SCP: Blackout

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 342 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 3.2h for positive, 0.8h 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 (50.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (42)

• Scared to Death Your first death. Not your last. 100%
• Smoking Gun Target eliminated. Brutally. 76%
• A Tribute Back to the Fans A thank you for all the support you've all given. 65%
• Squeaky Clean To be fair, you were quite nasty. 59%
• Credit Where Credit's Due You saw all the people who made Blackout possible. 45%
• What's This? How very suspicious... 42%
• Gateway Drugs Used 5 pain pills. 29%
• MORE POWER You've taken power control into your own hands. 22%
• Let Me IN! Gain entry to lab B-103 20%
• Oh, Hello! You found me. I really wish you would leave me alone, though. 19%
• I Want to Feel It! You touched the thing. Gross. Why? 18%
• Hobbiest You've enjoyed the taste of fear and death, and you come back for more. You've died 10 times. 17%
• Recharge Used 20 batteries on your flashlight. 17%
• Easy Way Out Just get it over quickly. 16%
• Dr. Feelgood Used 25 pain pills 15%
• Sublab-11 You finally made it. Now what? 14%
• You've Got a Friend in Me You tried to help a fellow D-Class in need. 14%
• HVC BOOM. Splat. Nice. 14%
• Dr. Stuart Pendium He just transferred from Site-77, right? 14%
• The Genesis Program You've finally reached the secrets of Sublab-11. 14%
• Karaoke Deal with it. 13%
• The Quest Begins You found the first step on a mysterious journey. 13%
• I Have To Know Did you not see the signs? 12%
• Breakout D-1742 escaped on a mild difficulty. 12%
• Warehouse Worker You're basically certified on the machine now, right? 12%
• Powerhouse Used 50 Batteries on your flashlight. 12%
• Escapee D-1742 escaped on the easiest difficulty. Congrats? 11%
• Sneaky Sneak You saw what you wanted, and you found a way. 11%
• Yeah, No Thanks You're not having any of that mess. 11%
• Did you really...? You did, didn't you? 11%
• Darkest Ritual You've stumbled upon a warlock master in the middle of a powerful spell. 10%
• Willpower Death may stop your body in these timelines, but you'll keep dying in others to press forward. You've died 50 times. 10%
• Addict Used 100 pain pills. 10%
• Survivor D-1742 escaped from a real nightmare. You earned it. 9.9%
• Electrician Used 200 batteries on your flashlight. 9.3%
• Resilient Nothing can hold you back. You will continue on. You've died 100 times. 9.3%
• Druglord Used 250 pain pills. 9.3%
• Blackout D-1742 escaped from an impossible situation. Must be an anomaly. 9.3%
• Thor Used 500 batteries on your flashlight. 9.1%
• Immortal No amount of deaths will stop you from uncovering the secrets of Site-50. You've died 200 times. 9.1%
• Meta Master You just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you? 9.1%
• Gotta Touch'em All! Activated all the valves in the level. 9.1%