Beat Saber
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 15h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 81% 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 76,872 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 13.4h for positive, 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 (81.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (26)
story milestone ending side
- Pure Clear any level without any modifiers. 100%
- Pay Attention Clear any level on normal difficulty and get at least 50 combo without any modifiers. 84%
- Drill Get total 10 000 good cuts or more. 75%
- Good Enough Get at least rank A on any level on normal difficulty without any modifiers. 72%
- Concentrate Clear any level on hard difficulty and get at least 100 combo without any modifiers. 69%
- Expert Clear any level on expert difficulty without any modifiers. 55%
- You Are Ready Finish the tutorial. 53%
- Special Get at least rank S on any level on hard difficulty without any modifiers. 40%
- Warm-up Clear 100 levels or more. 37%
- Traveller Get 100 kilometers travelled hand distance or more. 35%
- Faster Clear any level with faster song speed modifier. 34%
- Memory Clear any level with disappearing arrows modifier. 29%
- Focus Clear any level on expert difficulty and get at least 500 combo without any modifiers. 16%
- Supreme Get full combo on any level on expert difficulty without any modifiers. 15%
- Day & Night Get total played time 24 hours or more. 13%
- 100 Million Get total score 100 million or more. 13%
- Hope Get rank S on at least 15 different levels on expert difficulty (solo free play only). 10%
- Flawless Get rank SS on any level on expert difficulty without any modifiers. 9.2%
- On the Edge Clear any level with One Life modifier. 9.0%
- Charge Clear any level with 4 Lives modifier. 8.6%
- Precision Get rank S on at least 15 different levels on hard difficulty (solo free play only). 8.4%
- Progress Clear 30 missions in campaign. 6.5%
- Not the End Clear final mission in campaign. 3.6%
- Peace Clear all missions in campaign. 2.6%
- Drum Kit Get full combo on at least 15 different levels on hard difficulty (solo free play only). 2.5%
- No Mistakes Get full combo on at least 15 different levels on expert difficulty (solo free play only). 2.2%