Observation
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Another Emma, Dead” and “An Anomaly” (All the worlds are yours): from 45% to 12% of starters.
- 74% 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 5,330 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.9h for positive, 5.5h 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 (73.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- How did we get here? Reached Saturn, somehow 100%
- Base of Operations Gained access to Universal 75% −25
- Abandon Station Reached the Rescue Station 58% −17
- Kill Jim Broke the first law 54% −4
- Bring Them Brought the new gift home... 52% −2
- Searching for Josh Investigated the jettisoned module EAS-12 50% −2
- Another Emma, Dead Found the alternate Emma on the alternate station 45% −5
- An Anomaly All the worlds are yours... Most players quit here 12% −33
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (11)
story milestone ending side
- How did we get here? Reached Saturn, somehow 100%
- Base of Operations Gained access to Universal 75%
- Abandon Station Reached the Rescue Station 58%
- Kill Jim Broke the first law 54%
- Bring Them Brought the new gift home... 52%
- Searching for Josh Investigated the jettisoned module EAS-12 50%
- Another Emma, Dead Found the alternate Emma on the alternate station 45%
- Looking good, SAM! Remarked on your effigy 16%
- An Anomaly All the worlds are yours... 12%
- Searching the Bunks Found Emma's last message in her bunk. 9.1%
- Memory Recovered Recovered and/or combined all Data Drops 4.9%