SECTION 04
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PLAYER RETENTION
PHOBOS ANALYTICS
The Loading Screen Kills More Players Than the Final Boss.
RETENTION FUNNEL ANALYSIS ACROSS 142K HELLGATE SESSIONS
0
50K
100K
150K
142K
TITLE
98K
−44K (31%)
LOADING
89K
TUTORIAL
76K
L1 BOSS
64K
LEVEL 3
51K
LEVEL 8
ACTIVE PLAYERS PER CHECKPOINT
Source: Hellgate telemetry pipeline, Q2 2026 · n = 142,381 sessions
PHOBOS · 04
This is the
Doom 1993 Toxic Green
design system, applied by
Curio Design
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