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Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 42% of players who started
Started playing 46% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 4,594
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 7h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Payday” (Complete level 4) and “Long Weekend” (Complete level 8): from 90% to 59% of starters.
- Only 46% 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 4,617 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 6.6h for positive, 1.4h 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 (45.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Payday Complete level 4. 90% −10
- Long Weekend Complete level 8. Most players quit here 59% −32
- Survivor Complete the game. 42% −16
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Persistence Start a third run in a single game session. 100%
- Payday Complete level 4. 90%
- Long Weekend Complete level 8. 59%
- Reveries End a run with at least 50 Soul Chips. 56%
- Air Time Don't touch any surfaces for 10 seconds (Endless Mode not eligible). 55%
- The Cycle Deliver a boss' killing blow with its weakness. 54%
- Survivor Complete the game. 42%
- Taste the Rainbow Equip four non-matching Cores at the same time. 33%
- Honor and Glory Complete the game after entering and achieving glory in all Glory Zones. 32%
- Scrooge Have 250 nuts at once (Endless Mode not eligible). 26%
- Get Equipped Complete a Core Set. 22%
- Reincarnation Die 50 times. 15%
- Heartless Forsake your only true friend. 14%
- Free Candy! Destroy a vending machine -- a victimless crime. 13%
- Last Breath Complete the game with 1 HP remaining (and no armor). 13%
- Powerful Complete the game with 8 Powers. 13%
- Sorry to Jet Complete a Rush Job. 12%
- Heavy Metal On Level 8, defeat Kur after reflecting all of his Quint Laser attacks. 10%
- Arsenal Unlock everything in the Soul Shop. 8.1%
- Not Cool On Level 8, defeat Shatterbeak without letting him use any interruptible abilities. 7.9%
- Challenger Complete a Daily Challenge. 7.5%
- Get Lucky! Win 250 Slot Machine prizes. 7.5%
- Unstoppable Have 50 Maximum HP at once (Endless Mode not eligible). 7.2%
- Vanilla Complete the game with the default primary weapon and no Powers. 5.7%
- Extended Clear Level 16 in Endless Mode. 4.8%
- Lab Rat Complete the game with at least 3 Prototypes and no System Restore. 4.6%
- Everlasting Clear Level 25 in Endless Mode. 4.4%
- Overgrowth On Level 8, defeat Death Lotus with 10 Lotus Spawns alive. 3.9%
- Eternal Clear Level 40 in Endless Mode. 3.7%
- Provoke On Level 8, defeat Vile Visage by breaking his horn while he's at or very near full health, then only using basic (including charged) attacks. 3.5%
- Thunder Follows Complete the game within 28 minutes. 3.5%
- Move Like They Do On Level 8, survive for 60 seconds without taking damage during The Perforator fight. 3.1%
- Quadrakill On Level 8, defeat all four Rollsters within a single three-second window. 3.1%
- Hard Hat Zone On Level 8, defeat both Twin Astrals with falling platforms. 2.9%
- Contender Complete 10 Daily Challenges. 2.0%
- Dr. Device On Level 8, defeat 50 Flapps and Eternal Star within two seconds using Force Nova. 2.0%
- Armored Core Complete the game with 1 or fewer maximum HP. 1.8%
- Runner Complete a Marathon run within 35 minutes. 1.8%
- Untouchable Complete the game having taken damage ten or fewer times. 1.8%
- Ancestor Worship Complete the game with Rock and Purist active. 1.5%
- Brittle Battle Complete the game with Wrath, Famine, Marathon, and Toxin active. 1.5%
- Fervor Complete the game with Wrath, Undying, Furor, and Swarm active. 1.5%
- Journey Complete the game with Marathon, Famine, and Bankrupt active. 1.5%
- Nut Zero Without Bankrupt active, complete the game without picking up any nuts or nut-granting Augs. 1.5%
- Bold Clear level 1 with Bankrupt, Famine, Furor, High Tide, Marathon, Purist, Rock, Swarm, Toxin, Undying, and Wrath active. 1.3%
- Probably Cheating Clear level 3 with Bankrupt, Famine, Furor, High Tide, Marathon, Purist, Rock, Swarm, Toxin, Undying, and Wrath active. 1.3%
- Fox Only Complete the game with Final Destination active. 1.3%
- Goliath With the Undying Skull on, complete the game without picking up any damage upgrades. 1.3%
- Might Complete the game with High Tide, Marathon, Wrath, Undying, and Destiny active. 1.3%
- Perfect Storm With the High Tide Skull on, complete the game without picking up any maximum health upgrades. 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.