When does Savant - Ascent get good?

Hooks you almost right away. In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

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Savant - Ascent

Dec 4, 2013 Steam: Very Positive

Hooks you almost right away

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 14% of owners

Steam reviews 92% positive of 2,783

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The opening is criticised less than in 87% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 14% 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.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 2,803 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 4.7h 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 (14.1% 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)

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Soundtracks Obtain 6 Soundtracks by collecting all the golden CD pieces scattered across the different game modes 100%
Scrapper Destroy 500 Enemies In Endless Mode, without dying 97%
Grab Some Utilize a grab attack towards an enemy(Attack unlocked by obtaining the 6th Soundtrack) 94%
Take Out The Trash Destroy 99% of the enemies in Time Attack, before the boss 72%
Obtain Ultimate Power Find a way to obtain ultimate power! 61%
Overdrive LVL 1 Collect enough scrap metal to enter Overdrive mode. (After obtaining Ultimate Power) 60%
Overdrive LVL 2 Collect enough scrap metal to reach Blue Overdrive 59%
Overdrive LVL 3 Collect enough scrap metal to reach Pink Overdrive 57%
Overdrive LVL 4 Collect enough scrap metal to reach Red Overdrive 55%
Overdrive LVL MAX Collect enough scrap metal to fully charge you're Overdrive, becoming the strongest Savant ever! 52%
5 Min Survival Survive for 5 minutes in Endless mode 51%
Wyrm Be Gone Destroy A Wyrm within 3 seconds 44%
Glint of Gold Destroy all 16 Golden Fodders during Time Attack, without dying 38%
10 Min Survival Survive for 10 minutes in Endless mode 24%

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