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Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 72% of owners
Steam reviews 73% positive of 1,137
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 72% 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 1,142 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 91 reviews: 10.7h for positive, 5.2h 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 (71.5% 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 (24)
- Tech Wiz For completing Introductory Jumper in less than 5 minutes 100%
- Quick Thinking For completing Introductory Platform in less than 5 minutes 86%
- Natural For completing Introductory Cube in less than 2 minutes 81%
- Magtech Engineer For discovering the Cube Holder 75%
- Beam Rider For completing Intermediate Platform in less than 5 minutes 65%
- Competitor For completing Intermediate Cube in less than 5 minutes 57%
- From the Streets… For completing Act I 48%
- Looking Glass For completing Introductory Integration in less than 5 minutes 45%
- Magtech Savant For discovering the Mod Cube 41%
- Roboticist For discovering Newton 32%
- Magtech Artist For completing Platform Test in less than 5 minutes 32%
- Rise Wild Jump from the last swing in the ruptured challenge without using vertical platform 29%
- Champion For completing Introductory Fusion in less than 5 minutes 27%
- Into the Abyss For completing Act II 26%
- Party Crasher Break the glass in the Reboot 26%
- Path of the Slayer For killing the first monster 26%
- Gates of Shub-Niggurath Survive the From Beyond level by closing all 3 gates 24%
- Born Magrunner For completing Intermediate Integration in less than 5 minutes 24%
- Grav Master For completing Advanced Platform in less than 5 minutes 24%
- Servitor of the Outer Gods For completing the game 22%
- The Outsider Visit all deadlocks in The Deep 15%
- I Got This, Newton Use Newton less than 15 times in the dark room 14%
- Unstoppable 10 levels in a row without dying in Act II 14%
- Chosen of Cthulhu Pass Act III without dying 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.