Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 35h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Triumphed in the Proving” and “Fought back the corruption”: from 80% to 57% of starters.
- 76% 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.
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Based on all 8,131 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 32.2h for positive, 18.6h 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 (75.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Followed Rost's teachings Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost. 100%
- Defeated the Sawtooth Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora. 86% −14
- Triumphed in the Proving Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving. 80% −5
- Fought back the corruption Destroyed the corruption inside the Nora valley. Most players quit here 57% −23
- Victorious with the War-Chief Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal. 55% −2
- Learned of the ancient past Learned of the ancient past at Maker's End. 41% −14
- Saved Meridian from its foe Helped Erend investigate Ersa's fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian. 38% −3
- Crashed the Eclipse network Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network. 36% −2
- Discovered the truth Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn. 35% −1
- Broke the siege of All-Mother Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain. 34% −1
- Recovered a powerful weapon Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon. 33% −1
- Ended the war machine threat Ended the threat of the ancient war machines. 31% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (79)
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- Followed Rost's teachings Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost. 100%
- Defeated the Sawtooth Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora. 86%
- First Modification Used a Weapon Coil or Outfit Weave on a modifiable weapon or outfit. 85%
- Triumphed in the Proving Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving. 80%
- Tore off 10 components Detached 10 components from machines during combat. 75%
- Reached level 10 Reached player level 10. 75%
- First Tallneck Overridden Scaled a Tallneck and accessed its information. 68%
- Stealth killed 10 machines Performed a stealth kill on 10 machines. 67%
- First Ancient Vessel found Found an ancient vessel once used by the Old Ones. 66%
- First Corrupted Zone cleared Killed all the corrupted machines in a Corrupted Zone. 65%
- First Metal Flower found Discovered a strange metal flower. 63%
- First Bandit Camp cleared Took back a settlement from a bandit clan. 62%
- Fought back the corruption Destroyed the corruption inside the Nora valley. 57%
- Victorious with the War-Chief Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal. 55%
- First Core Overridden Reached the Core of a Cauldron and accessed its information. 51%
- All Recon machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Reconnaissance machine. 48%
- Headshot 30 human enemies Killed 30 human enemies by landing headshots on them. 48%
- Reached level 25 Reached player level 25. 47%
- First Vantage found Found and accessed a Vantage datapoint. 44%
- 10 Vulnerable machine kills Killed 10 machines weak to Fire while burning, or weak to Freeze while frozen. 43%
- Learned of the ancient past Learned of the ancient past at Maker's End. 41%
- 3 Strikes From Above Killed 3 enemies using the Strike from Above skill. 38%
- Saved Meridian from its foe Helped Erend investigate Ersa's fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian. 38%
- Crashed the Eclipse network Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network. 36%
- Tore off 5 heavy weapons Detached 5 heavy weapons from machines during combat. 35%
- Discovered the truth Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn. 35%
- Broke the siege of All-Mother Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain. 34%
- All Suns at one Ground Earned at least a Half Sun mark in all three trials at one Hunting Ground. 34%
- Reached level 40 Reached player level 40. 33%
- Recovered a powerful weapon Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon. 33%
- All Combat machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Combat machine. 33%
- Ended the war machine threat Ended the threat of the ancient war machines. 31%
- All Tallnecks Overridden Scaled all of the Tallnecks and accessed their information. 29%
- Blazing Suns at one Ground Earned a Blazing Sun mark in all three trials at one Hunting Ground. 29%
- First Banuk Figure found Found a wooden effigy left by a Banuk traveler. 28%
- Took the Shaman's Path Survived the Shaman's Path and found Ourea's retreat. 27%
- All Acquisition machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Acquisition machine. 27%
- 7 types of machine overridden Unlocked and used the overrides for 7 different types of machine. 27%
- Reached level 50 Reached player level 50. 26%
- All Transport machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Transport machine. 26%
- First Bluegleam Trade Traded Bluegleam for a special weapon or outfit. 25%
- Won the Werak Challenge Challenged Aratak at the Frostfigures and won. 24%
- All Cores Overridden Reached the Core of every Cauldron and accessed the information within. 24%
- Aided the defectors Aided the escapes of Uthid and the child king Itamen from the Shadow Carja. 24%
- Completed the Second Expedition Successfully assaulted Thunder's Drum. 23%
- First Spear Modification Applied a modification to your spear. 23%
- Got the Shield-Weaver outfit Recovered an ancient technology and put it to use. 23%
- Conquered the Mountain Drove out the threat within the mountain. 22%
- All machines catalogued Encountered and Focus scanned every type of machine. 22%
- Hunted Redmaw with Talanah Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw. 22%
- Cleared all the Bandit Camps Took back all settlements from the bandit clans. 19%
- Drained the Flood Completely drained the floodwater from inside the Greycatch. 19%
- All Skills learned Learned all available skills. 18%
- All Ancient Vessels found Found all the Ancient Vessels. 17%
- All Suns at all Grounds Earned at least a Half Sun mark in all trials at all of the Hunting Grounds. 16%
- Fully Improved Weapons Acquired the improved versions of three weapons from Varga. 16%
- All Corrupted Zones cleared Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone. 16%
- All Frozen Wilds Skills Learned all of the new skills in the Frozen Wilds. 16%
- Blazing Suns at all Grounds Earned a Blazing Sun mark in all trials at all of the Hunting Grounds. 16%
- All Control Towers disabled Disabled all Control Towers by overriding or destroying them. 15%
- All Banuk Figures found Found all of Arnak's figures. 15%
- All Metal Flowers found Found all of the Metal Flowers. 14%
- All Vantages found Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints. 14%
- All Animal Figurines found Found all of the Animal Figurines in the Cut. 14%
- All Pigments found Found all of the Pigments in the Cut. 14%
- Killed 6 Fireclaws Killed 6 Fireclaw machines. 13%
- All allies joined Given Aloy's actions, all possible optional allies joined the defense. 12%
- Reached Level 60 Reached player level 60. 12%
- Killed 10 Frostclaws Killed 10 Frostclaw machines. 10%
- All Quests completed Completed all side quests and errands in the Frozen Wilds. 9.3%
- Won Ikrie's Challenge Met Ikrie again at the Snowchants Hunting Ground and took first place in her challenge. 9.1%
- All Activities completed Completed the Tallneck, Bandit Camp and Hunting Ground in the Cut. 9.0%
- Killed 15 Scorchers Killed 15 Scorcher machines. 8.2%
- 5 Machine Types Repaired Used the Machine Repair or Mount Repair skill on 5 different types of machine. 6.5%
- 5 Dismount Strikes Killed 5 enemies using the Dismount Strike skill. 6.2%
- Downed 23 Grazer dummies Found and knocked over all of the Grazer training dummies in the Nora region. 5.8%
- All Achievements Obtained Obtained all Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered achievements. 5.0%
- New Game+ Completed Completed a New Game+ playthrough on any difficulty. 4.9%
- Ultra Hard Completed Completed a New Game+ playthrough on Ultra Hard difficulty. 4.1%