The Mercury Man

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 600 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 7.2h for positive, 2.5h 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 (81.3% 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 (45)

• THE BEGINNING Finish Prologue. 100%
• ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE COOLEST Spend 2 or more hours in the game. 75%
• SHARPSHOOTER Finish gunsmith’s challenge. 56%
• THE DOER Finish a fight without using beer, cigarettes and medkits from the inventory. 56%
• HORNET IN THE MITT Arrest Riccar Fire. 42%
• NO EXCUSES Execute Archangelton. 39%
• LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG Execute Gobbarbler. 33%
• PENALTY ENFORCEMENT Deal with Victoridge. 33%
• TUNNEL SNAKE Leave the bunker with Anne. 32%
• INQUISITION Execute Riccar Fire. 31%
• HEARTWARMING TRIP Clear the table during the train trip. 30%
• BIRD IN A CAGE Arrest Geldallion. 30%
• TERROR OF THE CRIMINAL WORLD Execute Cluck-Cluck. 28%
• FAT BASTARD Kill Goldenmouth. 28%
• BITCH Shoot Julia. 27%
• ONE-EYED IN JAIL Arrest Pastelo. 23%
• DEATH ON MARS Bad ending. 22%
• HUMANE MURDER Finish the game without using special ammo. 19%
• LETHAL INJECTION Execute Pastelo. 17%
• TOWARDS LOVE Leave Mars with the woman you love. 17%
• I AM MY OWN DOCTOR Use 20 medkids (during fights). 16%
• AT THE MERCY OF PEOPLE Arrest Archangelton. 16%
• NOTHING PERSONAL Shoot Anne. 15%
• WIMP Refuse to shoot Anne. 14%
• INSOMNIA Take a train trip without napping. 13%
• CITY ORDERLY Execute Geldallion. 13%
• CRIMSON FUTURE Release Riccar Fire. 12%
• RAT Betray Andrew. 12%
• MISTAKES OF YOUTH Release Gobbarbler. 12%
• SLAM SOME BEERS Drink 40 bottles of beer (during fights). 11%
• CHIMNEY Smoke 40 cigarettes (during fights). 11%
• MAINTAIN STABILITY Release Cluck-Cluck. 11%
• VERY STRONG BROMANCE Leave Mars with the man you love. 10%
• VIP PASS TO COURT Arrest Gobbarbler. 9.5%
• COMPASSIONATE Release Archangelton. 9.0%
• HOLY MAN Release Geldallion. 8.4%
• JOB CUTS Kill all security guards. 8.2%
• PROGRESSIVE Release Pastelo. 7.9%
• STRONG BROMANCE Leave Mars with a friend. 7.5%
• COLLECTOR Collect all posters. 7.4%
• EXECUTIONER Execute all bosses. 6.3%
• PROFESSIONAL SADIST Use all types of special ammo. 5.9%
• ON TRIAL Arrest all bosses. 4.8%
• FREEDOM Release all bosses. 4.1%
• YOLO Finish the game without deaths. 3.2%