When does P.A.M.E.L.A.® get good?

Give it 20 hours. In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (29%). The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.

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P.A.M.E.L.A.®

Jun 18, 2020 Steam: Mixed

Give it 20 hours

Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 33% of owners

Steam reviews 59% positive of 923

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (29%).
The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
Only 33% 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 923 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 29.1h for positive, 5.9h 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 (32.7% 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 (45)

There's More to this Story Listen to your first Echo Log. 100%
Challenge Accepted Completed your first optional mission. 93%
Script Kiddie Hack your first locked container. 90%
Gearing Up Equip your first attachment. 75%
Junior Capitalist Collect 1000 Lux. 60%
Welcome to the Lab Reached the Gene Lab. 57%
Rude Awakening Survive your first day in Eden 052. 51%
Going Green Recyle an item at a Recycler 48%
Foundations Place your first Building Item. 47%
Collector Picked up 50 items. 47%
Tinkerer Craft your first Item. 45%
Fast Fingers Hack 15 locked containers. 43%
Brawler Defeated 10 enemies. 42%
Survival of the Fittest Reached Genome level 5. 41%
Working Together Unlocked your first PAMELA Ability. 38%
Hoarder Picked up 100 items. 32%
Suited Up Have an armor piece equipped in each slot. 27%
Make it Your Own Equip a Dye Module. 26%
One with the Matrix Hack 50 locked containers. 25%
Malcontent Defeated 50 enemies. 24%
Echo Hunter Listen to 50 Echo Logs. 24%
Entrepreneur Collect 10000 Lux. 23%
Decked Out Have an attachment equipped in each slot. 22%
Machinist Craft 20 items. 22%
Seasoned Survivor Survive 5 consecutive days. 20%
Junior Scientist Collected Cure ingredients. 19%
Sidetracking Completed 15 optional missions. 19%
Force of Nature Defeated 100 enemies. 18%
Architect Build a base with 20 Building Items. 17%
Technophile Fully upgrade an attachment. 17%
Progressive Evolution Reached Genome level 30. 16%
Explorer Discovered all districts within Eden 052. 16%
Symbiosis Unlocked 5 PAMELA Abilities. 16%
Spliced Equipped your first Bio-Augment. 15%
Assuming Direct Control Established PAMELA's connection to the Mainframe. 14%
Deep Pockets Max out the IVG's storage capacity. 12%
Nanite-Proof Equipped a full suit of Hazmat Armor. 11%
Comms Technician Repaired the Communication Array. 11%
Echo Master Listen to all Echo Logs. 10%
Sleeper Once More Enter the Cryo Bay for the last time. 10%
Perfect Harmony Unlocked all PAMELA Abilities. 7.6%
Verified Citizen Survive 15 consecutive days. 6.4%
Genetic Legacy Reached the maximum Genome level. 5.8%
Metahuman Equipped 4 Bio-Augments concurrently. 5.2%
Completionist Completed all optional missions. 1.5%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.