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Quantum Break
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 39% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 31,265
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 10h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 39% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Hold on to Your Hope and Burn” (Complete Act 1) and “Not a Friendly Invitation” (Complete Act 2): from 89% to 58% of starters.
- 86% of owners got the first achievement.
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 31,406 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 11.6h for positive, 6.2h 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 (86.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hold on to Your Hope and Burn Complete Act 1. 89% −11
- Not a Friendly Invitation Complete Act 2. Most players quit here 58% −31
- You're Coming With Us Complete Act 3. 50% −8
- Then We'll Die Finding Out Complete Act 4. 45% −5
- Your Exceptional Qualities Are Obvious Complete Act 5. 39% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (42)
story milestone ending side
- A Fracture in Time You were there when time broke. 100%
- Mysterious Stranger You met Beth Wilder, who could've shot you… but didn't. 94%
- Hold on to Your Hope and Burn Complete Act 1. 89%
- Marketing Spiel Sit a spell, take in Paul's presentation at the University. 74%
- A Link To The Future Locate 1 Quantum Ripple and 1 Intel Item. 72%
- Chronon Surge Upgrade a time power. 72%
- Everybody Gather Around Kill 3 enemies with a single Time Blast. 71%
- The Soft Touch Paul chose the PR path for Monarch Solutions. 67%
- Spreading Ripples Watch a show episode with all of its Quantum Ripples unlocked. 58%
- Not a Friendly Invitation Complete Act 2. 58%
- Manufactured by William Joyce You found Will's original time machine. 57%
- Daylight Saving Time Time Stop one hour's worth of accumulated time. 53%
- One Foot in Front of Another Traverse a total of 100 meters using the Time Rush. 51%
- Something Fashionable You got the chronon harness for Beth. 51%
- You're Coming With Us Complete Act 3. 50%
- Take That Trip You entered the time machine. 45%
- Then We'll Die Finding Out Complete Act 4. 45%
- Personal Space Deflect a total of 200 bullets with the Time Shield. 44%
- The Countermeasure You finally got your hands on Will's Countermeasure. 43%
- Toto Beth told you about how she met herself. 43%
- Last-Second Rescue You managed to get to Will in time... on the second try. 41%
- Your Exceptional Qualities Are Obvious Complete Act 5. 39%
- Time Bandit Complete the game on Casual Difficulty. 39%
- Break All the Toys Destroy 15 enemy chronon harnesses. 37%
- The Doctor Paul decided to have faith in Dr. Sofia Amaral. 36%
- Rational Thought Despite the pain and turmoil within, Paul remained rational and in control of his faculties. 35%
- You and Me Paul chose to concenrate on his personal connection with Jack. 34%
- Time Cop Complete the game on Normal Difficulty. 32%
- Bigger Fish to Fry Paul focused his energies on Monarch Solutions and his plan. 31%
- Stop / Go Fully upgrade Time Stop or Time Dodge. 29%
- Iron Fist Paul chose the Hardline path for Monarch Solutions. 28%
- Area Effect Kill 15 enemies with environmental explosions. 24%
- Focus. Aim. Pull. Kill 10 enemies with a head shot while using Dodge Focus. 23%
- The Right-Hand Man Paul decided to trust Martin Hatch. 21%
- Knowledge Is Power Locate all Intel Items. 20%
- Paranoia Paul chose to give in to his rage and paranoia. 18%
- Frozen Lead Use Time Stop to stack a total of 1000 bullets. 13%
- Tossing Stones in a Pond Trigger all Quantum Ripples. 10%
- Such Upgrade Fully upgrade all time powers. 8.6%
- Time Lord Complete the game on Hard Difficulty. 8.2%
- Media Baron Find all e-mails, presentations, TV shows, radios and posters. 6.8%
- Time Master Complete 100% of the game. Find every hidden thing, make every choice. DO ALL THE THINGS. 6.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.