Chernobylite Complete Edition
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Wounded warrior” (Find Oliver and convince him to help you) and “Broken cycle” (Reach one of the game endings): from 92% to 15% of starters.
- 75% 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 15,770 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 19.4h for positive, 6.9h 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 (75% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Black mask wearing mother****** Finish "Power plant" quest 100%
- Wounded warrior Find Oliver and convince him to help you 92% −8
- Broken cycle Reach one of the game endings Most players quit here 15% −77
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Black mask wearing mother****** Finish "Power plant" quest 100%
- Wounded warrior Find Oliver and convince him to help you 92%
- Industrial age Gain access to the second tier of structures in the base 60%
- Armed and dangerous Modify any weapon 58%
- Heart is a lonely hunter Finish "Hacking into NAR servers" quest 49%
- Tiny dancer Finish "A memento from the past" quest 48%
- In a bind Finish "Traitor" quest 46%
- Chernobylite age Gain access to the third tier of base structures 43%
- Rat trap Finish "Old Documents" quest 42%
- Dark tourist Recruit Mikhail 42%
- You cannot change the past Change your memory for the first time 42%
- The Ratcatcher Finish "Meeting with Tarakan" quest 35%
- Thief in law Recruit Sashko 34%
- Conspiracy Complete "Conspiracy" Board Investigation 32%
- Three Musketeers Finish "An old friend" quest 29%
- Fools rush in Finish "Hermit" quest 28%
- Queen of the forest Recruit Olga 28%
- King of mice Recruit Tarakan 26%
- Living dangerously Finish "Hardware for real men" quest 26%
- Web of Lies Complete "Web of Lies" Board Investigation 24%
- Guerilla war Finish "Weapon transport" quest 24%
- NOT a little boy! Finish "On opposite sides of the barricade" quest 24%
- A hunter went for a walk Finish "A few things from an old hideout" quest 23%
- A turning point Finish "Chain Reaction" quest 22%
- A giant turtle Finish "The truth about NAR's experiments" quest 21%
- Like men of science Finish "Some excuses" quest 21%
- All volunteers Finish "Big Fish" quest 21%
- Not everyone deserves to die Finish "Checkpoint assault" quest 21%
- Man from the past with a past Finish " Kozlov Killing" or " Kozlov Kidnaping" quest 19%
- Black Stalker Complete "Black Stalker" Board Investigation 18%
- Bring the dust Finish "Black Stalker" quest 17%
- Broken cycle Reach one of the game endings 15%
- Woman in Red Dress Complete "Woman in Red Dress" Board Investigation 14%
- The right call Finish "Hard truth" quest 9.9%
- Chernobylite Communion Earn every trophy 8.3%