Meet Your Maker
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (27%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 83% 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 3,488 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 21.4h for positive, 12h 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 (83.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (43)
story milestone ending side
- Raid and Deliver Escape an Outpost with GenMat for the first time. 100%
- Feed the Beast Reach level two with the Chimera. 93%
- Trail of Destruction Destroy 3 traps and guards within 1.5 seconds. 74%
- BOOM! Destroy 3 traps and/or guards with a single Blast Grenade. 66%
- So It Begins Activate your first Outpost. 64%
- Raider's Pilgrimage Complete an Expedition from the Raid Map. 59%
- Social Raider Grab the GenMat in a social raid and escape. 58%
- Deadshot Perform 10 headshots. 58%
- Knowledge is Power Watch 1 replay. 53%
- Excavator Destroy 15 Forsaken Tombs. 51%
- No Quarrel With You Complete 20 raids with the enemy Harvester still alive. 49%
- Monument of Death Prestige an Outpost. 49%
- Partners in Crime Successfully steal GenMat and escape a raid in co-op. 36%
- Slaughterhouse View 50 Skull Stones in your Outposts. 36%
- Suit Up! Reach level 10 with the Suits Advisor. 36%
- Deathtrap Reach level 10 with the Traps Advisor. 35%
- GenMat Defender Activate 10 different Outposts. 34%
- Life of the Party Grant 20 Fun Accolades. 34%
- Armed and Dangerous Reach level 10 with the Weapons Advisor. 33%
- Up and At'm Revive fellow Custodians 5 times in co-op. 33%
- Creature Comforts Reach level 10 with the Guards Advisor. 33%
- Quartermaster Reach level 10 with the Hardware Advisor. 31%
- Raid Master Successfully steal GenMat and escape 50 raids. 29%
- All the Trappings Purchase 4 mods. 28%
- Fully Loaded Fully upgrade a ranged weapon. 26%
- Wasteland Engineering Craft Hardware 100 times. 26%
- Higher Power Activate a rank 3 Boost. 22%
- Lord of the Wastes Activate 25 different Outposts. 21%
- Killer Brains Grant 20 Ingenious Accolades. 20%
- Critical Acclaim Grant 100 Accolades to other builders. 20%
- You Belong in a Museum Grant 20 Artistic Accolades. 19%
- No Quarter Grant 20 Brutal Accolades. 19%
- Give it Your All Process all 5 Advisors at once. 18%
- Wonder of the Wasteland Reach maximum Prestige on an Outpost. 16%
- Up Close and Personal Fully upgrade a melee weapon. 16%
- Meet Another Maker Activate your Outpost with a co-op partner. 13%
- On Guard Fully upgrade a defensive weapon. 12%
- Transcendental Activate a rank 1 Boost three times. 12%
- Dress For Success Fully upgrade 1 suit. 10%
- Genetic Engineering Purchase 7 augmentations. 9.7%
- Overclocked Activate a rank 2 Boost twice. 7.8%
- The Floor is Lava Don't touch the ground for 60 seconds. 7.3%
- Unlimited Power! Boost all 5 Advisors at the same time. 5.8%