ELEX II
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 20h it's 1 in 5 (22%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Civilian” („Nothing to Lose” completed) and “Commander” („Strong Alliances” completed): from 96% to 73% of starters.
- Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 7,012 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 49.5h for positive, 38.2h 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 (67.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Civilian „Nothing to Lose” completed. 97% −3
- Commander „Strong Alliances” completed. Most players quit here 73% −23
- Irissa's Fate Decide Irissa's fate. 64% −9
- Eternal Oblivion „Khan's Execution” completed. 52% −12
- Perfectionist ELEX II completed. 42% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Hunter 20 monsters killed. 100%
- Civilian „Nothing to Lose” completed. 97%
- Entrepreneur 1,000 elexit shards received. 93%
- Festival-goer „Billy Idol Concert” completed. 82%
- Beam Me Up Teleported 20 times. 81%
- Best Buddy C.R.O.N.Y. U4 found. 80%
- Banker 10,000 elexit shards received. 78%
- Commander „Strong Alliances” completed. 73%
- Warrior 200 monsters killed. 73%
- Role Model Level 20 reached. 70%
- Military Leader 5 companions in your party. 68%
- Pack Rat Collected 100,000 items 65%
- Defender 20 Skyands killed. 65%
- Irissa's Fate Decide Irissa's fate. 64%
- Peddler 20 merchants found. 64%
- Creator Destruction is below 10. 63%
- Enforcer 500 monsters killed. 60%
- Drinker Healed by potions 100 times. 58%
- Long-Haul Flyer Fuel capacity increased to at least 30. 55%
- Family Reunion Wardek found. 54%
- Pass A38 Raik forgoes his salary to benefit the Cultivators. 53%
- Eternal Oblivion „Khan's Execution” completed. 52%
- Treasurer 50,000 elexit shards received. 52%
- Weaponsmith Made a weapon 20 times. 50%
- Socializer 300 missions completed. 49%
- Perfectionist ELEX II completed. 42%
- Berserker Joined the Berserkers. 42%
- Lover „Old Love Doesn't Rust” completed. 41%
- Alb Joined the Albs. 41%
- Storyteller 20 Audio Logs found. 38%
- Globetrotter Unlock at least 35 teleporters. 38%
- Computer Scientist 30 successful hacks. 35%
- Alchemist 30 potions brewed. 29%
- Detective „Hitch and the Three Investigators” completed. 29%
- Ruthless 30 innocent creatures killed. 29%
- Treasure Hunter Collect 10 map pieces. 27%
- Fire in the Hole 10 kills by hand grenade. 26%
- Free as a Bird All Jetpack skills learned. 26%
- Hotshot All combat skills learned. 24%
- Cleric Joined the Clerics. 23%
- Unbreakable All survival skills learned. 20%
- Legendary Discover the secret of the old map. 19%
- Self-Sufficient All crafting skills learned. 17%
- Idealist All character skills learned. 16%
- Toy Time „Smuggling Toys” completed. 13%
- Morkon Joined the Morkons. 13%
- Outlaw Joined the Outlaws. 9.6%
- Key Master 100 locks picked. 8.8%
- Destroyer Destruction is over 90. 8.2%
- Defector Decided not to join a faction. 7.8%