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Sins of a Solar Empire II
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 39% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 8,852
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 39% 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 8,916 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 45.3h for positive, 22h 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 (38.6% 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 (72)
story milestone ending side
- Expert Governor Build 12+ Planet Items in a single game. 100%
- Ensign Play for 10 hours. 96%
- Never Fall Fully construct a titan. 92%
- Ship Enhancer Build 20+ ship items in a game. 88%
- Flight Master Own at least 100 squadrons at once. 85%
- Dominant Have cultural dominance over 15+ planets. 82%
- All Paths Traveled… Travel through a wormhole. 78%
- Interstellar Traveler Travel to another star system. 77%
- Armada Use maximum fleet supply in a single game. 72%
- Capital Victory Win a Capital Victory. 72%
- Planet Killer Bomb 10 planets into submission in a single game. 72%
- Trade Meister Have 15 or more Trade Ports in a single game. 71%
- Starbase Builder Have at least 10 starbases in a single game. 70%
- Influential Spend 10 Influence points in a single action. 66%
- Our Survival Is Assured Max out reputation level with the Pranast United. 65%
- Ally of the Jiskun Max out reputation level with the Jiskun Force. 61%
- Letter of Marque Kill 100 pirate ships. 61%
- Talk Like A Pirate Max out reputation level with the Pirates. 59%
- Elite Status Have a level 10 capital ship or titan. 58%
- Lieutenant Play for 30 hours. 58%
- We Are Here To Stay Max out reputation level with the Viturak Cabal. 54%
- Starbase Recycler Destroy at least 10 enemy starbases in a single game. 52%
- All-Knowing Complete all research subjects in a single game. 50%
- Diplomat Win a game with an ally. 50%
- Exotic Salesman Sell an exotic resource. 50%
- Friend of the Aluxi Max out reputation level with the Aluxian Resurgence. 47%
- Best Defense… Win as the TEC Enclave. 44%
- Adept Administrator 20+ planets with maxed out planet tracks (after all research upgrades). 43%
- Commander Play for 50 hours. 41%
- Pirate Hunter Kill off the pirates in a match. 40%
- Best Offense… Win as the TEC Primacy. 39%
- A Doomed Dynasty Kill off the Aluxian Resurgence on a single map. 38%
- Tutorial Master Complete all the tutorials. 31%
- Resonant Invest 10+ Phase Resonance points in a single game. 31%
- Captain Play for 75 hours. 30%
- Peacemaker Max out reputation levels with 5 minor factions on the same map. 29%
- Experienced Crewmen Get one of each capital ship class for your faction to level 10 at the same time. 28%
- And Who's Stopping Us? Get a titan to level 10. 28%
- Raider Raid 25,000 resources with Vasari raider corvettes. 27%
- High Bidder Win 10 Auctions in a single game. 26%
- The Empire Prevails Win as the Vasari Exodus. 25%
- Admiral Play for 100+ hours. 23%
- Space Ponies?! They’re pink, in space and they own us all. 22%
- Wrathful Win as the Advent Wrath. 21%
- Death is Not the End Win as the Advent Reborn. 21%
- Your Cooperation is Appreciated Win as the Vasari Alliance. 20%
- Unity Be My Guide Spend 20+ Unity Points in a single game. 19%
- Strength of Our Predecessors. Equip 3 ship artifacts at one time on the same ship. 15%
- Greed Is Good Sell 100,000 metal. 14%
- Resistance is Futil... Yes, Maam. Mind control an enemy planet. 13%
- Fiat Never Works Out... Right? Buy 100,000 metal. 12%
- All Expeditions Must End Kill off the Jiskun Force. 12%
- Enough... Is Never Enough Sell 100,000 crystal. 11%
- Breaching The Unbreachable Kill the Pranast United. 11%
- Get Off My Lawn Kill off the Viturak Cabal. 11%
- Never Gamble With a Telepath. Buy 100,000 crystal. 11%
- Spin A-Round, Round, Round, Round… Shift the orbital structures in your empire on 10 different planets in a single game. 9.1%
- Harbinger Foothold Win as the Eidolon. 8.0%
- There Can Be Only One Kill off 5 different minor factions on the same map. 6.7%
- Go Big or Go Home Win a match only building capital ships. 6.2%
- An Ancient Enemy Returns Defeat a Vasari Alliance or Exodus Opponent as Eidolon. 6.0%
- Fear of Icebergs Win a match without using capital ships. 5.4%
- Privateer Control 500 supply of Pirate ships. 5.4%
- Don't Fix What Never Broke Equip 3 planet artifacts at one time on the same planet. 5.2%
- Dust and Echoes Strip to the core 30 planets in one game. 4.7%
- Against All Odds Eliminate an Eidolon as the TEC. 3.9%
- Systemic Corruption Corrupt and shroud 25 planets during a single match. 3.1%
- Combat Jump Teleport the Eidolon Starbase into hostile territory. 2.8%
- Military Intelligence Research all military and no civilian topics; and win the game. 2.3%
- The Predator Becomes the Prey Defeat an Eidolon player as the Vasari. 2.1%
- Portal Nexus Have 10 Minor or Major Portals on a single planet. 1.3%
- Unlikely Allies Revealed Get a synergy pact with an Eidolon player as the Advent Wrath. 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.