Mainframe Defenders

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 800 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 7.5h for positive, 3.7h 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 (4.5% 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 (14)

• Mainframe Defenders Complete the final mission 100%
• Rust Bucket Kill a unit with 60+ Corrosion stacks 87%
• Employee Finish the game on Easy difficulty 80%
• Long Term Strategy Apply 5 different status effects on a single enemy 76%
• Middle Manager Finish the game on Normal difficulty 60%
• Heat Death Kill a unit while this unit has 3 times the max heat 56%
• Valuable Property Finish the game without any squad unit deaths 47%
• Assets Holder Complete Matter Raid and pick up 5 caches 42%
• Firewall Finish a game with unit having 70+ hull or 15+ armor 42%
• RND Unlock all units and items 36%
• Vice President Finish the game on Hard difficulty 36%
• CEO Finish the game on Very Hard difficulty 29%
• Economy Finish the game without using rare items 29%
• Effective Manager Finish the game while having 1000+ matter 29%