Project Genom

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,880 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 10.6h for positive, 9.1h 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 (84.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (70)

• Ranger Examine 10 "Eyes". 100%
• Frostbitten Escape from the Cryo Unit. 99%
• Paper Addict Read 1 book. 96%
• Shrimp Lover Kill 10 Digger Larvae. 94%
• Pathfinder Examine 50 "Eyes". 90%
• Detective Examine 100 "Eyes". 73%
• Smelly Hand Place the severed hand in the microwave. 69%
• Defrosted Play the game for 1 hour. 69%
• Sick Contract a disease. 57%
• Beginner Play the game for 2 hours. 54%
• Can't Have Too Much Ammo Shoot 1000 rounds. 50%
• Wanderer Play the game for 5 hours. 37%
• Visiting Diggers Make your way to the digger's cave. 31%
• Watchmaker Take the watch to pieces. 30%
• Zealot Perform the bloody ritual. 26%
• Arkdwellers Play the game for 10 hours. 26%
• Hero Complete the 1st chapter. 24%
• Mercenary Fulfill Barman's request. 24%
• Promoter Paste leaflets in the Ark. 23%
• Where's Johns? Find the lost desert. 21%
• Sherlock Examine 250 "Eyes". 19%
• Clean Shoes Don't walk on the floor. 16%
• Gunner Shoot 10000 rounds. 15%
• Mad Dog Kill Infected Hound. 13%
• Smelly Visit the dump. 11%
• Fall of the Queen Kill Digger Queen. 9.2%
• Explosive Beetles Kill 100 Miners. 8.8%
• Slider Shell Kill 100 Slider Larvae. 7.6%
• Scavenger Complete the 2nd chapter. 7.4%
• Gladiator Go down to the Arena. 7.3%
• Burglar Enter the cabin. 7.1%
• Straight-Out Remove the stains without any help. 6.9%
• Odd Token Produce a hand in the formalin. 6.8%
• Kill Count Competition Kill 200 Raiders. 6.4%
• Avalonian Play the game for 50 hours. 6.3%
• Hold Your Breath Kill 100 Smelly Hounds. 5.6%
• Flayer Kill a wounded animal. 5.0%
• Vendetta Kill brothers Sam and Gregor Polonaise. 5.0%
• Shrimp Stew Kill 100 Female Diggers. 4.8%
• Think It Over, Think It Under These are the wrong sort of diggers. They would make the wrong sort of slime. 4.6%
• Queen Security Kill 200 Guards. 4.4%
• Glutton Eat the whole container of rolls. 4.2%
• Paratrooper Step into paratrooper's shoes. 4.0%
• Beetles Again Kill 200 Locusts. 3.7%
• Alpha Dog Kill Reeker. 3.4%
• Do Not Spit in the Well Kill 200 Spitters. 3.1%
• H2SO4 Kill 200 Acids. 3.1%
• Digger Killer Kill 500 Digger Workers. 3.0%
• Dog Cathing Kill 500 Adult Hounds. 2.7%
• Bartender Play the bartender. 2.6%
• Centenarian Play the game for 100 hours. 2.5%
• Farmer Complete the 3rd chapter. 2.3%
• I'm Not a Traitor Kill 200 Deserters. 2.3%
• Wicked Queen Kill Infected Queen. 2.1%
• Army of Diggers Kill 200 Digger Soldier. 2.1%
• Spoiled Shrimps Kill 200 Infected Diggers. 2.0%
• Cute Puppy Kill 100 Hound Pups. 2.0%
• Cultists Kill 200 Disciples. 1.7%
• I'm Always Watching Kill 200 Observers. 1.7%
• Don't Monkey Around Kill Brawler. 1.4%
• Till the Last One Shoot 100000 rounds. 1.3%
• Hunter Kill 500 Trogs. 1.1%
• Bookworm Read 30 books. 1.0%
• Alien Expert Kill 500 Almer Creatures. 0.8%
• I Am Not a Rhino Kill 100 Hound Observers. 0.8%
• Bats Kill 200 Slider Females. 0.8%
• Maniac Shoot 1000000 rounds. 0.7%
• Destroyer Destroy the Mobile Base. 0.7%
• Sanitizer Kill 200 Fruit Pests. 0.7%
• Truce Envoy Offer an exquisite apology to Lara. 0.7%