Espire 1: VR Operative

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 587 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 3.2h for positive, 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 (50.4% 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 (35)

• Salvageable In any mission, die and then return to your crumpled Espire robot 100%
• Lab Work Possess the Espire Beta Unit for the first time 88%
• Freeze! Successfully hold up the "freeze" Guard in Marionette Lower Labs 60%
• Hold onto Your Butts! Power cycle the generator room in the Reech Division 47%
• Lunch Break's Over Gain access to the Research Sector 39%
• Just Getting Started Begin your first day on the job as an Espire Agent 23%
• From Above Fall through the air and squash the "freeze" guard in Marionette Lower Labs 18%
• The Plight of Frank Gessesse - Part 1 Find Frank's first hidden weapon - E1FS pistol 18%
• On Track Locate the Research Sector's subterranean Data Centre 15%
• Going Up Activate the Cargo Lift and head to the surface 11%
• Why Would You Do That!? Destroy a Copperhead laptop using only your hands 9.7%
• What a Thrill! Climb your way to the very top of the surface-access elevator shaft 9.7%
• VR Inside Your VR Inside Your VR While in the Espire Test chamber, walk into the old Control Theater 9.1%
• Close Call Avoid being fried by the Destroyer Drone 8.9%
• Peaceful Resolution Get the "No Combat" playstyle badge for the first time 8.3%
• Espire is a Real-Reality Finally achieve full synchonization with a real Espire Unit 7.7%
• Model 1 Active Possess the Espire Model 1 for the first time 6.5%
• Puppeteer Deactivate the security lockdown on the IFA Compound 6.3%
• Lurking in the Shadows Get the "Ghost" Playstyle badge for the first time 4.8%
• Free Solo Climb straight up the exposed centre area of the ventilation shaft 3.4%
• Negotiations Not Required In Compound B1, rescue every hostage in the admin wing 2.8%
• The Plight of Frank Gessesse - Part 2 Find Frank's second hidden weapon - E1 SuperNova 2.6%
• Get Low Duck under the extremely low fallen ceiling tiles in the Marionette Lower Labs (You may need to get on the floor) 2.0%
• Stealth Master Complete all Virtual Challenges in the STEALTH category 1.8%
• Combat Master Complete all Virtual Challenges in the COMBAT category 1.4%
• Objective Master Complete all Virtual Challenges in the OBJECTIVE BASED category 1.4%
• Halfway There Complete 10 Espire Trials 1.0%
• #VROperator Complete all missions on VR Operative difficulty 1.0%
• Time Veteran Beat the lowest time targets for all 6 campaign missions 1.0%
• The Plight of Frank Gessesse - Finale Find Frank's third hidden weapon - E17A1 SMG 1.0%
• Badge Collector Get every badge in every mission on VR Operative difficulty 0.8%
• Unlimited Power Unlock all cheats 0.8%
• Dat's It! Complete all 20 Espire Trials 0.8%
• Ready for War Procure all campaign weapons 0.8%
• Tis but a Scratch Get the "No Repair" playstyle badge at least once on every campaign mission 0.8%