of the top players in the shield nebula leaderboard 7.6%
- Diehard II Survive 10 minutes in survival mode 7.3%
- Triple Facepalm Die in less than 5 seconds 7.0%
- Dodge This! Play 5 minutes without getting hit 5.4%
- Piracy is not a problem Be one of the top players in the Lighthouse leaderboard 5.2%
- Diehard III Survive 15 minutes in survival mode 5.2%
- You don't have to be pretty to kick some ass Complete the campaign with the Overseer 4.7%
- Arcade Master Complete the campaign at arcade difficulty 4.6%
- In less than 12 Parsecs Be one of the top players in the Frozen Canyon leaderboard 4.3%
- Panzerotto Prophet Complete the campaign at “pure” difficulty 3.3%
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