When does Transmissions: Element 120 get good?

Hooks you almost right away. In the first 2 hours 1 in 15 reviews are negative (7%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 2.

How many players finish Transmissions: Element 120?

54% of players who start reach the ending.

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Transmissions: Element 120

Jun 16, 2016 Steam: Very Positive

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

Reach the ending 54% of players who started

Started playing 59% of owners

Steam reviews 95% positive of 9,964

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 15 reviews are negative (7%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 2.
The opening is criticised less than in 95% of games we track.
54% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Animus” (Complete chapter 3) and “Terminus” (Complete chapter 4): from 79% to 54% of starters.
Only 59% 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 10,073 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 1.7h 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 (59.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Wake Complete chapter 1. 100%
Escape Complete chapter 2. 93% −7
Animus Complete chapter 3. 79% −14
Terminus Complete chapter 4. Most players quit here 54% −25

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (11)

story milestone ending side

Wake Complete chapter 1. 100%
Gravity Jump Use a special weapon to gravity jump. 94%
Escape Complete chapter 2. 93%
Animus Complete chapter 3. 79%
Slicer Cut a zombie in half with a large object. 72%
Metroidvania Find a way to get the magnum revolver. 68%
Terminus Complete chapter 4. 54%
Catch em all Find and decode all qr codes. 21%
Strider Smasher Smash two striders with shipping containers. 19%
Scholar Find all journals. 14%
Reunited Reunite two little gnomes. 12%

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