Second Extinction™
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 5h it's 1 in 3 (38%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Homebound”: only 53% of starters get there.
- 91% 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 6,398 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 16.5h for positive, 8.2h 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 (91.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Homebound Complete the mission "Homebound". Most players quit here 53% −47
- Vestige Complete the mission "Vestige". 49% −4
- Charged Extraction Complete the mission "Charged Extraction". 48% −1
- Research And Rescue Complete the mission ”Research And Rescue". 40% −8
- Black Site Complete the mission ”Black Site". 39% −1
- Contact Complete the mission "Contact". 33% −5
- Savior Complete all core missions. 15% −18
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Rookie First Deployment. 100%
- Can't Touch This Complete a mission without any on the team having to respawn. 66%
- A New Pet Take a raptor with you when you extract. 55%
- Homebound Complete the mission "Homebound". 53%
- Vestige Complete the mission "Vestige". 49%
- Charged Extraction Complete the mission "Charged Extraction". 48%
- Research And Rescue Complete the mission ”Research And Rescue". 40%
- Black Site Complete the mission ”Black Site". 39%
- Serial Killer Kill 750 Enemies. 36%
- I Don't Bleed Complete a mission without using a Health Stim. 35%
- Contact Complete the mission "Contact". 33%
- Private Deploy 10 times. 25%
- Paper Work Complete 10 Contracts. 17%
- Mass Murderer Kill 2000 Enemies. 16%
- Savior Complete all core missions. 15%
- Sergeant Deploy 20 times. 11%
- Death From Above Kill 20 Enemies with Supply Drops. 10%
- Contractor Complete 20 Contracts. 8.7%
- Guess Who's Back Respawn 20 times. 3.6%
- Armed To The Teeth Unlock all perks for one weapon. 3.6%
- Consultant Complete 40 Contracts. 3.5%
- Exterminator Kill 6666 Enemies. 3.4%
- Major Deploy 50 times. 2.4%
- Treasure Seeker Find the golden egg. 2.2%
- Precision Strike Kill a T-Rex with a Supply Drop. 1.8%
- They mostly come at night... Play 20 missions at night. 1.5%
- Can't Stop Me Respawn 40 times. 1.3%
- General Deploy 100 times. 1.0%
- Unstoppable Force Respawn 100 times. 0.8%