3DMark
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 7h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 84% 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.
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Based on all 21,205 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 13.7h for positive, 15.9h 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 (83.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Hydra Submit a score from a system with 12 or more logical CPU cores. 100%
- Future Proof Windows 10? Check. DirectX 12? Check. Time Spy? Check. Congratulations. You're ready! 95%
- It's Over 9000, Again! Time Spy over 9000? There's (still) no way that could be right. 68%
- Good Achieve a good score for your hardware. 53%
- 4K Forever Run Time Spy Extreme or Fire Strike Ultra. 44%
- It’s over 9000!!! Fire Strike over 9000? There's no way that could be right. 42%
- Night Owl Run a benchmark between 00:00 and 06:00. 40%
- Free PC Upgrade Submit a score that is at least 10% higher than your last score. 39%
- No Worries Pass a DirectX 12 stress test. 39%
- Great Achieve a great score for your hardware. 31%
- Rock Solid Score 99% or more in the Time Spy Stress Test. 30%
- Red Hot Can you handle Fire Strike Extreme? 28%
- Customize It Run a DirectX 12 benchmark with custom settings. 20%
- Excellent Achieve an excellent score for your hardware. 20%
- What's the Rush? If your Time Spy frame rate is less than 5 FPS, just relax and enjoy the details. 18%
- Cool under pressure Keep the GPU temperature below 55 °C during a DirectX 12 benchmark run. 17%
- Lightspeed Run Port Royal with an average frame rate greater than 40 FPS. 16%
- No Sweat Keep the GPU temperature under 65 °C for the duration of a DirectX 12 stress test. 15%
- Catchy Tune Deliver a result of Steel Nomad with audio. 13%
- Legendary Achieve a legendary score for your hardware. 12%
- Mystery Machine Submit a result using new hardware that isn't recognised by 3DMark. 8.5%
- Integration Nation Run a DirectX 12 graphics benchmark using integrated graphics. 5.8%
- Keep a Cool Head Keep the CPU temperature below 55 °C during a CPU Profile benchmark run. 3.3%
- Sun and Moon Run Steel Nomad during the day (06:00 - 18:00), and Steel Nomad Light during the night (18:00 - 06:00). 2.9%
- Future Proof II Run all four DirectX 12 Ultimate feature tests. 1.9%
- Interactive Spend five minutes in interactive mode in a feature test. 1.6%
- New Year's Resolution Run Time Spy Extreme on January 1. 1.6%
- Shoot for the Moon Achieve a great score or better for your hardware during Lunar New Year. 1.0%
- Steel Explorer Use Explorer Mode to discover all secret areas in the world of Steel Nomad with all its hidden treasures. 0.5%