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Miasma Chronicles
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 26% of players who started
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 3,088
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 35h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First Blood” and “Aspiring Editor” (Collect the Miasma Vortex): from 100% to 72% of starters.
- 90% 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 3,104 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 27.4h for positive, 9.4h 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 (90.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Blood Successfully complete your first tactical encounter. 100%
- Aspiring Editor Collect the Miasma Vortex. Most players quit here 72% −28
- Gun for Hire Recruit Jade. 67% −5
- Croaked Kill Tragul. 47% −20
- Limp Richard Kill Dick Charlsen. 45% −2
- From Darkness to Light Save the town from the Miasma. 45%
- Sensei Recruit Bha Madhi. 41% −4
- The meaning of Kain Kill Matt Kain. 40% −1
- Are you not entertained? Win the Gauntlet. 33% −7
- Ganglord Defeat Diesel D. 33%
- Infiltrator Access the First Factory. 32% −1
- Endgame Defeat Quendyl Zen. 26% −6
- Savior Complete the game in any difficulty. 26%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- First Blood Successfully complete your first tactical encounter. 100%
- Ranidaphobia Kill 20 Frog Monsters. 76%
- Aspiring Editor Collect the Miasma Vortex. 72%
- Gun for Hire Recruit Jade. 67%
- I am the law! Kill 20 Thievers. 59%
- Silent but Violent Silently kill 15 enemies. 50%
- Lumberjack Kill 20 Whisperer adults or saplings. 49%
- Croaked Kill Tragul. 47%
- Exorcist Kill 10 Mimics. 45%
- Limp Richard Kill Dick Charlsen. 45%
- From Darkness to Light Save the town from the Miasma. 45%
- Editor Adept Collect 4 types of Miasma. 45%
- Giant Killer Kill your first collector. 43%
- Sensei Recruit Bha Madhi. 41%
- Hold The Line Kill 4 enemies with Overwatch in the same turn. 41%
- The meaning of Kain Kill Matt Kain. 40%
- Recycler Kill 10 collectors. 38%
- Technophobe Kill 20 Robots. 37%
- Firestarter Set 3 enemies on fire at the same time with a Napalm Deathcan. 36%
- Are you not entertained? Win the Gauntlet. 33%
- Jarhead Recruit mayor Mason. 33%
- Ganglord Defeat Diesel D. 33%
- Infiltrator Access the First Factory. 32%
- Experienced Reach Level 25. 32%
- Pushing Daisy Give a helping hand. 30%
- Endgame Defeat Quendyl Zen. 26%
- Savior Complete the game in any difficulty. 26%
- There Can Be Only One! Kill a Mimic Shadow with the character that it is mimicking. 26%
- The Watchers Meet all of the Watchers. 20%
- Chain Killer Kill 5 enemies with one action. 20%
- Commando Kill 5 enemies with an Assault Rifle without reloading. 18%
- Chaos Theory Complete the game in 'Full Tactical' mode. 15%
- Dr Jones Collect every treasure. 15%
- Newtonian Knockout Kill an enemy with fall damage. 14%
- Ruthless Kill 5 enemies with direct damage from a single shotgun blast. 13%
- Master Editor Collect all Miasma types. 13%
- Side Order Complete all side quests. 9.9%
- Attenborough Unlock all enemy codex entries. 8.9%
- Bot Whisperer Speak to all the Originals robots. 8.7%
- Chain Reaction Push an enemy into a burning or acid area with a Knockback Grenade. 8.6%
- Wipe Out Kill 5 enemies with a single frag grenade. 8.5%
- Curveball Kill an enemy with a bouncer after bouncing off a friend. 7.9%
- Dressed To Kill Enter Club 14 with custom outfits assigned to all party members. 7.4%
- Bookworm Complete the codex. 5.0%
- Cruelty Shrink, burn, and inflict acid damage to an enemy at the same time. 3.8%
- Shadow Boxin' Counterpunch a Counterpunch. 3.8%
- Five Finger Deathcount Steal 250 plastic during a single combat encounter. 3.0%
- Goaaaaal! Kick the ball into the goal. 3.0%
- Fratricide Kill a Whisperer with a Sapling Grenade. 2.7%
- Alpha Editor Complete the game in 'Alpha Editor' difficulty. 1.8%
- QA Has Suffered! (Redux) Complete the game on 'Alpha Editor' difficulty with 'Full Tactical' mode enabled. 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.