Paper Planet

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 544 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5.8h for positive, 1.7h 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 (85.1% 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 (45)

• Sharper Defeat Sharp for the first time. 100%
• Facing your Fears Defeat the twins Phobos and Deimos for the first time. 90%
• Extinguished Defeat the Wildfire for the first time. 80%
• Roses are Red Defeat the overgrown flower, Violet, for the first time. 76%
• Magehunter Defeat the space wizard Zenith for the first time. 68%
• Fate of the Stars Defeat the starworm Karmai for the first time. 53%
• Mysterious Energy Defeat an enhanced boss without breaking the Fragile Core. 44%
• Combo King Reach 2,500 combo. 40%
• Farewell to Bitrate Have over 5,000 active bullets on screen at once. 35%
• I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK Purchase all items in a shop during a run. 31%
• Adamantine Abs Defeat Sharp in her old mining rig for the first time. 29%
• Pain Train Take 15 or more damage in a single run. 28%
• Speedrunner Beat a normal run in 12 minutes or less. 28%
• Double Trouble Defeat the Twins in their 2-in-1 ship for the first time. 24%
• FULL COMBO Beat the game without losing combo. 23%
• We goin' Achieve a speed stat higher than 200. 21%
• Hotter than Hot Defeat the Wildfire and their very safe, no-chance-of-exploding ship for the first time. 20%
• Good Thing I'm Immune to Dying Block a hit while cursed, preventing your instant death. 20%
• Family Reunion Defeat Violet and all of her sisters for the first time. 18%
• Traumatize Zenith Defeat Zenith in under 5 seconds - so mean! 15%
• Quantity over Quality Defeat Sharp and her swarm of drones for the first time. 15%
• It's a Party! Play co-op with a friend or two or ten. 14%
• Untouchable Beat the game or boss rush without getting hit. 14%
• Best Buddies Forever Have 6 or more buddies at once. 13%
• Here's your Parking Ticket! Defeat the Twins on their favorite moons for the first time. 11%
• King of Nothing Defeat Zenith after he declared himself "King of the Cosmos", for the first time. 9.8%
• Oops, All Perfect Beat the game and perfect every zone. 7.3%
• Did you just Flip my Switch? Defeat the Wildfire and their mech with unnecessary legs for the first time. 7.1%
• Weedkiller Defeat the very overgrown, no longer a flower, Violet, for the first time. 6.8%
• Simulation Successful Have 20 or more Rat Buddies on your planet at once in creative mode. 6.3%
• Let's try: Try Again! Reroll 10 or more times with the Reroll Core in a single run. 5.1%
• No! I don't want that! Have an item you banned with the Hammer Core reroll into something else. 4.7%
• This can only end well. Begin a boss fight while cursed with no shield cell. 3.3%
• Why would I need anything else? Use the Kingly Core to start a run with Rat Buddy. 2.2%
• GIGUNTO-MAXIMO That's a very large planet you've got there. 2.0%
• Who Needs Bullets? Beat Boss Rush without firing more than 100 bullets. 1.6%
• Carolina Reaper Beat the game with all spices enabled at their maximum level. 1.4%
• Feeling Dizzy Change directions less than 10 times in a single run. 1.3%
• Dedicated, but Very Beat the game with maximum spice, without getting hit or losing combo, in 18 minutes or less. Phew! 1.3%
• Sharpshooter Complete the first zone without missing a single shot. 1.2%
• Is that all ya got? Unlock and defeat every boss variant. 1.1%
• Nothing Left To Do But Become a Menace Unlock and pick up all items, gamemodes, planets, and library entries.. 0.8%
• Rush Hour Use over half of the items in Boss Rush. 0.7%
• Who Needs Items? Skip 12 or more item waves and shops during a run. 0.7%
• What's Right is Right When presented with items, only pick up the rightmost. 0.7%