Atomfall
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- At least 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Interchange” and “Charlie”: from 82% to 58% of starters.
- 78% 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 6,043 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 23.8h for positive, 9.8h 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 (78.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Interchange Unlock the Interchange 82% −18
- Charlie Power up Data Store Charlie Most players quit here 58% −25
- Delta Power up Data Store Delta 57% −1
- Reverse the Polarity Find the Signal Redirector 54% −3
- Bravo Power up Data Store Bravo 48% −6
- Alpha Power up Data Store Alpha 46% −2
- Oberon Gain access to the Oberon site 39% −7
- Do you require the Operator? Escape the Quarantine Zone with the Voice on the Telephone ≥25% −15
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (54)
story milestone ending side
- Detectorist Pick up the metal detector 100%
- The Interchange Unlock the Interchange 82%
- Mate's Rates Find 5 traders in the Quarantine Zone 63%
- Charlie Power up Data Store Charlie 58%
- Unplugged Extract the battery from an overheating robot 57%
- Delta Power up Data Store Delta 57%
- Where There's Muck There's Brass Find 10 metal detector caches 57%
- We Want Information Read 50 notes in the Quarantine Zone 56%
- Reverse the Polarity Find the Signal Redirector 54%
- Packed Lunch Find 5 buried lunchboxes 50%
- Bravo Power up Data Store Bravo 48%
- Alpha Power up Data Store Alpha 46%
- Homemade Find and learn 10 recipes 46%
- Refer to Manual Learn 12 skills 44%
- Burglar Use the Signal Redirector to unlock 5 doors 44%
- Caught Red-handed Cause an enemy to drop their Molotov cocktail 43%
- Radiophonic Find 5 audio logs 41%
- Oberon Gain access to the Oberon site 39%
- Make Do and Mend Upgrade a firearm to pristine condition 39%
- Do you require the Operator? Escape the Quarantine Zone with the Voice on the Telephone 25%
- Any Old Iron Completely destroy a robot 22%
- Grand Slam Take out at least 5 enemies in one explosion 17%
- Oubliette Escape the Quarantine Zone with Dr Holder 12%
- High Tea Consume a Cornish pasty, English tea, and a slice of cake in 30s 11%
- Target Practice Get 6 kills with the MK.VI Revolver without reloading 9.3%
- Exhumation Open the sealed door inside the Midsummer Abbey crypt 7.3%
- Emergency Extraction Escape the Quarantine Zone with Joyce Tanner 7.1%
- Permission Granted Reach Permission Level One in Test Site Moriah. 6.5%
- Operation Atomfall Escape the Quarantine Zone with Captain Sims 6.4%
- At One with the Soil Escape the Quarantine Zone with Mother Jago 5.9%
- Orna mental Find and destroy 10 Garden Gnomes 5.9%
- Recalling Our Past View 8 memories of the Midsummer monks 5.5%
- Batteries Not Included Power up a deactivated robot 5.4%
- Avid Collector Find 10 comics 5.1%
- Fast Bowl Kill 10 enemies with a thrown weapon 4.8%
- Back Door Escape the Quarantine Zone with Dr Garrow 4.5%
- Creature of Thought Become an extracted brain awaiting your escape to High Albion station. 2.2%
- Not Expecting a Call Escape the Quarantine Zone without answering the telephone 2.0%
- Fish Fingers Kill an Aquatic Feral in a fist fight 2.0%
- Buzzkill Use an Explosive Lure on the Beekeeper’s Swarm 2.0%
- New Directive Have a reprogrammed robot ally destroy 5 enemies. 2.0%
- Quick Exit Escape the Quarantine Zone in under 5 hours 1.9%
- Hit for Six Redirect a thrown grenade with the cricket bat 1.9%
- Collapsing the Heavens Deorbit High Albion and destroy everything in the Quarantine Zone and beyond. 1.9%
- See How You Like It Destroy 3 robots using a salvaged robot weapon. 1.9%
- Mind Over Matter Escape the Quarantine Zone by talking down the Angel 1.8%
- Red Handed Kill a Contaminated human in a fist fight. 1.7%
- A Throne Fit For All Things Escape the Quarantine Zone by joining the Angel 1.5%
- Seaworthy Escape the Quarantine Zone with Jean Hamer 1.5%
- Midsummer Picnic Consume an Infection Sample, Infected Honeycomb, and Druids' Tonic within 10 seconds 1.5%
- Our Island Gnome Find and destroy 15 Garden Gnomes on Midsummer Isle 1.0%
- Fight Amongst Yourselves Affect 6 enemies with Red Mist Bombs in a short space of time. 0.9%
- Gnome on the Range Find and destroy 10 garden gnomes in Stafell Crag. 0.8%
- Must… Kill… Kill 3 enemies with your fists while the Red Strain Adaptation skill is active. 0.8%