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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 933 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 5h for positive, 2.4h 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 (79.5% 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 (50)

• Script Kiddie Decrypt a Data Card 100%
• Johnny 5 5 Destruction streak 98%
• Re-charted Collect an Audiolog 96%
• Scrapped Destroy 1 Upgraded enemy 95%
• Scrap Heap Destroy 100 enemies 87%
• Carbon Collector Collect 100 Carbon 85%
• R2-D20 20 Destruction streak 75%
• Carbon Connoisseur Collect 500 Carbon 64%
• Disassembled Destroy 10 Upgraded enemies 60%
• 1337 h4x0r Decrypt a Master Data Card 57%
• Hard Hat Area Equip first Helmet 51%
• Fashion Killer Equip first Cape 50%
• Ice Cream Paint Job Equip first Alloy 50%
• C-30PO 30 Destruction streak 50%
• Scrap Yard Destroy 1000 enemies 47%
• Fully Kitted Have a Helmet, Cape and Alloy equipped at the same time 44%
• Ashes and Rust Complete ACT 01 33%
• Noob Reach Level 10 with Hex 23%
• The Endless War Complete ACT 02 23%
• Terminated Destroy 100 Upgraded enemies 23%
• Just the Few of Us Complete a COOP Mission with 3 players. 21%
• Anonymous Decrypt all Data Cards 20%
• Breaking the Cycle Complete ACT 03 20%
• Autonomous Complete all missions on Easy 19%
• The Few, the Proud Complete a COOP Mission on Singular Difficulty 18%
• Pebble Reach Level 10 with Vanguard 17%
• Few's Company Complete a COOP Mission with 3 players using Hex, Catalyst and Vanguard 16%
• Spark Reach Level 10 with Catalyst 16%
• Emergent Complete all missions on Medium 16%
• Unbreakable Survive 5 minutes in Survival OP Mission 15%
• Amateur Reach Level 20 with Hex 14%
• Indestructible Survive 10 minutes in Survival OP Mission 13%
• Transcendent Survive 30 minutes in Survival OP Mission 12%
• Carbon Cognoscente Collect 2500 Carbon 11%
• Cobble Reach Level 20 with Vanguard 9.9%
• Flare Reach Level 20 with Catalyst 9.4%
• T-100 100 Destruction streak 8.3%
• Professional Reach Level 30 with Hex 6.3%
• Scrap Mountain Destroy 10000 enemies 5.4%
• Explosion Reach Level 30 with Catalyst 5.0%
• Singular Complete all missions on Hard 5.0%
• Boulder Reach Level 30 with Vanguard 4.8%
• A Few of the Same Complete a COOP Mission with 3 players using 3 of the same class 3.8%
• Hex Gon' Give it to Ya' Collect all Hex Audiologs 3.6%
• Echoes of Eternity Collect all Vanguard Audiologs 3.0%
• Break the Internet Collect all Catalyst Audiologs 2.9%
• Tomb Raided Collect all Story Audiologs 2.9%
• The Dream Team Reach level 30 with Hex, Catalyst and Vanguard 2.5%
• Raiders of the Lost 'Log Collect all Audiologs 2.0%
• LulzSec Decrypt all Master Data Cards 1.9%