ActionRPG
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 52% of players who started
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 42,410
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 35h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- 52% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Singh No Swan Song” (Have Singh's back when it matters most) and “Honor Holds Us All Together” (You completed the debate with Otar Botkoveli): from 100% to 68% of starters.
- Only 60% 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 42,498 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 31.5h for positive, 10.8h 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 (59.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Singh No Swan Song Have Singh's back when it matters most. 100%
- Honor Holds Us All Together You completed the debate with Otar Botkoveli. Most players quit here 68% −32
- Between Technology and the Divine Complete & win the debate with Talos Rucker. 57% −11
- Spokes in Two Wheels You managed to stop both the bombing & the Orchid poisoning. You're a living legend! 45% −12
- God Killer You completed the debate with Allison Stanek. 42% −3
- We Are Human Beings You completed Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on any difficulty. 52% +9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (81)
story milestone ending side
- Singh No Swan Song Have Singh's back when it matters most. 100%
- Humanity + Fully upgrade a branch of your Augmentation Tree. 94%
- I Can Only Fight Enemies I Can See Complete one Hacking Challenge with Fog Security without using a Reveal Software. 92%
- Ghost Cross enemy territory like a ghost, raising no hostile reaction from anyone. 90%
- And Embrace What You've Become Install at least one experimental augmentation. 80%
- Honor Holds Us All Together You completed the debate with Otar Botkoveli. 68%
- Samizdat You opted to work with the Samizdat group & spread their news throughout Picus media streams. 63%
- The Golden Ticket You made a tough decision as to whether Irenka Bauer or Edward Brod would get to stay in Prague. 61%
- Fresh Out of the Package With Koller's help and the Neuroplasticity Calibrator, eliminate overclocking for experimental augs. 58%
- Between Technology and the Divine Complete & win the debate with Talos Rucker. 57%
- Adept of the Metaverse Engage in all Tutorials in Adam's first mission in Dubai. 55%
- We Are Human Beings You completed Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on any difficulty. 52%
- Neon Nights You halted the production of Neon in the city. 52%
- Handle with Care You helped Olivie escape Prague. 49%
- Spokes in Two Wheels You managed to stop both the bombing & the Orchid poisoning. You're a living legend! 45%
- K is for Kazdy You freed K and Bones from the prison cell and escorted them to safety. 44%
- God Killer You completed the debate with Allison Stanek. 42%
- The Supreme Enlightened You watched the End Credits and found the surprise inside. 42%
- Ground Mail Was a Better Option Flawlessly disable a Drone via Remote Hacking. 33%
- All in the Family You aided Otar when he sought help with a family matter. 32%
- 01011000 You pieced together the mysterious contact and aided Helle in remembering who she really is. 29%
- The Net Is Vast and Infinite Using Jim's keycard, you infiltrated the NSN and viewed a recording without triggering any alarms. 27%
- Ruthless Efficiency Fully upgrade a weapon of your choice. 27%
- Cult of Personality By uncovering the key to Richard's persuasive powers, you broke his control and freed his followers. 24%
- So Many Cucumbers Deus Ex Is All About Cucumbers… 24%
- The Harvester You convinced Detective Montag that neither Gunn nor Radko could be the murderer. 23%
- Core Driller Use the Ice Drill to bypass a large section of the GARM facility. 23%
- The Last Harvest Using the CASIE and Dr. Cipra's keyword, you convinced Daria she isn't who she thinks she is. 20%
- He's [Not] Dead, Jim By using the Antidote, you saved the life of Jim Miller. 17%
- Pacifist You completed Deus Ex: Mankind Divided without killing a single soul. Bosses are people, too. 14%
- A Heated Combination Enter a classic numerical code in the game's first keypad. 13%
- Laputan Machine You used Marchenko's Kill Switch to defeat him, proving that some things can cut deeper than steel. 12%
- The Jack of All Augments Invest in at least one augmentation in every branch of the Aug Tree. 11%
- A Just Cause Decide what to do with the Altered Biocell. 11%
- Extract the Data… Get the data that Pritchard is after from within the Palisade Blade. 11%
- Expose the Truth! Decide what to do with the evidence you uncovered. 11%
- Go Figure Plant ShadowChild's figurine. 11%
- A Criminal Past Complete A Criminal Past. 10%
- Help Desk Get the Blade lobby desk clerk to help you bypass security. 9.9%
- ****! Taser Fist! Lock-On and deploy the Quad Arc upgrade of the Tesla Knuckle on four enemies at once. 9.2%
- Smooth Like Soap Find Mejia in Cell Block B without raising an alarm. 8.6%
- Dressed for the Occasion Blend in with the proper prisoner jumpsuit. 8.6%
- Umlauts or no Umlauts Decide the Fixer's fate. 8.6%
- Quid Pro Quo Help out a fellow inmate by making a trade. 8.1%
- Murder He Wrote Find all pieces of evidence behind the Saridakis murder. 7.9%
- Clean Sweep Complete the System Rift Jensen Story without killing anyone. 7.7%
- Ballsy You Know What To Do. 7.6%
- Time Traveler You managed to bring Koller the Neuroplasticity Calibrator before he even asked you for it. 7.4%
- The Golden Rookery Find the missing Gold Penguin and return him back to his colony. 7.2%
- Too Hot to Handle Complete the server chamber area without being detected by any HeatEye cameras or enemies. 7.0%
- The Invincible Body, Fighting an Iron Devil Block an incoming enemy explosive with the Titan Shield. 6.9%
- Invisible War Incapacitate a cloaked enemy while still remaining cloaked yourself. 6.9%
- Code of Conduct Complete A Criminal Past without killing anyone. 6.5%
- This is Great for Spring Cleaning Use both Knockback & Precision functions of the P.E.P.S. Arm Cannon at least once. 6.0%
- Knock Knock Get Slaw to open the security door within the Palisade Blade. 6.0%
- Ramming Speed!! Ram Dash into an enemy NPC with a fully charged Icarus Dash. 5.7%
- Express Elevator to Hell, Going Down Land an Icarus Landing & Strike on foes and clear out the pack with the Typhoon. Just to make sure. 4.7%
- Objection! Get Mejia to confess to murdering Wilburg. 4.0%
- Winners Don't Use Drugs (or Biocells) Complete A Criminal Past without using the Fixer Pill or the Altered Biocell. 4.0%
- Don't Reach, Kid Find the basketball and put it in the hoop. 3.9%
- Foxiest of the Hounds You triggered zero alarms during an entire playthrough. 3.7%
- Slow & Sharp Land an Explosive Nanoblade Shot on three enemies at once while the Focus Augmentation is active. 3.4%
- Data Detective Breach: Complete a Darknet file. 3.4%
- I Never Asked For This You completed Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on the highest possible difficulty. Hats off. 2.9%
- Fire Sale Breach: Destroy 2 enemies at once using a Red Unstable Cube. 2.9%
- Tablet Collector Collect and read every unique eBook. 2.7%
- Data Disciple Breach: Complete all Versalife, Steiner-Bisley and Tarvos servers in Tier 1 Network. 2.2%
- Data Expert Breach: Complete all Versalife, Steiner-Bisley and Tarvos servers in Tier 2 Network. 2.2%
- Data Master Breach: Complete all Versalife, Steiner-Bisley and Tarvos servers in Tier 3 Network. 2.2%
- Ashes to Ashes Breach: Complete the Santeau Darknet File. 2.2%
- The 40-Yard Digital Dash Breach: Succeed 3 Data Sphere deliveries. 2.2%
- Bad Sector Breach: Complete 5 Ghost Servers. 2.2%
- Not The Rippers You Are Looking For Breach: Use the Alarm_Cancel.pkg in a server. 2.2%
- Now I'm Feeling A Little Motivated Breach: Win 3 Challenges. 2.2%
- You're Not Worthy As My Opponent Breach: Send 3 Challenges. 2.2%
- Hourglass Breach: Complete 10 Santeau servers. 2.0%
- Excess Baggage Fees Breach: Complete a server using 6 Expansion Items at once. 2.0%
- Data Emperor Breach: Complete 5 Tier 4 Network servers. 2.0%
- Camera, Action, Red-Handed Breach: Complete the PICUS Darknet File. 2.0%
- A Heist of Olympic Proportions Breach: Complete 5 PICUS Servers. 2.0%
- Burning Neodymium Breach: Eliminate a Prime Unit while the Titan.aug is active. 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.