SCP: 5K
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 5h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 100% 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 15,469 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.4h for positive, 6.5h 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 (99.6% 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 (24)
story milestone ending side
- "Crow, this is entry team." Start SCP: 5K for the first time. 100%
- Tactical Adjustment Use the Workbench for the first time. 82%
- "Tell me I'm not the most valuable member of this team." Find the code for the door and use it. 65%
- Survival Succeed in the Area 12 raid. 21%
- A Valuable Asset Survive the Testing Chambers 8.3%
- No Monkey Business Shoot or knock down an Arly cutout 7.3%
- Like Clockwork Get 3 consecutive good outcomes from SCP-914 4.0%
- Restocking the Office Obtain a pen or pencil from SCP-914 3.2%
- "Are you not entertained?" Complete Wave 100 in Wave Survival. 2.7%
- Crack Shot Get 100 headshot kills in one run of the Testing Chambers 2.6%
- It's A... Miracle? Obtain a baby SCP-3199 from SCP-914 2.4%
- Potassium! Obtain a Banana Bepis from SCP-914 2.4%
- You're The One Obtain a rubber duck from SCP-914 2.4%
- Rock And A Hard Place Obtain a rock from SCP-914 2.4%
- Buddy System Use a revive token to bring back your team 1.9%
- This Thing's Rigged Get 3 consecutive bad outcomes from SCP-914 1.5%
- Narcissistic Parent Crush the SCP-3199 baby in Test 14 // Saturn 1.1%
- Breaking Protocol Lose your head after attacking a guard 1.1%
- Blood From The Stone Obtain an anomalous weapon from SCP-914 0.9%
- Gamblers Never Win Survive 5 chambers without using SCP-914 0.7%
- I Know What Love Is Sacrifice yourself for the SCP-3199 baby in Test 14 // Saturn 0.4%
- Bonding Time Hit a mechanical target with a baby SCP-3199 0.1%
- Glory To Science! Survive the Testing Chambers with every challenge completed 0.1%
- Sisyphus Complete the Testing Chambers with just melee and sidearms 0.1%