Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 15h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “This is only the beginning” (Survive the first mission) and “Watch them crumble” (Defeat Agrolekh): from 100% to 45% of starters.
- Only 58% 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 14,905 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 15.6h for positive, 2.5h 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 (58.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- This is only the beginning Survive the first mission 100%
- Watch them crumble Defeat Agrolekh Most players quit here 45% −55
- Celestial Cartography Catastrophe Defeat Ekropis 44% −2
- Fleshy Disposal Defeat Ubjao 35% −9
- Vivisected Vizier Defeat Mhelob 27% −8
- Architect Abortion Defeat Neftusk 26% −1
- Ding Dong Szaregon's Gone Defeat Szaregon 26%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- This is only the beginning Survive the first mission 100%
- No aid from the Omnissiah Complete a mission without using any Canticles 97%
- Galvanic Rifle Unlock Skitarii Ranger 64%
- Power Ranger Unlock Skitarii Ranger Alpha 64%
- Taser Goad Unlock Skitarii Vanguard Alpha 64%
- Radium Ready Unlock Skitarii Vanguard 64%
- Knowledge is power Have a Tech-Priest unlock a full Discipline tree 52%
- Watch them crumble Defeat Agrolekh 45%
- Competent Cohort Reach a four Tech-Priest cohort 45%
- Celestial Cartography Catastrophe Defeat Ekropis 44%
- Half a cog Reach 50% in the awakening gauge 41%
- Fleshy Disposal Defeat Ubjao 35%
- Legio Cybernetica Unlock Kastelan Robot 30%
- Vivisected Vizier Defeat Mhelob 27%
- Architect Abortion Defeat Neftusk 26%
- Ding Dong Szaregon's Gone Defeat Szaregon 26%
- One with the Machine Have a Tech-Priest unlock two full Discipline trees 23%
- Impatient destruction Defeat Szaregon before the final countdown 23%
- Sensory overload Unlock Sicarian Infiltrator 23%
- Transonic Blur Unlock Sicarian Rustalker 23%
- Battle Servitor Unlock Kataphron Breacher 19%
- Cohortus Maximus Reach a six Tech-Priest cohort 13%
- Purge the Heretek Complete the game with the Heretek content activated 9.7%
- Mother of Xenarites Side with Scaevola 7.4%
- False God Find and unlock a hidden moment 6.5%
- Hard Complete the game in hard mode 4.8%
- Not the Men-of-Iron Complete the game with the "Ironman" mode activated 3.8%
- Perma-live Complete the game with the "Permadeath" mode activated 3.4%
- Sterile Perfection Side with Videx 2.9%
- Impossible Complete the game in Very Hard mode 2.6%
- Zero to Hero Complete the game after starting with 0 Blackstone 1.9%
- Melee Machine Complete the game with the setting "Melee Only" selected at the start of a game 1.7%
- AoE-phobia Complete the game with the setting "AoE weapon" disabled at the start of a game 1.7%
- No Omnissian Guidance Complete the game with the setting "Canticle number" equals 0 at the start of a game 1.7%