Strategy
Terraformers
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 48% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 3,771
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 15h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 48% 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 3,793 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 33.5h for positive, 8.3h 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 (48.4% 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 (63)
story milestone ending side
- The Red Planet Awaits - Pioneer Win "The Red Planet Awaits" scenario on any mastery level. 100%
- Museum of Curiosity Construct the Rover Museum. 79%
- We'll Come Back Stronger Lose a game. 78%
- A Breath Of Fresh Air Raise the atmosphere level to 3. 57%
- Red Path - Pioneer Win the "Red Path" scenario on any mastery level. 52%
- Green Path - Pioneer Win the "Green Path" scenario on any mastery level. 47%
- Ozone Layer Raise the oxygen level to 3. 47%
- Blue Path - Pioneer Win the "Blue Path" scenario on any mastery level. 41%
- Global Warming Raise the temperature level to 3. 40%
- The Martian Hire Camille Williams. 38%
- Seafaring Construct a building or mine on an ocean location. 36%
- The Big Blue Raise the ocean level to 3. 35%
- Per Aspera Ad Astra - Pioneer Win the "Per Aspera Ad Astra" scenario on any mastery level. 33%
- Danger averted Redirect the apocalyptic asteroid. 29%
- Life finds a way Discover life on Mars. 29%
- The Place To NOT Be Have a city with a comfort of living of -5. 27%
- Planet of Knowledge - Pioneer Win the "Planet of Knowledge" scenario on any mastery level. 27%
- Balanced Atmospheres Import CO2 from Earth. 25%
- No Earth Society Hire Nathan Patterson. 25%
- Moons of Mars Found a city on both Phobos and Deimos in a single game. 24%
- Expansionist - Pioneer Win the "Expansionist" scenario on any mastery level. 24%
- No Armageddon On My Watch Destroy the apocalyptic asteroid. 23%
- Crimson Wind Win a game after accepting the bribe from the Martian Mafia. 23%
- The Red Planet Awaits - Master Win "The Red Planet Awaits" scenario on mastery level 15 or higher. 23%
- Weekly Terraformer Win a Weekly Challenge. 22%
- Metropolis Have a city that owns 20 locations. 21%
- Mass Eruption Erupt 2 volcanoes in a single game. 20%
- The Place To Be Have a city with a comfort of living of 15. 18%
- Mastery 1 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 1 in 65 turns or less. 17%
- Going Nuclear Nuke both poles in a single game. 17%
- Boombastic Clear 50 rocks in a single game. 16%
- Blue Path - Master Win the "Blue Path" scenario on mastery level 15 or higher. 16%
- Al Ca-gone Prevent the Martian Mafia from stealing any resources in all 5 of their attempts. 16%
- Green Path - Master Win the "Green Path" scenario on mastery level 15 or higher. 15%
- Red Path - Master Win the "Red Path" scenario on mastery level 15 or higher. 15%
- Per Aspera Ad Astra - Master Win the "Per Aspera Ad Astra" scenario on mastery level 15 or higher. 14%
- Planet of Knowledge - Master Win the "Planet of Knowledge" scenario on mastery level 15 or higher. 14%
- My Own City Rename 5 cities in a single game. 13%
- Expansionist - Master Win the "Expansionist" scenario on mastery level 15 or higher. 13%
- Big Business Trade a total of 25 resources in a single turn. 12%
- New Netherlands Build 30 dike levels in a single game. 11%
- A Green Planet Have 6 different trees on the planet. 9.7%
- Mastery 3 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 3 in 65 turns or less. 8.9%
- Wildlife Have 6 different animals on the planet. 8.5%
- Gardener of Life Have 15 unique life forms on the planet. 8.1%
- A New Home House all Earth's refugees, have no slums on the planet. 7.9%
- Mastery 6 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 6 in 65 turns or less. 7.6%
- Bacteria Have 6 different bacteria on the planet. 7.4%
- The Red Planet Awaits - Grand Master Win "The Red Planet Awaits" scenario on mastery level 45 or higher. 7.2%
- Green Path - Grand Master Win the "Green Path" scenario on mastery level 45 or higher. 5.4%
- Blue Path - Grand Master Win the "Blue Path" scenario on mastery level 45 or higher. 5.2%
- Red Path - Grand Master Win the "Red Path" scenario on mastery level 45 or higher. 5.2%
- Per Aspera Ad Astra - Grand Master Win the "Per Aspera Ad Astra" scenario on mastery level 45 or higher. 5.2%
- Mastery 10 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 10 in 65 turns or less. 5.0%
- Planet of Knowledge - Grand Master Win the "Planet of Knowledge" scenario on mastery level 45 or higher. 5.0%
- Expansionist - Grand Master Win the "Expansionist" scenario on mastery level 45 or higher. 4.8%
- Mastery 15 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 15 in 65 turns or less. 4.3%
- Mastery 21 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 21 in 65 turns or less. 3.5%
- Mastery 28 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 28 in 65 turns or less. 3.1%
- Mastery 36 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 36 in 65 turns or less. 2.9%
- Mastery 45 Platinum Complete all scenarios on mastery level 45 in 65 turns or less. 2.9%
- Ocean Dwellers Have buildings or mines on 20 owned ocean locations. 2.7%
- Just in Time Win a game with 10 or less support stored. 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.