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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 1,744 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 11.9h for positive, 4.5h 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 (65.9% 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 (56)

• Blacksmith Make a Tool at a Toolsmith 100%
• Seaworthy Repair the Ship 95%
• Woodchuck Demolish 100 forests across all games 37%
• The Stars Beckon Repair the Spaceship 37%
• A New Home Colonise a Planet 37%
• Property Investor Build 100 Huts across all games 24%
• What was That? Survive a whale attack 17%
• Baby Boom Create 500 Peeps across all games 16%
• Alchemist Use a Transmogrifier 30 times across all games 15%
• Captain Build 20 Ships across all games 14%
• Tinker Make 100 Gadgets across all games 11%
• It's Bright Out There Colonise an innermost Planet 10%
• Feed The Beast Prevent a Whale attack with a Space Elevator 7.6%
• The Dark Reaches Colonise an outermost Planet 7.3%
• Astronaut Build 10 Spaceships across all games 6.4%
• Explorer Colonise 20 Islands across all games 5.9%
• Debug Mode Tame a Gremlin Nest 5.5%
• Nom Nom Nom Lose 20+ buildings in one whale attack 5.0%
• A Whole New World Finish the game 4.4%
• Giant Woodchuck Demolish 1000 forests across all games 4.2%
• Survivalist Survive 20 Whale Attacks across all games 3.9%
• Fortified Fully protect a Planet with a Shield 3.8%
• Heart of the Ocean Tame a Kraken 3.8%
• Grand Tinker Make 1000 Gadgets across all games 3.6%
• Riddle Master Tame a Sphinx 3.3%
• Heart of the Labyrinth Tame a Minotaur 3.2%
• Utopia Have one Island with 200+ Peeps, all happy and housed 2.9%
• Ribbit Click on a frog 2.3%
• Smooth Sailing Repair the Ship in 15 in-game minutes 2.3%
• Grand Alchemist Use a Transmogrifier 200 times across all games 2.1%
• 7 Horizons Colonise 7 Planets in 1 game 1.8%
• Environmental Protection Agency Maintain a full Shield for 1 in-game hour around a Planet with only Wind and Solar generators 1.7%
• We Don't Need No Education Have 100 Peeps on an Island without ever building a School there 1.7%
• Back to the Bunker Hide all Peeps on a Planet in Shelters during a Whale attack 1.5%
• Property Tycoon Build 1000 Huts across all games 1.5%
• Metropolis Have one Island with 300+ Peeps on it, all with homes 1.5%
• One with Nature Repair Spaceship without ever demolishing a Forest 1.5%
• Let's Get Off This Rock Repair the Spaceship in 90 in-game minutes 1.5%
• Who put that there? Destroy a Ship by creating crystal Island under it 1.4%
• Baby Boom Plus Create 5000 Peeps across all games 1.4%
• The Taste Of Home 50+ Peeps, all happy, on an inner or outer Planet Island, fed with only potatoes and water 1.4%
• Admiral Build 200 Ships across all games 1.2%
• Variety is the Spice of Life Colonise Islands of all 6 biomes and have a population of at least 50 Peeps on each of them 1.2%
• Radioactive Finish the game without ever building a cleaner 1.2%
• Apocalype Soon Complete the Apocalypse Soon scenario 1.1%
• Explorer Plus Colonise 100 Islands across all games 1.1%
• Survivalist Plus Survive 100 Whale Attacks across all games 1.1%
• Holiday Resort Have 100+ Peeps, all happy and housed, on an Island that's never had fields or Extractor, Industry or Quality of Life buildings on it 1.1%
• Opulence Have 100+ Peeps on Island, all of them happy and living in Apartments. Also have 10 Fountains and no pollution on that Island 1.1%
• Seed Hunter Complete the Seed Hunter scenario 1.1%
• Warm at Heart Have all Peeps wearing Good Clothing 1.1%
• Misery Loves Company Have 100+ Peeps in a game, all of them Very Sad 0.9%
• Getting Busy Complete the Getting Busy scenario 0.9%
• Space Admiral Build 100 Spaceships across all games 0.9%
• What did I step in? Have a Planet with every Island tile polluted (apart from tiny islands), with default pollution difficulty settings 0.8%
• Hut-Owners Association Complete the Hut-Owners Association scenario 0.8%