Solargene

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 865 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 23h for positive, 4.4h 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 (0.5% 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 (31)

• Heavy Roasting Survive the day on the Moon without losing colonists 100%
• The Dark Side of the Moon Survive the night on the Moon without losing colonists 100%
• Breath of Mars Survive a storm on Mars without losing colonists 80%
• Solar Strike Survive a solar flare without losing colonists 80%
• Election Day Hold elections in the colony 40%
• I Am a Martian Grow potatoes on Mars 40%
• Diligent Student Complete all tutorials 40%
• I Know Kung Fu Research accelerated learning 20%
• Good Morning, HAL Research artificial intelligence 20%
• Now I Know Everything Complete all research 20%
• Remember Kant! Arrival in the Main Asteroid Belt 20%
• Neuromancer Install an augmentation 20%
• Do Androids Dream? Build a robot 20%
• GERTY, Am I a Clone? Extract Helium-3 on the Moon with a clone 20%
• No Farther to Go Arrival in the Kuiper Belt 20%
• Welcome to Luna-Park! Deliver a tourist colony on the Moon 20%
• The Red Planet Arrival at Mars 20%
• Retrograde Mercury Arrival at Mercury 20%
• Don't Panic! Survive a meteor shower with colony damage and no colonist deaths 20%
• Hello World! Create a mod and run the game with it 20%
• Sharing is Caring Upload a mod to Steamworks 20%
• We're Back! Land a cosmonaut on the Moon 20%
• RTFM Read the entire manual 20%
• Repair Recursion Fix a robot with a robot 20%
• Lord of the Rings Arrival at Saturn or its moon 20%
• Stairway to Heaven Research the space elevator 20%
• Use the Force Research industrial telekinesis 20%
• Planet of Storms Arrival at Venus 20%
• The Silence of Venus Survive a calm spell on Venus without losing colonists 20%
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Solar System Visit all celestial bodies 20%
• Tesla Approves Wireless energy transmission in the colony 20%