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Deep Sky Derelicts
The first 2 hours are a test
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 14% of players who started
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 2,891
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- At least 14% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Glorious Monuments” (Unlock the second tier of derelicts) and “Majestic Monoliths” (Unlock the third tier of derelicts): from 67% to 32% of starters.
- Only 59% 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 2,907 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20h for positive, 6.7h 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 (58.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Glorious Monuments Unlock the second tier of derelicts. 67% −33
- Majestic Monoliths Unlock the third tier of derelicts. Most players quit here 32% −35
- You Made It! Reach the Mothership. 18% −14
- Welcome, Citizen! Enter the Mirror World. ≥14% −4
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 (68)
story milestone ending side
- Flawless Victory Win a combat encounter without receiving any damage. 100%
- No Time Wasted Win a combat encounter in one round. 97%
- First of Many Find one piece of location data. 84%
- Errand Boy Complete a contract. 84%
- Rust in Peace Lose a character in combat. 84%
- Fully Proficient Max out an ability. 84%
- Massive Impact Kill multiple enemies with one attack. 72%
- No Fear of Zombies Kill Necroguard without losing a character or retreating. 68%
- Glorious Monuments Unlock the second tier of derelicts. 67%
- Shiny! Find and equip an Illustrious piece of gear. 66%
- Transhumanist Help Espinoch transcend his flesh existence. 65%
- Animate Revive a fallen character. 64%
- Never Too Versatile Pick a specialization for a character. 58%
- Prepared for Anything Have all single character's equipment slots filled. 58%
- This Ship is Too Small for Both of Us Vanquish a rival scavenger group. 57%
- Standard Field Procedure Collect and deliver fungus to Chapeau. 55%
- Smooth Talker Get friendly with a rival scavenger group. 48%
- No Life Without Sacrifice Convert a piece of loot into energy. 48%
- Diligent Trashman Collect 6 piles of trash for Arberi. 46%
- Toil Destroy Parson-T for Salome. 44%
- Fresh Loot Lose an entire party in combat. 43%
- Houdini Play 4 or more cards on a single turn. 43%
- The Real Pain Spend a total of 5000 credits on medical costs. 38%
- Majestic Monoliths Unlock the third tier of derelicts. 32%
- Close Call Successfully return to the station after running out of energy. 29%
- Da Blast! Deal over 100 points of damage with a single attack. 28%
- Overskilled Raise a character's skill to 200. 27%
- Appetite Ruined Learn the secrets of eating in a space suit. 27%
- Tenacity Win a fight with only one character remaining. 26%
- Boffin Build all research upgrades at the station. 23%
- Scavenger Elite Get a character to level 10. 20%
- You Made It! Reach the Mothership. 18%
- Welcome, Citizen! Enter the Mirror World. 14%
- Enhancements for Everyone Add 2 implants for each crew member. 13%
- Parsimony Locate Salome and expose her to Parson-T. 13%
- Try'em All Advance at least one character of each class to level 2. 11%
- Bounty Hunter Finish a bounty quest. 11%
- Nobody is Irreplaceable Dismiss a character. 9.9%
- Quiz Master Answer correctly to all 3 questions asked by Derelictkeeper. 9.0%
- Let's Try an Intern Hire a mercenary. 8.8%
- Executive and Greedy Complete all side missions on a single playthrough. 8.0%
- Stunt Assistant Helped Jill perform her stunt. 8.0%
- Station Defender Successfully fend off a station raid. 7.8%
- Oxygen Not Included Lose an entire party due to energy depletion. 7.3%
- Energy Adept Never run out of energy during a single playthrough. 6.3%
- Bronze Medal Advance past the 4th encounter in Arena mode. 6.1%
- Game Over! Lose an entire party in Hardcore mode. 6.1%
- I'll Buy My Own World Have a cash balance of 100000 credits. 6.0%
- Professional Pride Go to a derelict with three characters of the same class. 5.8%
- Danger Zone Enter a derelicts two levels higher than your highest ranked character. 5.6%
- Jackpot Get the featured item from the shady dealer. 5.6%
- No Step Back Complete the game without ever retreating from combat. 5.3%
- Uncontrollables Go to a derelict with three aggressive characters. 4.4%
- Silver Medal Advance past the 7th encounter in Arena mode. 4.3%
- Proper Ordnance Blew up Jill and her space ship. 4.1%
- Gold Medal Advance past the 10th encounter in Arena mode. 3.1%
- Slavery Prevented Saved the expedition scientists from slavery. 2.9%
- A Suitable Vessel Help Rake AI to synchronize with the dormant robot. 2.9%
- Arena Champion Beat Arena mode. 2.4%
- True Scavenger Beat the game on Hardcore. 2.4%
- Not Like This Visit the Mirror Worlds the bad way. 2.0%
- Disappearance Act Convince Mag to swallow itself. 2.0%
- Doomed to Slavery Allowed the Naega to take the expedition scientists as slaves. 1.9%
- Trench Warfare Have a combat encounter that lasts for 50 rounds. 1.9%
- Impenetrable Have over 200 shield points on a character in combat. 1.7%
- Rite Denied Saved the prince. 1.2%
- Live Fuel Fed pirates as fuel to a derelict's power generator. 1.0%
- Peculiar Vessel Help Rake AI to synchronize with the Serpentwurm. 1.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.