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Deep Rock Galactic
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 381,028
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 20h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 92% 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 382,491 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 48.7h for positive, 40.8h 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 (92.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- Miner Complete your first mission. 100%
- Stepping It Up Survive a Hazard Level 3 mission from start to finish. 63%
- Hit 'em Where It Hurts You scored 1000 weakspot hits. Impressive. 56%
- Performance Matters Complete 10 Milestones. 55%
- Feelin' Perky Unlock 10 Perk Nodes. 50%
- Approved Greenbeard Complete your first assignment. 49%
- Consistent Performance Successfully complete three Hazard Level 3 missions from start to finish in a row. 47%
- Designated Decoy You took the most damage from a Dreadnought out of your whole team. 44%
- Management Approves Complete 25 Milestones. 44%
- Now We Have A BET-C Defeat and fix a BET-C. 43%
- Self Control Successfully play 10 consecutive missions without kicking a single barrel on the Space Rig. 41%
- Thick-Skinned Survive a Hazard Level 4 mission from start to finish. 37%
- State Of The Art You purchased a Mod in every tier for one of each upgradable item in the Equipment Terminal for the same character. 35%
- Barrel Rider Ride a barrel in the spacerig for three seconds. 34%
- Advanced Robotics You purchased a Mod in every tier for Bosco. 31%
- Exploring My Options You unlocked a new primary and secondary weapon for the same character. 28%
- Movin' On Up Promote any Dwarf at least once. 28%
- Hi Ho, Silver - Away! Ride Molly for 15 seconds. 25%
- Darwin Award Sacrificed yourself to the Barrel Hoop while intoxicated. 22%
- Mustacho Purchase five moustaches for one character. 21%
- Employee Of The Month Successfully complete four Hazard Level 4 missions from start to finish in a row. 21%
- Bring Your A-Game Successfully complete a Hazard Level 3 mission from start to finish where no dwarf goes down and without ordering a resupply. 20%
- Going Deeper Complete A Deep Dive 20%
- That's Not How You Play This Game Rubbish goes in the bin, not the intricate machinery of the Barrel Hoop! 20%
- Big Spender What a team player. You've paid for 25 rounds at the Abyss Bar. 19%
- Barrel Kicker Dat accuracy. You kicked ten barrels into the hoop without a single miss. 19%
- Pest Control Participate in killing two Dreadnoughts within five minutes on Hazard Level 3 or higher. 19%
- Mutated Scavenger Successfully complete 20 missions tagged with Warnings from start to finish. 19%
- Expert Miner Complete 100 missions. 18%
- Total Makeover Customize each accessory slot of a character. 18%
- Mini Fixer Fix 50 Mini M.U.L.E.s. 17%
- See You Later, Detonator! Participate in killing 20 Bulk Detonators. 17%
- Lone Wolf You've completed 10 Solo missions. Impressive. 15%
- I Like It Down Here You stayed in a mission for an hour or longer. 15%
- Corporate Climber Promote any two Dwarves at least once. 14%
- Big Game Hunter Participate in killing 40 Dreadnoughts. 14%
- What Are These Things? You've collected 5 mysterious alien artifacts. They are hot to the touch, and smells faintly of...tarmac? 13%
- Good Shepherd Successfully complete 25 missions where at least 1 player is 10 player ranks lower than you. 13%
- Going Lethal Successfully complete a Hazard Level 5 mission from start to finish. 13%
- Prospector Collect 20 Compressed Gold Chunks. 13%
- Deep For Speed Complete Any Deep Dive Under 45 Minutes 12%
- It's My Party You've hosted and successfully completed 50 team missions from start to finish. 11%
- Hat Trick Promote any three Dwarves at least once. 10%
- The A-Team Through skillfull maneuvering, you put a barrel in every seat in the Drop Pod. Well done? 10%
- Drill-by Shooting Ride the Drilldozer with three other dwarves and kill 15 enemies each without leaving. 10%
- Foreign Objects In The Launch Bay You kicked every barrel into the Launch Bay. You are why Mission Control drinks. 9.5%
- Farmer Ride the Silicate Harvester for 30 seconds. 9.2%
- Disc Jockey Play 25 songs on the jukebox. (songs must play to the end to count) 8.6%
- Full Team Ahead Promote all four Dwarves at least once. 8.5%
- Veteran Diver Complete Any 5 Deep Dives 8.4%
- Elite Diver Complete An Elite Deep Dive 8.1%
- Jeweler Collect 10 Bittergems. 7.7%
- Like A Well-Oiled Machine Successfully complete a Hazard Level 4 mission from start to finish where no dwarf goes down and without ordering a resupply. 7.7%
- Silver-Tier Employee Earn a Silver promotion. 7.3%
- Just Another Bug Hunt Participate in killing two Dreadnoughts within 30 seconds on Hazard Level 3 or higher. 6.6%
- Rock Solid Successfully complete five Hazard Level 5 missions from start to finish in a row. 6.6%
- Gold-Tier Employee Earn a Gold promotion. 4.1%
- Happy Feet You spent an hour or more shaking your money maker. 4.1%
- Roller Coaster Grind on a pipe for 120 seconds without stopping. 4.0%
- Party Time! You threw a toast to good music while in a full team. 4.0%
- Legendary Miner Complete 500 missions. 3.7%
- Time Well Spent You stuffed every single barrel on the Space Rig into the Drop Pod. Management weeps. 3.7%
- Karl Would Be Proud Successfully complete a Hazard Level 5 mission from start to finish where no dwarf goes down and without ordering a resupply. 3.6%
- Bosco, You're The Best You've completed 100 Solo missions. Most impressive. 3.0%
- Pro-Team Earn Silver Promotions for all four dwarves. 2.9%
- Legendary-Team Earn Gold Promotions for all four dwarves. 2.1%
- If Only I Got Paid For This... In the Barrel Hoop game, achieve a score of 3000 or more in less than 100 kicks. 2.0%
- Without A Paddle You were the last dwarf standing, with no primary or secondary ammo left, just when a Dreadnought spawned. Some days you should just stay in bed... 1.8%
- Car Pool Ride the Silicate Harvester with three other dwarves and kill five enemies each without leaving. 1.1%
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