Forever Skies
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- At least 14% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Hard landing” (Acquire first mission report) and “Search continues” (Acquire second mission report): from 99% to 66% of starters.
- Only 67% 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 9,167 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 26.7h for positive, 17h 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 (66.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hard landing Acquire first mission report 99% −1
- Search continues Acquire second mission report Most players quit here 66% −33
- Where is the cure? Acquire third mission report 50% −16
- Evolving world Acquire fourth mission report 32% −18
- Never send a human to do a machine's job Complete the game and save the humanity. ≥14% −18
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- And we're Off! Fly in your airship for the first time. 100%
- Timbeeeer Make a ruin collapse, by extracting its metal scaffolding 100%
- Hard landing Acquire first mission report 99%
- So much space. Need to see it all. Expand a living space in your airship for the first time. 91%
- Stop. It. Now. Defeat a Scrapwing Hatchery to protect your airship. 87%
- Rise, Scientist! Place a Turbine on your Airship and ascend to 250 masl 79%
- Iron stomach Eat uncooked food 72%
- Search continues Acquire second mission report 66%
- Green Thumb Grow a plant in your airship’s garden. 59%
- It’s not a bug, It’s a creature! Discover an intelligent, friendly creature. 50%
- Where is the cure? Acquire third mission report 50%
- Evolving world Acquire fourth mission report 32%
- Yes, you can! Pet the Friendly Insect for the first time 23%
- Never send a human to do a machine's job Complete the game and save the humanity. 14%
- Total Eclipse Fill your moth vivarium with 3 different moths. 10%
- Human beings are a disease Complete the game and fail to save humanity. 9.6%
- Performing self-surgery! Treat a disease using medical bed. 8.3%
- Recycle-ception Recycle a Recycler 3.6%
- Chain Reaction Set off a Mine using another Mine 2.6%
- The more the merrier Simultaneously experience 3 diseases and 1 booster effect (Hard Mode only). 1.5%