When does OUTRIDERS get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 15h it's 1 in 3 (33%). The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.

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1 Apr, 2021 Steam: Mixed

The first 3 hours are a test

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

Started playing 91% of owners

Steam reviews 67% positive of 61,332

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 15h it's 1 in 3 (33%).
The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
91% 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 61,704 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 24.4h for positive, 10.4h 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 (91.1% 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 (52)

story milestone ending side

Awoken to a Nightmare Awake to the new, dark era of Enoch's history. 100%
A Gathering Storm Unlock a class tree node. 98%
In Rode A Hero Kill Gauss at the Solar Tower. 98%
Urgent Task Complete a side quest. 94%
Fortune Favors the Bold Reach character level 10. 92%
Wavelengths and Wishes Uncover the direction of the signal's source. 85%
Snap of the Fingers Deal a total of 1,000,000 damage. 81%
Spoils of War Equip a legendary item. 77%
Misfortune Loves Company Kill 10 enemies with no more than 2 seconds between each kill. 76%
Knowledge is Power Fill in 150 journal pages. 72%
One Way Ride Prepare your truck to enter the Forest. 72%
Malpractice Put an end to Scurlock. 68%
Been There, Done That... Reach Accolade level 10. 68%
Coup de Grâce Kill an enemy afflicted with at least 4 different status effects. 67%
One Man's Junk... Dismantle 300 items. 67%
Prospector Mine ore from a deposit 30 times. 65%
Legacy of Enoch Equip a character with epic or legendary items only. 63%
Breaking the Seal Open the Gate leading out of the Forest. 62%
Fatherhood Ain't Easy, Boss Defeat Yagak in Utargak. 61%
Extreme Engineering Use crafting to replace 10 item mods. 60%
Overtime at the Morgue Kill 3500 enemies. 59%
Descent to Fury Unravel the Ferals' origins. 58%
One Last Chance Bring down the Drop Pods. 56%
Leave Humanity Behind Reach character level 30. 56%
Surpassing the Tempest Master a branch of the class tree for any class. 55%
Inventor's Almanac Unlock 125 unique weapon and armor mods for crafting. 54%
Multitasking Complete 25 side quests. 51%
Ace in the Hole Use a skill enhanced by 4 different mods. 48%
Fistbump Kill a total of 50 enemies with any Melee skill. 46%
Gravedigger's BFF Kill 7500 enemies. 39%
Hitting the Jackpot Kill 1000 enemies in Expeditions. 39%
The Burdens We Bear Complete "The Outrider's Legacy". 38%
Hand of Death Complete the Wanted questline. 37%
Classy Complete the highest tier of 4 class-related Accolades for any class. 36%
Big Game Hunter Complete the Hunter questline. 35%
Clash of the Altered Kill 5 Elites using skills only. 33%
Been Everywhere, Done It All Reach Accolade level 20. 32%
Hard Bargainer Sell 300 items. 32%
One for the Books Fill in 300 journal pages. 32%
Patron of the Past Complete the Historian questline. 28%
Squaretasking Complete all side quests. 16%
True Potential Use crafting to improve the rarity of 15 items. 15%
Court Marshal Grant a stay of execution. 14%
Null and Void Learn Salvador's strange discovery. 13%
Apex Altered Secure the valley's future. 12%
Empire of Thorns Return to Tarya Gratar and face the first Arbiter. 11%
Beyond Humanity Embrace the Madness. 9.4%
One Half of Every Married Couple Dispose of the Acari in Molten Depths while playing in a duo. 7.6%
Just Take the Pod Complete all New Horizon Expeditions. 6.0%
Button Mashing Interfere with an experiment in The Marshal's Complex. 4.9%
Approaching the Apocalypse Defeat final Arbiter on Apocalypse Tier 25. 3.5%
Outrider, First Class Complete all class-related Accolades for any class. 2.9%

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