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Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 56% of owners
Steam reviews 62% positive of 1,280
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 7h it's almost 1 in 3 (29%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- Only 56% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 1,299 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 8.9h for positive, 3.5h 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 (55.7% 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 (36)
- The Grand Slopening You welcomed your first skier 100%
- Café with a View Your drink houses served 150 people during one game 80%
- Individual Happiness A skier profile left you a 100% average satisfaction rating 77%
- The Endless Slope You built a slope of 1,500m or longer 74%
- Attention to Detail You built your first decoration 70%
- Happy Non-Birthday 1 Your resort reached 45 days old 63%
- Thighs on Fire You built a slope of 3,000m or longer 62%
- Small Village You built a station that welcomed 300 or more skiers 62%
- Something for Everyone You built all types of service building during one game 59%
- Bronze Resort You reached reputation level 1 in at least one of your resorts 59%
- Aesthetic Taste You built 50 decorations in total 58%
- General Happiness A skier of each profile left your station completely satisfied (100%) during one game 56%
- Snow Scientist Your snowgroomers have handled 100 slopes in total 56%
- Perfect Patroller Your ski patrols have handled 100 falls in total 54%
- Catastrophe on the Slopes You have 20 injured skiers waiting for help at the same time 46%
- Health and Safety Your helmet shops equipped 150 people during one game 46%
- Mechanical Master Your mechanics have handled 100 lifts in total 44%
- Happy Non-Birthday 2 Your resort reached 100 days old 44%
- Cheese is Life, Cheese is Love Your raclette stands fed 150 people during one game 42%
- Silver Resort You reached reputation level 2 in at least one of your resorts 42%
- Gold Resort You reached reputation level 3 in at least one of your resorts 41%
- Embassy of Winter Sports You welcomed 10,000 skiers in your resorts in total 40%
- Graduation You validated all steps of the tutorial 39%
- Luxuriant Decor You built 150 decorations in total 37%
- Frozen in Place A ski lift is stuck due to a serious incident. Anyone still hanging on should probably just let it go. 34%
- MORE CHEESE You built 10 raclette stands in one game 32%
- Big Network You built a station that welcomed 1,000 or more skiers 31%
- Perfection for the Casual You built 5,000m of blue runs in total 29%
- Paradise for the Beginner You built 5,000m of green runs in total 24%
- Snowy Summits You reached reputation level 3 in each of the available resorts 20%
- Heaven for the Intrepid You built 5,000m of red runs in total 19%
- Kingdom of Winter Sports You welcomed 50,000 skiers in your resorts in total 19%
- Lift Collector You built all types of ski lift during one game 16%
- Nirvana for the Fearless You built 4,000m of black runs in total 16%
- Everything in its Place You built one of each prop during one game 14%
- Mountain Technophile You researched all technological improvements during one game 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.