Simulation
Dead Signal
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 2h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 1,108
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 4h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- 75% 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 1,124 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 7.6h for positive, 5.4h 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 (74.7% 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 (18)
- Welcome to ViVEX Finish the tutorial. 100%
- Strong Start Earn more than 4 rollover points in an hour. 73%
- Good Boy! File a report on a dog. 60%
- Neighborly Delivery a package to 9B. 39%
- The Jitters Moved when Female Noir told you not to. 37%
- Fast Twitch Muscles Outrun Mr.Delfalco. 36%
- No Running in the Halls Get punished for being reckless 35%
- Squeaky Clean File a report on a lady getting clean. 34%
- All Seeing Eye Successfully report something in every available category. 32%
- Mystery Man File a report on a specific event. 30%
- Warming Up Beat the game on casual mode. 25%
- Package Handler Beat the game without missing a package shipment. 21%
- Blind Delivery Deliver a package with no lights on, including flashlight. 16%
- Sore Thumb Get snipped by peeking too much. 15%
- Survivor Beat the game on normal mode. 12%
- Locked In Beat the game without pausing once. 9.0%
- Safe Space Hide in all the hideable locations. 7.1%
- God Gamer Beat the game on nightmare mode. 1.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.