Dead Effect 2

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,338 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 12.2h for positive, 4.5h 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 (74.2% 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 (220)

• Awakening - Who let the dogs out… seriously Finish the mission on any difficulty. 100%
• Hub - What does it do? Unlock your first ability. 98%
• Hub - Nice start Upgrade your first ability. 93%
• General - So the Journey begins Travel 1,000 m. 92%
• Hub - Learning new tricks Unlock 3 abilities. 85%
• Awakening - Hood in space Finish the mission with accuracy higher than 70 %. 83%
• General - Racist Kill 10 enemies of the same type in a row. 83%
• Get Minikin - Wakey Wakey! Finish the mission on any difficulty. 83%
• General - Perfect aim Kill 25 enemies with headshots. 76%
• General - Itchy finger Fire 500 bullets. 69%
• Hub - Make it better Buy your first upgrade. 66%
• Train escape - Choo choo Finish the mission on any difficulty. 66%
• Get Minikin - Who needs GPS? Find an elevator card without being told. 59%
• General - Hunter Kill 500 enemies. 57%
• Hub - More upgrades please Buy 10 upgrades. 57%
• Train escape - Hat-trick Kill 3 enemies with headshots with one magazine. 57%
• General - Stretching my legs Travel 5,000 m. 55%
• General - Curious Loot 10 lockers. 54%
• Biotech device - Crystallized Finish the mission on any difficulty. 54%
• Hub - Little Rohn Jambo Buy your first weapon. 52%
• General - This happens to everyone Die. 50%
• General - Handjob Kill 20 enemies with melee weapons. 48%
• Awakening - Cat person Kill every dog in the level without getting hit. 48%
• Hub - Suit up Buy your first armor piece. 47%
• General - Am I a Zombie now? Use revive (checkpoint) for the first time. 47%
• Oxygen fix - Getting some air Finish the mission on any difficulty. 46%
• Hub - Next please Upgrade 3 abilities. 44%
• General - Getting to know the place Travel 10,000 m. 43%
• Get Minikin - Dodged that! Do not get hit by the boss's ultrasound wave. 43%
• Hub - Who needs weapons now? Fully upgrade the first ability. 40%
• Hub - Human improved Buy your first implant. 40%
• Hub - First paycheck Spend 100,000 credits in the HUB. 40%
• Life Experiment - (E)Met Finish the mission on any difficulty. 40%
• General - Bullet waster Fire 5,000 bullets. 38%
• General - Are we there yet? Travel 15,000 m. 38%
• Missing components - Where did I put it? Finish the mission on any difficulty. 37%
• General - Full pockets Loot 100 parts of gear or implants. 36%
• Hub - Upgrades all around Buy 50 upgrades. 35%
• General - Johnny Walker Travel 20,000 m. 34%
• Water supply - Anybody thirsty? Finish the mission on any difficulty. 33%
• Missing components - I can haz no deathz Finish the mission without dying. 32%
• General - Up close Kill 50 enemies with melee weapons. 31%
• Hub - Dividing the love Upgrade 5 abilities. 31%
• Wagner lab walk - Visiting an old friend Finish the mission on any difficulty. 31%
• Train escape - Getting faster Kill 5 enemies in 10 seconds. 31%
• FB - Now just run Fully upgrade 3 abilities. 31%
• Hub - Big spender Spend 500,000 credits in the HUB. 30%
• General - Machine rookie Kill 200 enemies with the machine guns. 30%
• Hub - Balancing the scale Buy your first bonus item. 30%
• General - Intrigued Loot 50 lockers. 30%
• Wagner port - Teleports are real Finish the mission on any difficulty. 29%
• General - Killer Kill 1,000 enemies. 29%
• Hub - Magician Unlock 10 abilities. 29%
• Get Minikin - Old-fashioned Finish the mission without using abilities or the paralyzer. 29%
• Find way out - Lost in space Finish the mission on any difficulty. 29%
• Find way out - The doctor is in Successfully remove 10 zombie parts. 28%
• Biotech device - Ordinary person Finish the mission without using any special ability. 28%
• Water supply - Never too careful Use every healing chamber in the level. 28%
• General - Long road ahead Finish 1st generic mission. 27%
• Survive - Spilling some blood Finish the first Survive mission within the specified time limit. 27%
• Wagner lab walk - Cleaner Kill every enemy in the level. 27%
• Biohazard - First waves are easy Finish the first Biohazard mission. 27%
• Find way out - Bullet saver Kill 5 enemies with one magazine. 27%
• Get connected - Is there any Wi-Fi? Finish the mission on any difficulty. 26%
• General - Keep on dying Die 10 times. 26%
• Hub - Bigger Rohn Jambo Buy 5 weapons. 26%
• Hub - Shopaholic Spend 1,000,000 credits in the HUB. 26%
• Server takeover - Hacking is fun Finish the mission on any difficulty. 25%
• Hub - Proper weapon Fully upgrade the first weapon. 25%
• General - Who needs guns? Kill 100 enemies with melee weapons. 25%
• General - Pistol tester Kill 100 enemies with the pistols. 24%
• Reactor battery - Full charge Finish the mission on any difficulty. 24%
• General - Hard to kill Use 10 revives (checkpoints). 23%
• General - New perspective Travel 200 m crouched. 23%
• Revive Razor - Frankenstein Finish the mission on any difficulty. 23%
• Hub -Tailored suit Collect all pieces of any legendary or epic armor set. 22%
• Reactor battery - Everybody on board Kill more than 50 enemies in the mission. 22%
• Base defense 1 - Don't touch my stuff Finish the mission on any difficulty. 22%
• Hangar sabotage - Seppuku Finish the mission on any difficulty. 21%
• Missing components - No door unturned Open all the lockers in the level. 21%
• Base defense 1 - Die right now The door controls can't get under 50 %. 20%
• General - Pusher Kill 150 enemies with the shotguns. 20%
• Biotech device - I can do better Finish the mission in less than 10 minutes with accuracy higher than 70 %. 20%
• Reactor battery - Mathematician Disable the force field before you are told to. 20%
• Drone chip - Drone guts Finish the mission on any difficulty. 20%
• Hub - Double threat Fully upgrade 2 weapons. 20%
• General - Are you gonna cry? Die 20 times. 19%
• Hub - Cyber me up Collect all pieces of any legendary or epic implant set. 19%
• Supersoldier - They can what now? Finish the mission on any difficulty. 19%
• Hub - Need a bigger closet Buy 10 armor pieces. 19%
• Hell at the End - To be continued...? Finish the mission on any difficulty. 18%
• Life Experiment - Better stock up Collect every ammo box in the level. 18%
• General - Mengele Successfully remove all zombie parts. 18%
• Hangar sabotage - Glass half full Finish the mission with more than 50 % of health. 18%
• General - Looter Loot 100 lockers. 17%
• Hub - Happy armory Fully upgrade 3 weapons. 17%
• General - Machine handler Kill 800 enemies with the machine guns. 16%
• Train escape - Good old shootout Do not use the mounted weapon. 16%
• Hub - Human upgraded Buy 10 implants. 16%
• General - Getting low Travel 400 m crouched. 16%
• Hub - Biggest Rohn Jambo Buy 10 weapons. 15%
• General - Lucky Finish the mission with less than 5 % health. 15%
• Wagner port - Peekaboo Don't get hit by the spire attack. 15%
• Supersoldier - Eye of the bull Kill at least 5 enemies with headshots without reloading. 15%
• Server takeover - Switching is for cowards Finish the mission using only one type of weapon. 14%
• Drone chip - Credits everywhere Find all credits in the mission. 13%
• Find way out - Tablet lover Collect every tablet in the level. 13%
• General - Croucho man Travel 600 m crouched. 13%
• Wagner port - Teleportophobia Do not use more teleports than you have to. 13%
• General - Exterminator Kill 10 boss enemies. 13%
• Oxygen fix - Precision aiming Kill at least half of the enemies with headshots. 12%
• Awakening - Somebody wants to be rich Collect every credit in the level. 12%
• Survive - Final countdowner Finish 10 Survive missions within the specified time limit. 12%
• Wagner lab walk - Too slow! Do not get hit by the anomaly. 12%
• General - Slayer Kill 5,000 enemies. 11%
• General - Tech collector Loot 1,000 parts of gear or implants. 11%
• General - Machine gunner Kill 1,600 enemies with the machine guns. 11%
• Drone chip - Drone buster Kill the drone in less than 60 seconds. 11%
• General - Too hard? Die 50 times. 11%
• Oxygen fix - Close to the edge Your health dropped under 15 % three times. 11%
• General - Slow and deadly Travel 800 m crouched. 11%
• Life Experiment - Steady aiming Kill 5 enemies while crouching. 10%
• Reactor battery - Machine Killer Finish the mission with accuracy higher than 90 %. 10%
• General - Devastator Kill 600 enemies with the shotguns 10%
• Biohazard - What comes next? Finish 10 Biohazard missions. 9.8%
• General - Pistol lover Kill 500 enemies with the pistols. 9.6%
• Hub - More help please Buy 50 bonus items. 9.6%
• Base defense 1 - Can't touch this Do not get hit for 1 minute. 9.6%
• General - Trigger digger Fire 50,000 bullets. 9.4%
• General - Immortal Use 50 revives (checkpoints). 9.4%
• General - Do you legs burn? Travel 1,000 m crouched. 9.4%
• General - Practice makes perfect Replay the same mission 10 times. 9.2%
• Life Experiment - Fast and accurate NFinish the mission in less than 8 minutes with accuracy higher than 80 %. 8.9%
• Supersoldier - Control yourself Finish the mission without using any special abilities. 8.6%
• Hell at the End - Glass half empty Finish the mission with less than 50 % health. 8.2%
• Supersoldier - What explosives? Do not use explosives for the duration of the mission. 8.1%
• Oxygen fix - Orb lover Collect every orb in the level. 8.0%
• General - Picking up speed Finish 10 generic missions. 7.8%
• General - Pandorum Spend 20 hours on the ship. 7.5%
• Revive Razor - Gunman Do not use the iron sight for the duration of the mission. 7.4%
• General - Gravedigger Kill 10,000 enemies. 7.0%
• General - Pistoleer Kill 1,000 enemies with the pistols. 7.0%
• General - Shot Gunner Kill 1,200 enemies with the shotguns. 7.0%
• Survive - Housekeeping Finish 20 Survive missions within the specified time limit. 6.9%
• General - More dead than alive Die 100 times. 6.6%
• Water supply - In no hurry Finish the mission without sprinting. 6.6%
• Biohazard - More waves incoming Finish 20 Biohazard missions. 6.3%
• Get connected - Headman Kill every enemy using headshots. 6.3%
• Hell at the End - That just sucks Die just before the end. 6.3%
• Water supply - Sneaky is my middle name Do not alert the drone. 6.1%
• Wagner lab walk - Maze runner Finish the level in 6 minutes. 5.7%
• Missing component - Primary fan Finish the mission using only the primary weapon. 5.7%
• Biotech device - Secondary fan Finish the mission using only the secondary weapon. 5.7%
• General - Great cyberwolf Finish 10 lone wolf missions. 5.4%
• Get connected - Nope it won't work Shoot the forcefield 10 times. 5.4%
• Investigation – Tentacles? Really? Finish the mission on any difficulty. 5.4%
• General - Lord of the Loot Loot 3,000 parts of gear or implants. 5.3%
• Server takeover - Home prison Do not leave the center room. 5.3%
• Dead Shields - Thou Shalt Not Shield Finish the mission on any difficulty. 5.3%
• Dead Shields – No Tricks Needed Don't drop the shield with a paralyzer. 5.3%
• Server takeover - Slow agony Kill every enemy in the mission without a headshot. 5.1%
• Holes in space and time - New Tricks Finish the mission on any difficulty. 5.1%
• Charge the ambush - No More Russian Finish the mission on any difficulty. 5.1%
• Biohazard - That is a lot of waving Finish 30 Biohazard missions. 5.0%
• Hangar sabotage - Who needs ammo? Don't collect any ammo boxes in the level. 5.0%
• Charge the ambush – Ambushing the Ambushers Don't lose more than half health during the ambush phase. 5.0%
• Catching up – Cleanup Destroy all reinforcements waiting to be summoned from at least one anchor. 5.0%
• Catching up - Ex-Boss Finish the mission on any difficulty. 5.0%
• Survive - Unstoppable Finish 30 Survive missions within the specified time limit. 5.0%
• Revive Razor - Clear Deal the final blow to the boss with the paralyzer. 4.9%
• Smaller than I expected - Big Hopes in a Small Boat Finish the mission on any difficulty. 4.9%
• Ready to blow - Faster than Light Finish the mission on any difficulty. 4.9%
• Wagner port - I'm out Finish the mission with no ammunition left. 4.9%
• Base defense 1 - Paralyze this Kill 3 enemies with the paralyzer. 4.7%
• Ready to blow – Jump Assist Kill at least one ninja with an explosive weapon. 4.7%
• In a blaze of glory - Blow up the Universe Finish the mission on any difficulty. 4.7%
• To the shores of Tau Ceti - Run, Cyborg, Run! Finish the mission on any difficulty. 4.7%
• It ends here and now - The Twin at the End Finish the mission on any difficulty. 4.7%
• Hell at the End - Out of breath Finish the mission in 3 minutes. 4.6%
• Hangar sabotage - Suck it Grim Reaper Use the medikit or medibag with 3 % health left. 4.6%
• Investigation – Hide and Snipe Kill the first boss without going up to his platform. 4.6%
• Charge the ambush – Need More Data Find all tablets in the mission. 4.4%
• In a blaze of glory – Protector Protect Minikin from enemies. 4.4%
• General - Sucker Retry the level 10 times. 4.2%
• Drone chip - Untouchable Finish the mission without taking any damage. 4.2%
• Dead Shields – Saved the Best for Last Destroy the supporter as your last target. 4.2%
• Holes in space and time – Jumped to his Death Kill a jumping ninja. 4.2%
• What's This Weapon? Get an unique weapon. 4.0%
• Hub - All the help I can get Buy 500 bonus items. 4.0%
• Revive Razor - Devil's number Never use more than six attacks with one weapon. 4.0%
• Get connected - Electrician Finish the mission using only the paralyzer. 4.0%
• Biohazard - No wave can kill me Finish 50 Biohazard missions. 3.9%
• General - Full throttle Finish 50 generic missions. 3.9%
• Survive - Survivalist Finish 50 Survive missions within the specified time limit. 3.9%
• General - Nothing more to be done. Finish all generic missions. 3.6%
• Catching up – No Cyber Needed Don't use active abilities during the fight with the ex-boss. 3.6%
• Ready to blow – Pack Member Don't shoot any dog while they're on your side. 3.6%
• Hub - Need a bigger house Buy 100 armor pieces. 3.5%
• Hub - Cyborg Buy 100 implants. 3.5%
• Charge the ambush – No Reinforcements Allowed Kill summoner before he summons more than 5 zombies. 3.5%
• Holes in space and time – Practice Leads to Mastery Destroy the supersoldier in under one minute from the start of the fight. 3.4%
• Catching up – Mano a Mano Kill your ex-boss with a melee weapon. 3.2%
• In a blaze of glory – Friend or Foe Don't kill any zombie on your side. 3.2%
• Collector of Oddities Get at least five unique weapons. 3.1%
• It ends here and now – Limited Weaponry Use just one weapon and abilities to win. 3.1%
• Dead Shields – Investigator Find all tablets and orbs in the mission. 3.0%
• Investigation – Brute Force Kill the last boss through his shield. 2.8%
• To the shores of Tau Ceti – Bullet Dodger Don't let your health drop to less than 80%. 2.8%
• Holes in space and time – No Touching! Don't let any ninja attack you with a melee weapon. 2.8%
• Investigation – Bring Me More! Exhaust all reinforcements at the end. 2.7%
• To the shores of Tau Ceti – Just Run! Don't kill anyone until you reach the first elevator. 2.7%
• It ends here and now – Bug Squasher Deal at least 30% of total damage to a spider with an explosive weapon. 2.7%
• Smaller than I expected – Divide and Conquer Don't kill any supersoldier until they are all at or below one-third health. 2.6%
• Smaller than I expected – Retirement Funds Collect all money in the mission. 2.6%
• Ready to blow – Lazy Don't kill any enemy while the dogs are hunting. 2.6%
• In a blaze of glory – Best Enemies Forever Kill the hacked boss 2.6%
• Unique Arsenal Get all unique weapons. 2.4%
• Smaller than I expected – Making Paratroopers Finish all supersoldiers with a hit from a paralyzer. 2.4%
• To the shores of Tau Ceti – Last Mementos Collect all money, tablets and orbs from the level. 2.4%
• It ends here and now – Paralyzing End Finish the story with one paralyzer shot. 2.4%