Lightyear Frontier
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 88% of owners got the first achievement.
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 4,834 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 22.6h for positive, 16.6h 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 (88.1% 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 (45)
story milestone ending side
- Ballistic Agriculture Plant your first seed. 100%
- Fledgling Mech-Mechanic Craft a Part at the Mech Depot. 82%
- Xenoarchaeology Find an artifact. 81%
- Establish a Connection Build the Resource Delivery Cannon. 80%
- Projectile Farming Plant 100 seeds. 70%
- Stain Removal Remove 10 Noxious Slimes. 67%
- Hygge Apprentice Increase Homestead Coziness to 1. 66%
- Hey, Cut That Out! Scare away 10 animals. 64%
- Environmentalist Restore a region. 57%
- Share a Nibble Feed an animal for the first time. 57%
- Tuned Up Craft 10 Parts at the Mech Depot. 57%
- Weed Wacker Remove 100 Noxious Weeds. 54%
- Succesful Experiment Collect a Mutated Crop. 51%
- Cultivation Artillery Plant 500 seeds. 51%
- Hygge Artisan Increase Homestead Coziness to 2. 47%
- Agrarian Bombardment Plant 1000 seeds. 42%
- Nice and Tidy Remove 50 Noxious Slimes. 40%
- Weed Slayer Remove 300 Noxious Weeds. 38%
- Stuck the Landing Trip and land on your feet 5 times. 34%
- First Spill Spray water at another player. 33%
- Hygge Expert Increase Homestead Coziness to 3. 30%
- Snack Time Feed 20 animals. 27%
- Spotless Remove 150 Noxious Slimes. 26%
- I Would Plow Five Hundred Mounds Plow 500 Mounds in Field Plow Mode. 25%
- Weed Destroyer Remove 700 Noxious Weeds. 22%
- A Seed for Science Collect a Spliced Seed. 22%
- And I Would Plow Five Hundred More Plow 1000 Mounds in Field Plow Mode. 19%
- Ruin Sweeper Find 50 artifacts. 19%
- Eco-Warrior Restore 3 regions. 18%
- What Lies Beneath Find all artifacts in the vault. 18%
- A Comfy Hand Pick up a Farm Animal. 17%
- Country Roads Create paths in Pathmaker Mode. 15%
- A Feast for Beasts Feed 50 animals. 14%
- A Novice Hatcher Hatch 5 Farm Animals. 14%
- Checking in on Ulf Have 5 daily chats with Ulf. 11%
- Ulf has Moved In Help Ulf move in. 11%
- Old Friend Have a Farm Animal for 30 days. 10%
- The Egg Came First Collect 20 Abandoned Eggs. 10%
- Checking in on Diane Have 5 daily chats with Diane. 9.6%
- All You Need is Love Have 10 happy Farm Animals at once. 7.0%
- Agroforester Plant 200 Sprouts. 6.8%
- Born Lucky Have 5 rare Farm Animals at once. 6.1%
- Diane has Moved In Help Diane move in. 5.9%
- Put a Bow on Them Put an Accessory on a Farm Animal. 4.9%
- Color Me Impressed Discover 20 Paints. 2.3%