Axiom Verge
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 15h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- At least 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Telal” and “Uruku”: from 83% to 62% of starters.
- 81% of owners got the first achievement.
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 6,665 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 13.9h for positive, 4.9h 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 (81% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Xedur Defeat the Xedur variant. 100%
- Telal Defeat the Telal variant. 83% −17
- Uruku Defeat the Uruku variant. Most players quit here 62% −20
- Gir-Tab Defeat the Gir-Tab variant. 54% −8
- Ukhu Defeat the Ukhu Variant. 43% −11
- Sentinel Defeat Sentinel. 38% −5
- Athetos Defeat Athetos. ≥36% −2
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Xedur Defeat the Xedur variant. 100%
- Telal Defeat the Telal variant. 83%
- Hack Glitch your first enemy. 83%
- Uruku Defeat the Uruku variant. 62%
- Gir-Tab Defeat the Gir-Tab variant. 54%
- Bubble Breaker Destroy 2000 regenerating blocks. 51%
- Secret World Discover your first secret world. 50%
- Hallucination Be defeated by yourself. 49%
- Clone Defeat one of Athetos' aborted clones. 45%
- Ukhu Defeat the Ukhu Variant. 43%
- Cryptologist Use the Passcode Tool for the first time. 40%
- Sentinel Defeat Sentinel. 38%
- Brick Breaker Destroy 2000 bricks. 37%
- Athetos Defeat Athetos. 36%
- 100% Tools Find 100% of the tools/abilities in the game. 26%
- Mercy Spare the Xedur Hul variant. 25%
- 100% Weapons Find 100% of the weapons in the game. 9.3%
- Pacifist Bypass Athetos' aborted clone wihout damaging it. 8.3%
- 100% Power Find 100% of all Power Nodes. 7.7%
- 100% Notes Find 100% of all notes in the game. 7.4%
- 100% Health Find 100% of Health Nodes. 7.0%
- 100% Map Uncover 100% of the game map. 6.7%
- 100% Items Acquire 100% of all weapons, tools, upgrades, and notes. 6.2%
- Hard Complete the game in Hard difficulty. 5.8%
- Hacker Glitch every enemy type at least once. 2.0%
- Mostly Invincible Complete the game without dying more than once. 1.7%
- Low % Complete the game with under 40% of all items. 1.6%
- Overclocked Complete the entire game in under 4 hours. 1.6%
- Speedrunner Complete the game once in Speedrun Mode. 1.6%