SOMA
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 10h it's 1 in 60 (2%).
- 46% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Answering the Call” (Talked to Catherine Chun) and “Chasing Catherine” (Discovered Lambda): from 100% to 79% of starters.
- Only 68% 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 53,602 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.3h for positive, 5.5h 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 (68.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Answering the Call Talked to Catherine Chun 100%
- Chasing Catherine Discovered Lambda Most players quit here 79% −21
- Stranded Crash-landed on peak Delta 65% −13
- The DUNBAT Discovered Theta 60% −5
- Killed the Dream I Dreamed Escaped Theta 49% −11
- A New You Changed body at Omicron 47% −2
- Your Expressway to the Stars Reached the Omega Space Gun 46% −1
- Endangered Species Met the last person left alive 46%
- The End They’re not us! 46%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (10)
story milestone ending side
- Answering the Call Talked to Catherine Chun 100%
- Chasing Catherine Discovered Lambda 79%
- Stranded Crash-landed on peak Delta 65%
- The DUNBAT Discovered Theta 60%
- Plan B Failed at acquiring the DUNBAT 55%
- Killed the Dream I Dreamed Escaped Theta 49%
- A New You Changed body at Omicron 47%
- Your Expressway to the Stars Reached the Omega Space Gun 46%
- Endangered Species Met the last person left alive 46%
- The End They’re not us! 46%