Hacknet
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 7h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Entropy” and “CSEC”: from 100% to 63% of starters.
- Only 32% 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 26,338 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 8.6h for positive, 2.5h 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 (31.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Entropy Be granted an account within Entropy 100%
- CSEC Be granted an account within CSEC Most players quit here 63% −37
- Hacknet Complete Bit's final request 31% −32
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (11)
story milestone ending side
- Entropy Be granted an account within Entropy 100%
- CSEC Be granted an account within CSEC 63%
- Makeover! Run ThemeSwitcher 50%
- To the Wire Disconnect from a traced system with less than half a second to spare 39%
- PointClicker Purchase the final PointClicker upgrade 32%
- Hacknet Complete Bit's final request 31%
- You better not have clicked for those... Have a truly absurd number of pointclicker points 28%
- Quickdraw Complete the tutorial earlier than normal 27%
- /el Sec Champion Master of /el's friendly community 22%
- Rude That's just impolite 22%
- TRUE ULTIMATE POWER Run Clock.exe 21%