ActionRPGSimulation
Aquanox Deep Descent
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 61% of owners
Steam reviews 49% positive of 701
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 4h it's most (68%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- Only 61% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 713 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 12.4h for positive, 5.3h 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 (61.3% 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 (39)
- Punch away 10k of damage taken 100%
- Toshiro Okabe Met with Okabe. 96%
- Tech Support Repaired the Flexure travel gate. 81%
- Come At Me Bro 25k of damage taken 72%
- Meet the Atlantic Alliance Discovered Heartbreak Ridge. 70%
- Son of a Harpoon 50 enemies killed 65%
- Hold my Tsunami Booster 50k of damage taken 58%
- Bad Company Met Adisa in Port Royale. 49%
- Ghosts of the Past Helped Fletcher reconnect with his past. 43%
- Desperado 10k shots fired 42%
- Slimy Eel 100 dodges used 35%
- Licence To Kill Infilitrated IPF territory. 35%
- Strange Bedfellows Met an old friend for a drink. 32%
- Seek and destroy Destroy 50 floating mines 31%
- Nemesis 250 enemies killed 28%
- A Brush With Death Confronted Nemo's Prize. 27%
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place Survived the standoff with the AA and IPF. 25%
- Sorcerer Ship abilities used 50 times 23%
- Genesis Revisited Survived the Biont trap. 22%
- Alone in the Dark Rescued the miners in Site D. 22%
- Neck and Neck Won the Neopolis Derby. 21%
- Promising Future Met a young Emerald Flint. 21%
- Call to Arms Answered Nammu's call for help. 20%
- Charged and ready Activate Shield ability 10 times 20%
- Kraken 500 enemies killed 19%
- Past Lives Piece together your past. 19%
- Trigger Happy 25k shots fired 19%
- The Last Stand Led humanity's last stand. 17%
- Undisputed Came out on top in the Arena. 13%
- Cement Shoes Die more than 25 times 10%
- Peace and Quiet Destroyed the generators in Silent Horizons. 7.2%
- Dr. Strangelove 50k shots fired 5.9%
- Mercenary Win 5 deathmatch games 2.1%
- Conscript Win 15 deathmatch games 2.1%
- Veteran Win 30 deathmatch games 2.1%
- Crew Member Win 5 team deathmatch games 2.1%
- Party Maniac Win 15 team deathmatch games 2.1%
- Squad Leader Win 30 team deathmatch games 2.1%
- A Hamster's friend Drink a beer in Hamsters Den 2.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.