Frozen Synapse
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 2% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Master of Clicking on Stuff” (Finish the tutorial) and “Old Stancher” (Complete the Single Player Campaign): from 89% to 2% of starters.
- Only 46% 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 2,616 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 10.4h for positive, 2.8h 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 (46.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Master of Clicking on Stuff Finish the tutorial. 89% −11
- Old Stancher Complete the Single Player Campaign. Most players quit here 2% −87
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (16)
story milestone ending side
- True Focus Means Ignoring That Which is Irrelevant Ignore an enemy. 100%
- Master of Clicking on Stuff Finish the tutorial. 89%
- Die in a Fire Lose a unit to a rocket. 61%
- Breaking the 4th Wall Blow up the 4th wall in a level with a rocket launcher. 45%
- If at First You Don't Succeed, You Have Failed Lose your first single-player mission. 37%
- The Lament of the Noob Lose your first multiplayer game. 37%
- Now I Have A Machine Gun. Ho Ho Ho. Play an Instant Skirmish and win with only your machine gunner left alive. 33%
- Exterminator! Win a game of Extermination. 31%
- Tinkerings Change the map generation settings. 11%
- Charger! Win a game of Charge. 9.1%
- Hostage Situationalist! Win a game of Hostage. 8.7%
- The 10th Circle Get to Level 10. 7.4%
- Disput....er! Win a game of Disputed. 7.2%
- Old Stancher Complete the Single Player Campaign. 2.4%
- He Has a Better Beard Than You, Though Defeat 'Bin' in multiplayer. 1.5%
- SO MANY LEVELINGS!! Get to level 100. 1.5%