When does Hidden Deep get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 4h it's 1 in 6 (16%). Fully opens up by hour 4.

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Hidden Deep

Jan 24, 2022 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 55% of owners

Steam reviews 76% positive of 5,108

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 4h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
Fully opens up by hour 4.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 55% 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 5,158 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 6.1h for positive, 3.5h 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 (55.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (14)

story milestone ending side

True Killer Kill 100 monsters 100%
Gunslinger Kill 20 enemies with your gun without dying 100%
Not so fast! Kill the ceiling tentacle before it kills you on your first encounter 100%
Wheeeee! Use the grappling hook as a zip-line 98%
Helping Hand Let another team member use your rope to climb 80%
End of the line Rappel down the full length of your grappling hook's line 77%
Flying rock Fall from 50 meters or more 60%
Prospector Find a hidden cave using the Terra-Scanner 54%
Just hanging around Kill 5 enemies in a row while hanging on the grappling hook 50%
Scan-Ball Kill Kill 3 enemies using one Scan-Ball 46%
True Miner Drill 100 meters of tunnel using the Tunnel Boring Machines 39%
M-M-M-Monsterkill Kill 1000 monsters 26%
Indestructible Complete a level with high enemy presence without dying (must be 50+ enemies) 14%
Completely Shafted Ride a elevator from top to bottom non-stop. Yes, that's possible. 8.7%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.