ActionAdventureRPG
CONTROL Resonant
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 38% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 20,524
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 35h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Artistic Liberation” (Kill the Resonant in Downtown) and “Thermal Termination” (Kill the Resonant in Central): from 92% to 68% of starters.
- 97% 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 20,670 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 301 reviews: 37.6h for positive, 13.2h 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 (97.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Artistic Liberation Kill the Resonant in Downtown. 92% −8
- Thermal Termination Kill the Resonant in Central. Most players quit here 68% −24
- Rescue Mission Rescue Arish. 66% −2
- Curtain Fall Kill the Resonant in the West Incursion Zone. 65% −1
- Insidious Growth Kill the Resonant in the Park. 52% −13
- Astral Reconfiguration Kill the Resonant in the Underpass. 47% −5
- The First Link Sever the first Pattern Link. 47%
- Stop it at the Source Sever all the Hedron Links. 39% −7
- Honorable Discharge Kill the Resonant in the Unknown. 37% −2
- Repeating, Refracting Kill the Hedron. 38% +1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- Assigned to Accept Obtain Aberrant. 100%
- Parautilitarian Obtain your first Combat Ability. 92%
- Artistic Liberation Kill the Resonant in Downtown. 92%
- Astral Construction Purchase an Aberrant Upgrade. 89%
- Promising Recruit Unlock a Talent. 86%
- Field Work Reach level 3 in any Zone. 83%
- Finalization Protocol Unlock a Combo Finisher. 82%
- Up to the Task Complete a World Feat. 81%
- Core Competency Obtain a Health Upgrade or Power Upgrade. 78%
- Paranatural Agility Perform 3 Perfect Dodges in less than 6 seconds. 73%
- Paranatural Apprentice Craft an Artifact. 68%
- Thermal Termination Kill the Resonant in Central. 68%
- Rescue Mission Rescue Arish. 66%
- Curtain Fall Kill the Resonant in the West Incursion Zone. 65%
- Personal Development Obtain 4 Health Upgrades. 58%
- Paranatural Craftsman Equip 3 Artifacts. 57%
- SHÜM! Play a level in SHÜM! 57%
- Enemy of My Enemy Help with the CFD. 54%
- Out of Uniform Equip an outfit item in every customization slot. 52%
- Insidious Growth Kill the Resonant in the Park. 52%
- Sibling Reunion Complete all Fault Rituals. 47%
- Astral Reconfiguration Kill the Resonant in the Underpass. 47%
- The First Link Sever the first Pattern Link. 47%
- Versatile Expert Unlock 30 Talents. 46%
- Zone Warden Unlock 40 Zone Upgrades. 46%
- Astral Obtain 4 Power Upgrades. 42%
- Astral Adept Max-out any Aberrant Form. 41%
- Stop it at the Source Sever all the Hedron Links. 39%
- Field Control Reach level 5 in every Zone. 38%
- Repeating, Refracting Kill the Hedron. 38%
- Honorable Discharge Kill the Resonant in the Unknown. 37%
- Astral Potency Reach Aberrant Strength 100. 36%
- Love to Deep Dive Visit the Gap 3 times in less than 5 minutes. 35%
- Form Over Function Obtain 12 outfit items. 35%
- Graffiti Artist Complete the Mural in the Gap. 34%
- Budding Analyst Help Pope finish her research. 33%
- Budding Mycologist Deal with the major Mold Incidents in Manhattan. 31%
- Combat Readiness Equip a Combat Ability in every slot. 25%
- Be What You Want to Be Save everyone during karaoke. 22%
- Dog's Best Friend Gain a furry friend. 20%
- Threshold Researcher Deal with all the Thresholds in Manhattan. 20%
- FBC Recruit Complete an FBC Task. 20%
- Backroom Espionage Visit all the Secret Hideouts. 19%
- Psychic Domination Command a Breaker enemy. 15%
- Panopticon Intern Contain Altered Items and help Langston. 13%
- Diligent Consultant Complete 20 FBC Tasks. 11%
- Intense Precision Keep Dominance active for 60 seconds. 11%
- Work-Life Balance Complete all instances of the Sketchbook. 11%
- Paranatural Artisan Craft 30 Artifacts. 7.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-11-01.