Exogate Initiative

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 749 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 17.2h for positive, 9.8h 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 (61.5% 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 (44)

• The Science Guy You recruited and sent a Scientist on a mission 100%
• To Go Boldly... You stepped through the Exogate onto a new world! 100%
• Space Trooper You recruited and sent a Soldier on a mission 83%
• Science Team You set up your first recurring science expedition with the Mapper 79%
• MEDIC! You recruited and sent a Medic on a mission 73%
• Space Rocks! You recruited and sent an Engineer on a mission 69%
• Hello There Meet a faction's Leader 61%
• Space Metal You refined a piece of ore into a material 60%
• You're the Best Around Have a Gater reach level 10 58%
• Robot Squid From Outer Space Face and defeat your first Sqarb Drone 57%
• Ackchyually... You recruited and sent a Scholar on a mission 50%
• Take Me to Your Leader Discover the location of a faction's homeworld 50%
• Millionaire Have 1,000,000$ at once 49%
• First Contact You encountered a sapient species 45%
• I'll Be Watching You Assign an Intel Console to a faction 43%
• Where We're Going, There's No Embassy You recruited and sent a Diplomat on a mission 43%
• He's Got a Gun! Face and defeat your first Sqarb Warrior 41%
• Using Protection You sent an Exosuit-cladded team on a mission 32%
• They're Everywhere! Fend off your first large Sqarb invasion 32%
• I'm Doing My Part! Send a team to defend a sector that's being invaded 31%
• Good Soup Unlock and build an ICU 30%
• Full House You recruited the maximum number of Gaters 29%
• The Odd Guy You hired your first alien Gater 29%
• Those are Pretty Rocks I Found You found the 4 types of space material 27%
• Nasty Little Bleeder Face and defeat you first Sqarb Swarmer 27%
• You Should Write it Down Publish a patent worth 50,000$ or more 27%
• Beepin' and Boopin' Upgrade the Builder Bots to the max and have the maximum number of them in the base at once 17%
• In Memoriam Unlock and assign a Memorial 17%
• You're Gonna Need a Bigger Base Face and defeat your first Sqarb Guardian 16%
• Green Energy Build and use an Exonium Generator to power the base 13%
• To Infinity... Send a Gater on 75 missions 12%
• Game Over, Man! GAME OVER! You built a Patcher, reached the Sqarb's homeworld, and put an end to their menace, one way or another... 11%
• Big Freakin' Gun Upgrade any type of weapon to the max 10%
• Artifact Collector You found at least one artifact of each kind 7.0%
• We've Got a Winner! Win a game 6.2%
• Tech Genius You unlocked all the technologies in the game 3.9%
• Exotic Crew You sent a team composed of 3 alien Gaters on a mission 3.3%
• Annihilation Defeat all other factions in order to win 3.3%
• The Big Score Have the highest score when the time limit is reached 3.3%
• Galactic Museum You found every artifact and created your own little museum 1.3%
• Big Brain Energy Be the first to unlock and build the Ultimate Generator in order to achieve scientific victory 0.8%
• Intergalactic Influencer Be the first to generate the specified amount of influence per day in order to win 0.5%
• It's a Material World Be the first to collect and store the specified amount of target material in order to win 0.5%
• Xenology Be the first to study the specified amount of sapient species in order to win 0.3%