Deadside
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (64%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 96% 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 40,871 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 56.9h for positive, 41.5h 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 (95.8% 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 (29)
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- First step Make you first step in game 100%
- First blood Kill an enemy 92%
- Field Doctor Tear any item to rags 87%
- Mr. Fix-It Craft any item 69%
- Modder Put any mod onto a weapon 64%
- Trader Buy or sell 100 items 50%
- A man's home is his castle Build your first base 41%
- Lumberjack Chop 100 logs 32%
- Gourmet Consume all kinds of food and drinks 28%
- Last bullet Kill 10 AI bots with the last bullet in a clip 27%
- Headshot! Kill 50 AI bots with headshot 20%
- Lead Storm Kill 100 AI bots with Assault Rifles 17%
- There can only One Kill 10 players 16%
- Rifleman Kill 100 AI bots with Rifles 15%
- First journey completed Drive a draisine for the first time 13%
- Make it beep Craft the Bearing Finder 7.8%
- Need for Lead Kill 100 AI bots with SMGs 6.7%
- Cold Steel Kill 10 AI bots with melee weapons 6.3%
- Son of a Shotgun Kill 100 AI bots with Shotguns 5.7%
- Novice treasure hunter Find your first loot stash 5.1%
- Gunslinger Kill 100 AI bots with Pistols 3.2%
- Underground road lover Drive a draisine 10 times 3.0%
- Hottest Potato Kill 10 AI bots with Grenades 2.9%
- Full Arsenal Kill one AI bot with each weapon 2.6%
- Experienced treasure hunter Find 10 loot stashes 1.5%
- Underground road expert Drive a draisine 100 times 0.7%
- Fisherman Catch every species of fish 0.6%
- Daring treasure hunter Find 100 loot stashes 0.5%
- Speleologist Visit all of the caves 0.4%