DESYNC

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 507 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 3.8h for positive, 1.7h 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 (78.9% 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 (179)

• TERRABLASTER Discovered the Terrablaster Weapon 100%
• ENERGIZER Executed the Energizer Attack Sequence 91%
• PIERCED Executed the Pierced Attack Sequence 89%
• MERCY Executed the Mercy Attack Sequence 89%
• MULTIPLEX Executed the Multiplex Attack Sequence 87%
• OBLITHERATOR Executed the Oblitherator Attack Sequence 84%
• RESTORE Discovered the Restore Core 83%
• AEGIS Discovered the Aegis Sidearm 82%
• NECROPOLIS Cleared Necropolis 82%
• EVADER Executed the Evader Attack Sequence 73%
• SPEED SHARD PROGRESSION 1 Progressed Speed Shard Tier 72%
• AUGUR Executed the Augur Attack Sequence 67%
• BLAST ADEPT Blasted 100 Enemies 62%
• XAERO Executed the Xaero Attack Sequence 62%
• AGGRESSOR Executed the Aggressor Attack Sequence 58%
• ADDITIVE Discovered the Additive Core 57%
• ENTRIPMENT Executed the Entripment Attack Sequence 56%
• RETENTION SHARD PROGRESSION 1 Progressed Retention Shard Tier 56%
• JUSTICAR Executed the Justicar Attack Sequence 55%
• STRENGTH IMBUE Discovered the Strength Imbue 54%
• APPROACH Cleared Approach 54%
• DAMAGE SHARD PROGRESSION 1 Progressed Damage Shard Tier 47%
• SWITCHER Executed the Switcher Attack Sequence 46%
• ENTRAPMENT Executed the Entrapment Attack Sequence 45%
• DIAMETEOR Discovered the Diameteor Weapon 44%
• COLDCROSS Discovered the Coldcross Sidearm 43%
• SINGLETON Executed the Singleton Attack Sequence 42%
• DISTORTION Discovered the Distortion Core 41%
• NETHER Executed the Nether Attack Sequence 40%
• VELOCITY IMBUE Discovered the Velocity Imbue 40%
• KILL STREAM ADEPT Maxed out the Kill Stream 40%
• FLICKER Executed the Flicker Attack Sequence 39%
• AMBIDEXTROUS Executed the Ambidextrous Attack Sequence 37%
• ALTERNATOR Executed the Alternator Attack Sequence 37%
• AXED Executed the Axed Attack Sequence 36%
• COLOSSAL Cleared Colossal 36%
• UNSEEN Executed the Unseen Attack Sequence 32%
• CANDESCENCE Executed the Candescence Attack Sequence 31%
• FIRERATE SHARD PROGRESSION 1 Progressed Firerate Shard Tier 31%
• NAMESAKE The true DESYNC starts here 28%
• COOLANT Executed the Coolant Attack Sequence 28%
• NECROPOLIS ABERRATION Cleared Necropolis Aberration 28%
• OVERKILL STREAM ADEPT Maxed out the Overkill Stream 27%
• OVERCHARGED Executed the Overcharged Attack Sequence 26%
• CORED Executed the Cored Attack Sequence 25%
• TRISTOL RE-SHAPE Initialize all Tristol Shard Slots 25%
• TERRABLASTER RE-SHAPE Initialize all TerraBlaster Shard Slots 24%
• XEORON DEFENDER Defeated Xeoron the Defender 24%
• RIPOSTE Executed the Riposte Attack Sequence 24%
• DRILLED Executed the Drilled Attack Sequence 21%
• POLYHEDROM Discovered the Polyhedrom Weapon 21%
• NUTATION Discovered the Nutation Core 20%
• DELAYER Executed the Delayer Attack Sequence 19%
• DELIQUESCE Executed the Deliquesce Attack Sequence 19%
• ATTACK SEQUENCE STREAM ADEPT Maxed out the Attack Sequence Stream 19%
• BIOMINERAL Cleared Biomineral 18%
• RETENTION SHARD PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Retention Shard Tier 17%
• DISMANTLER Executed the Dismantler Attack Sequence 17%
• SPEED SHARD PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Speed Shard Tier 17%
• SHOCKER Executed the Shocker Attack Sequence 16%
• DAMAGE SHARD PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Damage Shard Tier 16%
• ABYSSAL Executed the Abyssal Attack Sequence 14%
• LANCED Executed the Lanced Attack Sequence 14%
• TOXBURST Discovered the Toxburst Sidearm 14%
• KILL ADEPT Killed 1000 Enemies 13%
• DESYNC STREAM ADEPT Maxed out the Desync Stream 13%
• CORRUPTOR Discovered the Corruptor Core 13%
• DULL IMBUE Discovered the Dull Imbue 13%
• HELIX Cleared Helix 13%
• COLDCROSS PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Coldcross Sidearm Level 13%
• DIAMETEOR RE-SHAPE Initialize all Diameteor Shard Slots 13%
• APPROACH ABERRATION Cleared Approach Aberration 12%
• AEGIS PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Aegis Sidearm Level 12%
• ATTACK ABSOLUTE Executed 1000 Attack Sequences 11%
• ACCURACY ABSOLUTE Cleared a level with perfect accuracy 11%
• WAVESCYTHE Discovered the Wavescythe Weapon 10%
• DISMAYER Executed the Dismayer Attack Sequence 10%
• STREAM ADEPT Maxed out every Stream at once 10%
• TIME ADEPT Maintained Desync Time for over 15 seconds 10%
• OVERKILL ADEPT Overkilled 500 Enemies 9.9%
• FRACTURE Discovered the Fracture Core 9.9%
• MERIDIAN Cleared Meridian 9.8%
• STRENGTH IMBUE PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Strength Imbue Insertion 9.8%
• ACIDIC Executed the Acidic Attack Sequence 9.6%
• COLOSSAL ABERRATION Cleared Colossal Aberration 9.3%
• LAUNCH ADEPT Launched 100 Enemies 9.3%
• STIMULATOR Executed the Stimulator Attack Sequence 9.1%
• COOLDOWN Executed the Cooldown Attack Sequence 8.6%
• ZENTORE DEFENDER Defeated Zentore the Defender 8.5%
• DECIMATOR Executed the Decimator Attack Sequence 8.5%
• DELIVERANCE Executed the Deliverance Attack Sequence 8.4%
• DESYNC ADEPT Desynced 100 Enemies 8.2%
• DIVIDER Executed the Divider Attack Sequence 8.1%
• POLYHEDROM RE-SHAPE Initialize all Polyhedrom Shard Slots 8.0%
• FREEZE Discovered the Freeze Core 7.9%
• STRIDULITRON Cleared Stridulitron 7.7%
• DIFFUSERRAIL Discovered the Diffuserrail Weapon 7.7%
• FIRERATE SHARD PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Firerate Shard Tier 7.7%
• PENETRATOR Executed the Penetrator Attack Sequence 7.5%
• EXTENT Executed the Extent Attack Sequence 7.4%
• REFORM Discovered the Reform Core 7.2%
• TROGLOBIONIC Cleared Troglobionic 7.1%
• PULSAR Discovered the Pulsar Sidearm 7.1%
• OSMOFLUX Discovered the Osmoflux Weapon 7.1%
• SLINGSHOT Executed the Slingshot Attack Sequence 6.5%
• TOXBURST PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Toxburst Sidearm Level 6.5%
• VELOCITY IMBUE PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Velocity Imbue Insertion 6.3%
• RETENTION SHARD PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Retention Shard Tier 6.2%
• DAMAGE SHARD PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Damage Shard Tier 6.2%
• BIOMINERAL ABERRATION Cleared Biomineral Aberration 5.8%
• FUSILLADE Executed the Fusillade Attack Sequence 5.8%
• VIRUS Discovered the Virus Core 5.8%
• STABILITY IMBUE Discovered the Stability Imbue 5.8%
• ZENITH Cleared Zenith 5.7%
• WAVESCYTHE RE-SHAPE Initialize all Wavescythe Shard Slots 5.6%
• CONSUMED Executed the Consumed Attack Sequence 5.3%
• YPSILIFORM DEFENDERS Defeated Ypsiliform the Defenders 5.2%
• THE COMBINATION Combined all Zone Structs 5.1%
• SPEED SHARD PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Speed Shard Tier 5.1%
• DIFFUSERRAIL RE-SHAPE Initialize all Diffuserrail Shard Slots 5.1%
• EXCLUSIVE ZENTORE Deny Zentore from healing over 33% of it's health 4.8%
• STAKED Executed the Staked Attack Sequence 4.7%
• HELIX ABERRATION Cleared Helix Aberration 3.9%
• PLAGUE Executed the Plague Attack Sequence 3.9%
• PULSAR PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Pulsar Sidearm Level 3.8%
• BOUNCED Executed the Bounced Attack Sequence 3.7%
• STRENGTH IMBUE PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Strength Imbue Insertion 3.7%
• REFUSAL Executed the Refusal Attack Sequence 3.7%
• AERIAL Executed the Aerial Attack Sequence 3.5%
• ANTISOCIAL Executed the Antisocial Attack Sequence 3.5%
• OSMOSIS Executed the Osmosis Attack Sequence 3.4%
• TOXIC ADEPT Toxified 50 Enemies 3.4%
• OSMOFLUX RE-SHAPE Initialize all Osmoflux Shard Slots 3.4%
• DESYNC ABSOLUTE Desynced every enemy in a level 3.2%
• MERIDIAN ABERRATION Cleared Meridian Aberration 2.9%
• FREEZE ADEPT Froze 50 Enemies 2.9%
• SWIFT ZENTORE Defeated Zentore Swiftly 2.8%
• COLDCROSS PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Coldcross Sidearm Level 2.8%
• STRIDULITRON ABERRATION Cleared Stridulitron Aberration 2.7%
• TROGLOBIONIC ABERRATION Cleared Troglobionic Aberration 2.7%
• VELOCITY IMBUE PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Velocity Imbue Insertion 2.7%
• DULL IMBUE PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Dull Imbue Insertion 2.5%
• AEGIS PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Aegis Sidearm Level 2.5%
• DAMAGE ARCHITECT Maximised Damage Increase 2.5%
• SWIFT YPSILIFORM Defeated Ypsiliform swiftly 2.4%
• ZENITH ABERRATION Cleared Zenith Aberration 2.4%
• CHEMIST Executed the Chemist Attack Sequence 2.3%
• FRAGMENT Executed the Fragment Attack Sequence 2.3%
• MANOEUVRE ADEPT Discovered all Manoeuvre Styles 2.2%
• APERTURE Executed the Aperture Attack Sequence 2.2%
• SCORE ABSOLUTE Gained a total score of 10,101,101 2.2%
• PULL APART Executed the Pull Apart Attack Sequence 2.2%
• SWIFT XEORON Defeated Xeoron Swiftly 2.0%
• FIRERATE SHARD PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Firerate Shard Tier 1.9%
• PROCESSOR Executed the Processor Attack Sequence 1.9%
• RETENTION ARCHITECT Maximised Retention Increase 1.9%
• AMPLITUDE Executed the Amplitude Attack Sequence 1.8%
• PULSAR PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Pulsar Sidearm Level 1.8%
• STABILITY IMBUE PROGRESSION 2 Progressed Stability Imbue Insertion 1.8%
• TOXBURST PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Toxburst Sidearm Level 1.8%
• EXCLUSIVE YPSILIFORM Used the Pulsar to Desync Ypsiliform 1.6%
• FLAWLESS XEORON Defeated Xeoron without taking damage 1.6%
• SHARD ARCHITECT Generated 50 Shards 1.6%
• SPEED ARCHITECT Maximised Speed Increase 1.6%
• DULL IMBUE PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Dull Imbue Insertion 1.5%
• RANK ABSOLUTE Cleared a level with S+ 1.5%
• FIRERATE ARCHITECT Maximised Firerate Increase 1.5%
• FLAWLESS YPSILIFORM Defeated Ypsiliform without taking damage 1.4%
• EXCLUSIVE XEORON Used the Aegis and Parried Xeoron 1.4%
• FLAWLESS ZENTORE Defeated Zentore without taking damage 1.4%
• JOUST Executed the Joust Attack Sequence 1.4%
• SCULPTOR Executed the Sculptor Attack Sequence 1.4%
• MELT ARCHITECT Melted 50 Shards 1.4%
• BASHER Executed the Basher Attack Sequence 1.4%
• STABILITY IMBUE PROGRESSION 3 Progressed Stability Imbue Insertion 1.4%
• OFFENCE ADEPT Discovered all Offence Styles 1.3%
• PRIORITY ADEPT Discovered all Priority Styles 1.3%
• PETRIFY ADEPT Petrified 50 Enemies 1.3%
• THE SYSTEM Complete User Integration 1.1%