When does Marvel's Midnight Suns get good?

Give it 10 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 35h it's 1 in 12 (8%). Fully opens up by hour 35.

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Marvel's Midnight Suns

Dec 1, 2022 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 10 hours

Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 88% of owners

Steam reviews 82% positive of 24,642

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 35h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
Fully opens up by hour 35.
The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
Most players drop off before “A Light Extinguished” (Complete the New York story missions): only 40% of starters get there.
88% 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 24,761 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 51.9h for positive, 8.9h 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 (88% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
A Light Extinguished Complete the New York story missions. Most players quit here 40% −60
Big Mad Complete the Southwest story missions. 28% −12
Family is Forever Complete the Transia story missions. 21% −7

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

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

All achievements (72)

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Lilith Returns Complete the tutorial. 100%
Oshtur's Gift Acquire the "Open" Word of Power. 75%
Are You On Superlink? Gain a Friendship Level with any hero. 63%
Might Need Pockets Craft a combat item at the Item Bench. 59%
Speed Kills KO a villain with a Quick ability. 50%
Pinball Wizard KO multiple enemies with a single Knockback 25 times. 47%
Trading Up Redraw 75 cards. 47%
With a Box of Scraps Craft a hero ability card in the Forge. 46%
Elemental, My Dear Agatha Solve the mystery of Agatha's Altar. 46%
Quantity is Quality Use 8 hero abilities in a single turn. 45%
You Absolute Legend Complete a Midnight Sun Challenge in the Forge. 43%
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble Use Agatha's Cauldron to complete a Recipe. 41%
A Light Extinguished Complete the New York story missions. 40%
Make a House a Home Purchase 10 different upgrades for the Hunter's Quarters. 40%
We Have Ways Interrogate 5 enemies. 40%
Atum's Call Acquire the "Reveal" Word of Power. 39%
Wilhelm Scream Knockback 2 enemies into Drops in a single turn. 38%
Back in Time for Lunch Complete a general mission in 2 turns or less. 37%
Friendship is Magic Reach the maximum Team Friendship Level in the Abbey. 37%
Dream Team KO a villain with a Hero Combo. 36%
The Keymaster Open 25 Arcane Chests. 35%
Did We Just Become Best Friends? Reach the maximum Friendship Level with any hero. 33%
A Coven Restored Solve the mystery of Hiram Shaw's church. 31%
Kitchen Sink Use 5 environmentals in a single turn. 31%
Challenge Accepted Complete 10 Mission Challenges. 30%
Hyppus' Aid Acquire the "Purify" Word of Power. 29%
Not a Scratch Complete a general mission where no hero takes Health damage. 29%
Hemophobic Complete a Vampyre mission without any hero gaining Bleed from a Vampyre Bite. 28%
Big Mad Complete the Southwest story missions. 28%
Set's Favor Acquire the "Break" Word of Power. 26%
A Mother's Gift Solve the mystery of Lilith's Garden. 26%
Collateral Damage KO 4 enemies with a single environmental. 24%
Big Guns Use 3 different Legendary hero abilities in a single mission. 24%
Unrequited Love Pet Ebony on 4 different days. 23%
Some Minor Adjustments Apply mods to 10 different hero abilities. 23%
And Look Good Doing It Spend 1500 Gloss on cosmetic options for the Hunter. 23%
KKRRAKATHOOM Spend 10 Heroism with a single ability. 22%
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead Complete all Deadpool story missions. 22%
Family is Forever Complete the Transia story missions. 21%
A Shining Light Reach maximum Light Balance. 20%
Dr. Deadpool, MD, PhD, JD, RN, CPA Complete all Deadpool research. 19%
Extracurricular Activities Attend all Abbey Club meetings in a single campaign. 19%
Needful Things Use 25 combat items. 19%
Hunter the Explorer Find every Haven on the Abbey Grounds in a single campaign. 18%
Redemption Complete all Venom story missions. 16%
Spread the Pain Complete a Daily Sparring session with every hero. 14%
The Best Girl Pet Charlie 15 days in a row. 14%
Never Been Satisfied Completely spend and then refill Venom's Ravenous meter in a single encounter. 14%
Comeback King Complete all Venom research. 14%
The Hunger Complete all Morbius story missions. 13%
Living Vampire Use Morbius' "Bloodlust" on the first turn, then retain Bloodlust for the rest of the mission. 13%
Elemental Teachings Complete all Storm Research. 13%
Beyond Biochemistry Complete all Morbius Research. 13%
Blood Storm Complete all Storm story missions. 11%
Fully Operational Build every Abbey upgrade in a single campaign. 11%
You Have the Lead Complete a general mission led by every hero. 10%
Dracula's Tomb Complete the Dracula Tomb's mission. 9.7%
Fully Armed Acquire every Hunter ability. 9.1%
That Special Feeling Complete Deadpool's Midnight Sun Challenge mission. 8.0%
Wisdom of the Woods Collect 10 of every Reagent. 7.3%
Time to Make the Chimichangas! Reach maximum En Fuego with Deadpool. 6.8%
Cape of Many Colors Apply a Suit palette to every Hero in a single campaign. 6.4%
What's In This, Anyway? Apply stat modifications to 5 different heroes using the Laboratory. 6.4%
Blessings of the Goddess Complete Storm's Midnight Sun Challenge mission. 6.0%
A Growing Darkness Reach maximum Dark Balance. 5.8%
Lethal Protector Complete Venom's Midnight Sun Challenge mission. 5.8%
Patience, Young One Play 3 Storm abilities with activated Next Turn bonuses on the same turn. 5.8%
Bond of Blood Complete Morbius' Midnight Sun Challenge mission. 5.5%
It's All Connected Modify 5 general missions using the Whisper Web. 4.2%
Big Game Hunter Obtain all other Midnight Suns Achievements 4.1%
T.H.R.E.A.T. Eliminated Survive 3 turns in the THREAT Room with every hero. 2.7%
Shocking Development Stun 4 enemies with Storm abilities in a single turn. 2.0%

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