ActionAdventureRPG
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 20% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 2,373
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Only 20% 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 2,398 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 13.9h for positive, 1.1h 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 (19.7% 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 (6)
- Hacker Open the medical storage room in cyberspace. 100%
- Nice Jump, Human You skated down the ramp in Storage. 41%
- It’s Over You finished System Shock! 33%
- Using your Head You gained access to the maintenance office on Level 3. 28%
- Can’t look at you, Hacker Reach an overall level security rating of 0% on Citadel Station. 12%
- Look at you, Hacker Finish the game on all the Maximum difficulties. 9.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.