When does MO:Astray get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

How many players finish MO:Astray?

31% of players who start reach the ending.

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MO:Astray

Oct 24, 2019 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 31% of players who started

Started playing 85% of owners

Steam reviews 92% positive of 5,067

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
31% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “Finish Chapter 1 [Birth]”: only 62% of starters get there.
85% 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 5,114 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 5.5h 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 (85% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Finish Chapter 1 [Birth] Most players quit here 62% −38
Finish Chapter 2 [Surface] 46% −16
Finish Chapter 3 [Monster] 37% −8
Finish Chapter 4 [System] 32% −5
Finish Chapter 5 [Purpose] 31% −1

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (26)

story milestone ending side

The Journey Begins 100%
"The Errors" 63%
Finish Chapter 1 [Birth] 62%
Finish Chapter 2 [Surface] 46%
"Fatal Trap" 46%
"A Battle with The King of Monsters" 41%
Finish Chapter 3 [Monster] 37%
"Doula" 37%
"Skilled Pilot" 34%
Finish Chapter 4 [System] 32%
"Dylan" 32%
"Extremergy Life Form" 31%
Finish Chapter 5 [Purpose] 31%
"Road to Revenge" 30%
"Bottle Opener" Rip off 50 monsters' heads 29%
Complete Easy Mode Finish Campaign on Easy Mode 29%
Complete Normal Mode Finish Campaign on Normal Mode 27%
Complete Adventure Mode Finish Campaign on Adventure Mode 14%
"Her Past" Collect all Memory Fragments 14%
"Initial Purpose" 13%
"Going Deeper" (1) Read the mind of 1 infected creature 13%
"Going Deeper" (2) Read the mind of 2 infected creatures 8.2%
"Going Deeper" (3) Read the mind of 3 infected creatures 7.6%
"Yet You Managed To Find It" Find all hidden areas 6.1%
"How It Went Down" Read all minds 5.2%
Complete Disaster Mode Finish Campaign on Disaster Mode 4.5%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.