When does Outland get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (12%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

How many players finish Outland?

30% of players who start reach the ending.

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Outland

Sep 29, 2014 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 30% of players who started

Started playing 16% of owners

Steam reviews 80% positive of 3,957

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
30% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “Grand Master” (Complete the full game (Individual)): only 30% of starters get there.
Only 16% 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 3,984 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 143 reviews: 8.5h for positive, 5.1h 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 (15.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Grand Master Complete the full game (Individual) Most players quit here 30% −70

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (12)

story milestone ending side

That’s Teamwork Destroy an enemy using a Kamikazer (General) 100%
Enthusiast Collect 10 Marks of the Gods (Single Player only) 58%
Environmental Exterminator Destroy a Spider using spikes (General) 45%
Don’t Go Alone Complete any Co-op Challenge Room (General) 37%
Grand Master Complete the full game (Individual) 30%
Two Birds Smack a bomb so that kills two or more enemies (Individual) 30%
Overkill Destroy six enemies with one Beam Shot (Individual) 24%
Untouchable Defeat any boss without taking damage (General) 21%
Collector Collect all Marks of the Gods (Single Player only) 15%
Arcade Master Complete any Arcade Chapter below the target time (General) 15%
Survivor Kill 20 enemies in a row with only 1 health left (Individual) 14%
Millionaire Collect 1,000,000 Doubloons (Single Player only) 13%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.