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Phoenix Point
Give it 35 hours
Gets good by 35h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 60h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 11% of players who started
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 73% positive of 7,236
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 60h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 60.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- 11% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Standard Victory”: only 11% of starters get there.
- 75% 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 7,270 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 61.3h for positive, 23h 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 (75.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Standard Victory Deal with the Pandoran threat at any difficulty level Most players quit here 11% −89
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- Novice Manufacturer Manufacture an item 100%
- Scanner Complete a scan 100%
- Squad Builder Recruit a soldier 90%
- First Base Complete the tutorial 90%
- Novice Builder Build a base facility 88%
- Nest Destroyer Destroy Pandoran nest 79%
- Flawless Mission Beat a haven defense mission with no civilian deaths or no structural damage 76%
- Claim all the Loot Retrieve all resources from a scavenging mission 74%
- Novice Diplomat Reach friendly reputation with a faction 68%
- MedEvac Evacuate a soldier who is bleeding 63%
- Phoenix Empire Control 4 phoenix bases 57%
- Phoenix Airways Manufacture an air vehicle 54%
- Survivor Survive an ambush mission 46%
- On a Roll Kill 3 enemies in a single turn, with a single soldier, without explosives 44%
- Advanced Diplomat Reach aligned reputation with a faction 43%
- Base to the Max Fully build up a base 40%
- Lair Destroyer Destroy Pandoran lair 33%
- Rack 'em Up Kill 500 Pandorans (does not have to be in same game) 29%
- We're in it Together Reach allied reputation with a faction 27%
- Sabotage Plot Sabotage haven zone facility 26%
- Free a Mind Kill a Siren when she has someone under mind control 25%
- Super Soldier Max out the base stats of a soldier 24%
- Splat Cause an enemy to fall to its death 24%
- Fragger Interceptor Kill a mindfragger with overwatch when it is jumping on someone's face 24%
- Master Thief Steal an aircraft 20%
- Squad Diversity Recruit a soldier of each class (don't have to be in the same game) 20%
- Citadel Destroyer Destroy Pandoran citadel 18%
- Master Trader Trade for 10000 total resources 16%
- Master Builder Build a facility of each type 16%
- Raider Raid haven zone facility 13%
- Scylla Thriller Complete Scylla Vivisection 12%
- Faction Researcher Complete all research projects of one faction 11%
- Standard Victory Deal with the Pandoran threat at any difficulty level 11%
- Friends with Everyone Reach allied reputation with all factions (don't have to be in the same game) 11%
- Master Spy Steal a research 9.5%
- Scrap Merchant Scrap items worth 10000 total resources 7.3%
- All the Live Ones Capture each type of Pandoran (don't have to be in the same game) 4.3%
- The Phoenix Path Beat the game without allying with any faction 3.5%
- Hard Victory Deal with the Pandoran threat at hero difficulty level 2.4%
- I Can Do Everything Use every character skill (don't have to be in the same game) 2.4%
- Scientific Rigor Complete all phoenix research projects 1.5%
- Master Scientist Complete all research projects (don't have to be in the same game) 1.5%
- Extreme Victory Deal with the Pandoran threat at legend difficulty level 1.3%
- Class Creator Obtain solders of each dual class combination (don't have to be in the same game) 1.3%
- Under my Thumb Mind control 3 enemies at the same time with the same priest 1.2%
- All Possibilities Complete all different game endings 0.5%
- Master Manufacturer Manufacture an item of each type (don't have to be in the same game) 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.