From the Depths
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 48% 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 12,895 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 98.8h for positive, 7.3h 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 (48.2% 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 (53)
story milestone ending side
- Fast Learner! Completed the first tutorial 100%
- Hey, I glow in the dark Use more than 15 RTGs on a vehicle you've made yourself. Unlocked in designer. 23%
- Espionage Get a unit that provides the maximum strategic radar range in a campaign 18%
- Battle master Score 5 battle merits in a single (preset difficulty) campaign battle. You'll need to attack a force approximately 10 times your volume and win with 60% of your volume undestroyed to achieve this. 15%
- The assassin Defeat a unit in the campaigns/adventures/missions of built-in planets whilst it still has 99% of its blocks alive 12%
- An explosive combination Build a 1 million damage explosive combo in the campaigns/missions/adventures of built in planets (using standard game constants) 11%
- Heavy weapons Save a sub-object that costs more than 50,000 materials 11%
- Wing clipper Kill 20 planes in campaign, story mission or adventure 9.5%
- Speed demon Achieve a sustained speed of 150m/s below 500m altitude in designer with a vehicle you've made yourself. Neter standard physics. 9.3%
- Alpha strike Kill 500 volume per second in a campaign battle (on fixed-difficulty built-in campaigns with standard game constants). Measured when the battle ends. 9.1%
- Petty squabbles Take part in a campaign battle with 3 or more teams involved in it (including you). Fixed-difficulty built-in campaigns only. 8.9%
- The bigger they are... Defeat 5 small (<30k volume) godlies in (fixed difficulty) campaigns, missions, or adventures on built in planets using standard game constants 8.9%
- ...and the lord gifteth away Gift a total of 1 million commodities to your forces in a (fixed difficulty) campaign on a built-in planet. 7.5%
- What missiles? Destroy 1000 missiles in the campaigns/missions/adventures of built in planets (using standard game constants) 5.8%
- DWG Easy Destroy the Davy Jones Outpost in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 5.6%
- Et tu, Brute? Declare war on an ally in a (fixed difficulty) built-in campaign 4.8%
- LH Easy Destroy the Quartz Stone in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 3.3%
- OW Easy Destroy the Onyx Throne in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 3.1%
- Peak performance Get one of your own designs beyond version 100 2.9%
- WF Easy Destroy the Gorgon in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 2.9%
- GT Easy Destroy the Raven's Nest in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 1.9%
- TG Easy Destroy Eris in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 1.9%
- LH Medium Destroy the Quartz Stone in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.7%
- SS Easy Destroy the Damascus in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 1.7%
- WF Medium Destroy the Gorgon in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.7%
- DWG Medium Destroy the Davy Jones Outpost in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.5%
- ... the harder they fall Defeat 5 large (>30k volume) godlies in (fixed difficulty) campaigns, missions or adventures on built-in planets using standard game constants 1.5%
- SD Easy Destroy the Scarlet Dawn in Quest for Neter on Easy difficulty or above 1.5%
- The lord taketh... Make a total of 1 million commodities for your team in (fixed difficulty) campaigns of built-in planets 1.2%
- Eyrie survivors' club Defeat an Eyrie in fixed difficulty campaign/mission/adventures of Neter. 1.2%
- GT Medium Destroy the Raven's Nest in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.2%
- OW Medium Destroy the Onyx Throne in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.2%
- SD Medium Destroy the Scarlet Dawn in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.0%
- SS Medium Destroy the Damascus in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.0%
- TG Hard Destroy Eris in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 1.0%
- TG Medium Destroy Eris in Quest for Neter on Medium difficulty or above 1.0%
- WF Hard Destroy the Gorgon in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 1.0%
- DWG Godly Destroy the Davy Jones Outpost in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty 0.8%
- DWG Hard Destroy the Davy Jones Outpost in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 0.8%
- GT Godly Destroy the Raven's Nest in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty 0.8%
- GT Hard Destroy the Raven's Nest in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 0.8%
- LH Godly Destroy the Quartz Stone in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty 0.8%
- LH Hard Destroy the Quartz Stone in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 0.8%
- OW Godly Destroy the Onyx Throne in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty 0.8%
- OW Hard Destroy the Onyx Throne in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 0.8%
- SD Godly Destroy the Scarlet Dawn in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty or above 0.8%
- SD Hard Destroy the Scarlet Dawn in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 0.8%
- Planetary defence force Kill 50 Scarlet Dawn units in Neter's (fixed-difficulty) campaigns, missions or adventures (standard game constants). 0.8%
- SS Godly Destroy the Damascus in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty 0.8%
- SS Hard Destroy the Damascus in Quest for Neter on Hard difficulty or above 0.8%
- TG Godly Destroy Eris in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty or above 0.8%
- WF Godly Destroy the Gorgon in Quest for Neter on Godly difficulty 0.8%
- Worm hole addict Reach level 100 in adventure mode on Neter using standard game constants 0.6%