Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Bull”: only 59% of starters get there.
- 74% 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 30,200 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 28.4h for positive, 12.5h 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 (73.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Bull You defeated Lawrence Barrett, elite member of a secret mercenary hit squad. Most players quit here 59% −41
- The Mantis You defeated Yelena Federova, elite member of a secret mercenary hit squad. 45% −14
- The Snake You defeated Jaron Namir, Leader of Belltower's Elite Special Operations Unit. 36% −9
- The End You defeated Zhao Yun Ru and by doing so, destroyed the Hyron Project. 36% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- First Takedown Perform your first Takedown. Civilians don't count, so be nice. 100%
- First Hack Perform your first Hack successfully. 96%
- Ghost You made it through an entire hostile area without making so much as a squeak. 76%
- Unforeseen Consequence You convinced Zeke Sanders to let his hostage go. 73%
- Up the Ante! Upgrade your first weapon of choice. 68%
- Lesser Evil Deal with Mr. Carella's indiscretion. 63%
- Transhumanist Fully upgrade your first augmentation of choice. 60%
- Motherly Ties Put a grieving mother's doubts to rest. 59%
- The Bull You defeated Lawrence Barrett, elite member of a secret mercenary hit squad. 59%
- The Desk Job You convinced Wayne Haas to let you into the morgue. 56%
- Yes Boss You had an argument with your boss, David Sarif, and won. 51%
- Hax0r1! Successfully hack at least 50 devices within the same playthrough. 47%
- The Mantis You defeated Yelena Federova, elite member of a secret mercenary hit squad. 45%
- Darker Shades You convinced a fast-talking bartender to let you see Tong Si Hung. 44%
- Shanghai Justice It may take some sleuthing, but justice must be served. 44%
- Super Sleuth You really nailed your case against Lee Hong. 43%
- Rotten Business Help a lady in the oldest of professions clean house. 43%
- Opportunist Perform 50 takedowns within the same playthrough. (Civilians don't count). 43%
- Smash the State Help Officer Nicholas take out the trash. 41%
- Bar Tab Help the Hive Bartender settle a tab. 40%
- Out of the Frying Pan You made it off the boat... but to what end? 40%
- Corporate Warfare Protect a client's interests by performing a less-than-hostile takeover. 38%
- Never Stop Looking You escaped Rifleman Bank Station. Nothing will stop you from finding Megan now. 37%
- Good Samaritan You replaced the power supply on a damaged stasis pod, saving the occupant's life. 37%
- The Snake You defeated Jaron Namir, Leader of Belltower's Elite Special Operations Unit. 36%
- Consciousness is Over-rated Knock out at least 100 enemies in a single playthrough. 36%
- The End You defeated Zhao Yun Ru and by doing so, destroyed the Hyron Project. 36%
- Trooper Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut. 36%
- Cloak & Daggers Deal with the man in the shadows. 35%
- The Final Countdown You pointed out the flaws in his logic to millionaire Hugh Darrow. 33%
- The Last Straw You talked Doctor Isaias Sandoval out of suicide. 32%
- Guardian Angel You paid poor Jaya's debt in full. How very... humane... of you. 28%
- Acquaintances Forgotten Follow Pritchard's lead to uncover the truth. 28%
- The Throwdown You convinced the smooth-talking politician Bill Taggart to tell the truth in public. 28%
- Good Soul Against all odds, you saved Faridah Malik's life. 26%
- Ladies Man You convinced Mengyao to spill the beans on the mysterious Hyron Project. 23%
- The Fall You sent Diamond Chan on the trip of a lifetime. 23%
- Talion A.D. Descend into the bowels of an urban jungle and confront a warrior-priest. 20%
- The learn'd Scholar When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me... 18%
- Balls Seems you like playing with balls, eh? 17%
- Gun Nut Fully upgrade one of your weapons. 17%
- All of the Above You managed to save Dr. Kavanagh and all the prisoners, too. 15%
- Back Stage Pass You gained access to Quinn's secret store. 15%
- Apex Predator You performed a takedown on Burke without being detected. 15%
- Kevorkian Complex You granted a dying man his final request. 14%
- Deus Ex Machina Experience all the different endings that Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut has to offer. 13%
- Lucky Guess Maybe next time, Jacob will use a more complex code when arming a bomb. 13%
- That Old Adage Apparently, your CASIE augmentation doesn't work on everyone... 13%
- The D Project You watched the entire credit list and saw the surprise at the end. 13%
- Legend Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut at its hardest setting without ever changing the difficulty. 12%
- Old School Gamer You found all the hidden story items in Megan's Office. Point-and-Click much? 12%
- Hangar 18 You found and read the secret message. Now you know too much... 10%
- Sentimental Value You kept Megan's bracelet for yourself. Apparently, letting go really is the hardest part. 9.9%
- Never Forget You revisited the site where Belltower discovered and captured you. 8.5%
- The Take Greedy bastard. You accepted O'Malley's blood money and let him go. 8.0%
- Pacifist Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut without anyone dying by your hand. (Boss fights don't count). 6.0%
- Foxiest of the Hounds Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut without setting off any alarms. 5.0%
- Factory Zero You survived Hei Zhen Zhu and Rifleman Bank Station using no Praxis kits, weapons, grenades or mines. Whoa. 4.2%
- Doctorate Read all 29 XP books within a single playthrough. 3.9%