When does Black Future '88 get good?

Hooks you right away. 51% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (56%). 82% of owners got the first achievement.

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Black Future '88

Nov 21, 2019 Steam: Mostly Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 82% of owners

Steam reviews 72% positive of 752

What the data shows

51% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (56%).
82% 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.

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Based on all 762 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 3.8h for positive, 0.5h 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 (82% 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 (29)

DEAD IN '88 Die once. 100%
FALSE PROPHET Kill the Prophet-5 56%
Split Decision Split 100 bullets using the Night Piercer. 50%
1 STAR WOULD NOT RIDE AGAIN Kill Uberheim. 45%
MERCIFUL RELEASE Kill Avalanche. 44%
BEST FRIENDS IN DEATH Kill Jupiter and Juno 36%
"NOW JUST PLAIN ZERO" Kill Zero. 35%
ONCE BITTEN Get a blood infection. 25%
SWEATIN' TO THE OLDIES Death by fire. 17%
DEATH TOURIST Die 25 times. 16%
DEFENESTRATED TO DEATH Death by falling. 15%
GHOST OF LIGHTNING Rescue Ghost. 15%
DEAD IN 18:00 Death by deadlock. 14%
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Call for help using the payphone. 13%
BUCKET LIST Survive the Murdervator. 11%
DANGEROUS GAME Kill 20 hunters. 8.9%
NO FUTURE Dash 1000 times 8.4%
IT'S ABOUT TIME Loop the game once. 8.2%
MELT THIS Kill Echoplex. 8.0%
HAUER YOU? Find Old Hauer. 8.0%
DEAD ORBIT Kill Juno & Jupiter 10 times. 7.0%
NO FATE BUT WHAT WE MAKE Visit the Cursed Survivor 10 times. 4.9%
THIS CORROSION Kill Dr. Avalanche 20 times. 4.1%
NULL FUTURE Dash 5000 times. 2.9%
SIOUX SIOUXDIO Kill Echoplex with Sioux 2.9%
DEATH ENTHUSIAST Die 150 times. 2.8%
GOTH IS DEAD Die with Sioux 50 times. 2.4%
BURNING BLOOD Soak in the healing waters 10 times. 2.4%
BLACK FUTURE Dash 10000 times 2.3%

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