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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 1,290 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 19.2h 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 (94.8% 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 (37)

• Trevithick's Legacy Build your first train 100%
• Minimalist Complete a region with only 1 train 89%
• Before the Downfall Finish a mission while losing money 89%
• Money like Water Run the smallest train possible 88%
• Builder Lay 128 tiles of track 80%
• Eraser Salvage 32 tiles of track 64%
• Pocket of Trains Construct 16 trains 61%
• Inspector Ride a train traveling over 32 tiles 52%
• Going the Distance Lay 1024 tiles of track 49%
• Oil Baron Produce 1024 Crude Oil 40%
• Loads-a-Money Establish a region generating 4096 profit per minute 35%
• Simplification Salvage 32 branches 31%
• Hot Water Produce 64 Energy from Geothermal 31%
• Helper of the People Finish the first optional side mission 31%
• Let There be Light Produce 1024 energy 30%
• Box of Trains Construct 128 trains 29%
• Indecisive Construct 32 branches on a single region 28%
• The scenic route Ride a train traveling over 128 tiles 28%
• Industrialist Run a single train of over 16 length 25%
• Trains over Pipes Deliver 2048 units of water 24%
• Perfectionist Salvage 1024 tiles of track 22%
• 8K is Enough for Everyone Lay 8192 tiles of track 21%
• Man of Steel Deliver 2048 units of Steel 16%
• Room Full of Trains Construct 512 trains 12%
• Investor Upgrade industries 256 times 9.9%
• Metropolis Grow a city to max level 8.6%
• The poor groundwater levels Upgrade water pumps 32 times 8.0%
• Multiverse Lay 1024 branches 7.3%
• Space industrialization Upgrade 10 coal mines to max level 3.4%
• High Flier Finish the campaign 3.3%
• To infinity, and beyond! Launch 16 WorkRockets 3.3%
• Cleanup crew Upgrade 5 incinerators to max level 2.2%
• Deertastic Construct 4 new Deer 2.0%
• High tech Upgrade an electronics fab to max level 2.0%
• Flying Lightning Export 64 Energy per minute from an Export Dock 2.0%
• Overdeer Construct 64 new Deer 1.3%
• Cloud Services Export 32 Mainframes per minute from an Export Dock 0.7%