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SIMULACRA 2
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 66% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 1,694
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 5h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 66% 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 1,717 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 6.3h for positive, 4.6h 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 (65.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (27)
- Initial Impressions Completed the preliminary investigation 100%
- Fake Muse Discover evidence of Arya faking as an Aluren Muse 86%
- Tragic Lie Discover evidence of Mina lying about her tragedy 84%
- Rex Slips Up Rex to revealed details of the crime that he wouldn't have known 84%
- Arya Slips Up Arya to revealed details of the crime that she wouldn't have known 79%
- Triangle Scheme Discover evidence of Rex promoting an obvious pyramid scheme 79%
- Mina Slips Up Mina to revealed details of the crime that she wouldn't have known 78%
- IT WAS.... Revealed the culprit 61%
- Hard Boiled Complete the game as a detective 56%
- Idol You are dealt the Idol card by TRM 49%
- Unworthy Influencer Reveal the truth to Murilo 49%
- Very Thorough Find the suspects earlier police interviews 42%
- Big Scoop Complete the game as a journalist 42%
- Artist You are dealt the Artist card by TRM 39%
- Diva You are dealt the Diva card by TRM 39%
- A Summoning Recover the totem from Maya's gym 38%
- An Exorcism Acquired the K-remote app from Ruben 34%
- A Hindrance Recovered the phone jammer from police evidence 33%
- Liberated Defeated the Rippleman 33%
- New New Beginnings Arya, Mina and Rex agrees to defeat the Rippleman 32%
- Tycoon You are dealt the Tycoon card by TRM 31%
- Mina Becomes a Star After feeling betrayed by her own friends, Mina took the Rippleman's deal and became its latest victim. 30%
- Hello Police? Call the emergency services 30%
- Rex Becomes the Best Out of fear and desperation, Rex took the Rippleman's deal and became its latest victim. 30%
- Deduction You deduce who took the Rippleman's deal 29%
- Arya Becomes An Icon Feeling wronged and humiliated, Arya took the Rippleman's deal and became its latest victim. 26%
- Worthy Influencer Hide the truth from Murilo 26%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.