ActionAdventure
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 33% of players who started
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 66,300
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome to the Oldest House” (Complete Mission 1) and “Unknown Caller ” (Complete Mission 2): from 89% to 72% of starters.
- 90% 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 66,688 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 18.1h for positive, 7.2h 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 (89.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome to the Oldest House Complete Mission 1 89% −11
- Unknown Caller Complete Mission 2 Most players quit here 72% −17
- Directorial Override Complete Mission 3 58% −13
- Old Boys' Club Complete Mission 4 50% −8
- Threshold Complete Mission 5 46% −4
- My Brother's Keeper Complete Mission 6 42% −4
- The Face of the Enemy Complete Mission 7 37% −5
- Finnish Tango Complete Mission 8 35% −3
- Polaris Complete Mission 9 34% −1
- Take Control Complete Mission 10 33%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (67)
story milestone ending side
- Choose to be Chosen Obtain the Service Weapon 100%
- Welcome to the Oldest House Complete Mission 1 89%
- Paranatural Powerhouse Obtain the Launch Ability 80%
- Strange Collection Collect 40 Collectibles 72%
- Unknown Caller Complete Mission 2 72%
- Parautilitarian Unlock 1 Ability Upgrade 69%
- Astral Construction Construct a Weapon Form or Mod 68%
- Ritualistic Thinking Cleanse 5 Control Points 65%
- Shifting Positions Obtain the Evade Ability 63%
- Directorial Override Complete Mission 3 58%
- Unstable Matter Kill 50 enemies with the Launch Ability 58%
- Ritual Intuition Cleanse 10 Control Points 54%
- Record Keeper Collect 80 Collectibles 53%
- Proper Handling Procedures Use Launch to throw a grenade or rocket 50%
- Old Boys' Club Complete Mission 4 50%
- Insular Telekinesis Obtain the Shield Ability 48%
- Paranatural Collection Collect more than 100,000 Source 46%
- Threshold Complete Mission 5 46%
- Bureau Archivist Collect 120 Collectibles 44%
- Psychic Occupation Obtain the Seize Ability 44%
- Rising Thought Obtain the Levitate Ability 43%
- Career Development Unlock all 3 Personal Mod slots 43%
- My Brother's Keeper Complete Mission 6 42%
- The Importance of Synergy Complete 5 Side Missions 40%
- Cognitive Intruder Compel 10 enemies with the Seize Ability 40%
- The Face of the Enemy Complete Mission 7 37%
- First On the Scene Complete 1 Bureau Alert 37%
- Discerning the Pattern Cleanse 25 Control Points 37%
- Astral Phenomena Defeat Former 35%
- Finnish Tango Complete Mission 8 35%
- Non-Standard Issue Upgrade any Weapon Form to Level 3 34%
- Polaris Complete Mission 9 34%
- Take Control Complete Mission 10 33%
- Interdimensional Defender Killed 1000 Hiss 32%
- Expert Parautilitarian Spend 50 Ability Points 32%
- Inter-Departmental Cooperation Complete 10 Side Missions 29%
- Living Archetypes Defeat the Anchor 28%
- War Games Complete 5 Board Countermeasures 26%
- Altered Manifestations May Occur Defeat esseJ 25%
- FBC Crisis Solution Task Force Complete 15 Side Missions 23%
- Familiar Methodologies Fight off Hartman 23%
- Aggressive Growth Defeat Mold-1 23%
- Multiple Applications Use Multi-Launch to hit 3 targets 22%
- < Make/Unmake > Use Shape and Fracture a combined total of 100 times 20%
- The Third Thing Defeat Hartman 19%
- Astral Plumbing Discover the Astral Plane restroom 18%
- In-depth Investigations Find 80% of the Collectibles in the Investigations Sector 17%
- Hostile Work Environment Kill 50 Hiss Sharpened 17%
- Head of Communications Defeat Mr. Tomassi 17%
- Master Parautilitarian Spend 100 Ability Points 17%
- Workplace Recreation Play a single game in Arcade Mode 15%
- Star Performance Complete the Side Mission: "Jesse Faden starring in 'Swift Platform'" 15%
- Crisis Management Complete 5 Bureau Alerts 14%
- Surge of Power Upgrade Surge to the maximum level 12%
- A Strong Foundation Complete all Missions in the Foundation 9.2%
- Volatile Debris Kill 10 enemies with the Shield Burst Ability 9.2%
- Elevated Mind Kill 25 Airborne Rangers 7.9%
- Surge Protector Kill 50 enemies with Surge 7.6%
- Astral Tactician Complete 25 Board Countermeasures 6.9%
- Chief Investigator Find 80% of the hidden locations in the Investigations Sector 5.8%
- Work Smarter, Not Harder Attach a Surge grenade to an object and Launch it at an enemy 5.7%
- One of Us Gather all the Maneki-nekos 5.1%
- Subterranean Research Collect all Collectibles in the Foundation 4.6%
- Supportive Staff Have a Deployed Ranger kill 5 enemies 4.6%
- Niche Position Find all hidden locations in the Foundation 4.6%
- Rush Job Kill 100 enemies with Shield Rush 4.4%
- Vending Spree Destroy 80% of the Altered Vending Machine instances 3.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.