When does Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) get good?

Hooks you almost right away. In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 7h it's 1 in 35 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

How many players finish Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)?

At least 4% of players who start reach the ending.

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Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)

Oct 8, 2026 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Hooks you almost right away

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending at least 4% of players who started

Started playing 37% of owners

Steam reviews 95% positive of 2,775

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 7h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
At least 4% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “[ Fatal Exception ]” (Start the campaign) and “[ Para ]” (Beat Para in the campaign): from 93% to 12% of starters.
Only 36% 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 2,812 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 8.4h for positive, 3.1h 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 (36.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
[ Fatal Exception ] Start the campaign. 93% −7
[ Para ] Beat Para in the campaign. Most players quit here 12% −82
[ Hebi ] Beat Hebi in the campaign. 9% −3
[ Torai ] Beat Torai in the campaign. 7% −2
[ Hama ] Beat Hama in the campaign. 6% −1
[ Hashi ] Beat Hashi in the campaign. 4% −2
[ True Loop ] Reach any true ending. ≥4% −1

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 (21)

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[ Nanobot Model ] Complete the tutorial from the campaign. 100%
[ Fatal Exception ] Start the campaign. 93%
Play your own story! Play a custom level from the workshop. 91%
Create your own story! Mess around in the level editor. 57%
Perfection~ Get a P rank in any level. 49%
Hello, fellow researchers. Join the Discord community. 49%
At least we finished... Get a D rank in any level. 34%
[ Para ] Beat Para in the campaign. 12%
View the credits! View the credits all the way through. 11%
[ Hebi ] Beat Hebi in the campaign. 9.0%
[ Torai ] Beat Torai in the campaign. 6.8%
[ Hama ] Beat Hama in the campaign. 6.0%
[ Hashi ] Beat Hashi in the campaign. 4.4%
Wait is the sound off? Finish any level with the audio completely off. 4.1%
[ True Loop ] Reach any true ending. 3.8%
[ We Sink With the Ship ] Complete the campaign with ending B. 3.3%
[ Missed you, Hal ] Complete the campaign with ending A. 2.2%
[ Nuclear Option ] Complete the campaign with ending D. 1.6%
[ False Loop ] Reach any false ending. 1.1%
[ I Chose to Live ] Complete the campaign with ending C. 1.1%
[ Completionist ] Finish all campaign endings. 0.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.