ActionAdventureRPGSimulationStrategy
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 24% of players who started
Started playing 23% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 7,317
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- At least 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 23% 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 7,344 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 49.6h for positive, 35.4h 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 (23.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Galaxy in Flames Help the pirates defeat the Coalition ≥24% −76
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 (82)
story milestone ending side
- Pole Position Take the lead in rangers rating 100%
- Secret Agent Complete 50 government missions 96%
- Prototype Upgrade all the equipment of your ship at a science base 91%
- Phalanx Defend 20 systems from Dominator or pirate assault 84%
- Hyperactivity Make 500 hyperjumps 76%
- Insure Yourself Your relatives must receive 20 000 cr. insurance after your death 71%
- Mr. Postman Complete 50 delivery missions 69%
- High energy Destroy 250 ships using energy weapons 54%
- Light of Science Research all Dominator technologies at a science base 46%
- Ricochet Do only 1 HP damage per shot to a ship 20 times 46%
- Commander Get promoted to the "Admiral" military rank 43%
- Peacemaker Liberate Gralgar system 41%
- Yo-ho-ho Conquer 10 solar systems for the pirate clan 40%
- Fire & Forget Destroy 150 ships using missiles 38%
- Archeologist Survey 30 000 sq. km of territory on uninhabited planets 35%
- Hasta La Vista Destroy Keller in the hyperspace 35%
- Splinters of the Empire Destroy 200 ships using splinter weapons 35%
- Unscientific Destroy 500 Keller series Dominators 31%
- Baron Get promoted to the "Baron" pirate rank 31%
- Pariah Make sure you're hated by every race of the Coalition at the same time 31%
- Blazzard Take a scientific approach to the Blazer problem 30%
- Been There, Seen That Max out all skills 30%
- Splash Damage Vaporize 5 ships in one turn using quark bombs 29%
- It's Never Enough Hoard 10 000 000 credits 28%
- War Is Just War Destroy 500 Blazer series Dominators 27%
- Transform This Send Terron on a star conversion mission 27%
- You're Grounded Force Blazer to land on a Coalition planet 25%
- Power Overwhelming Find the secret hull "Shadow of the Empire" 25%
- Tycoon Sell goods for 5 000 000 credits total 24%
- Galaxy in Flames Help the pirates defeat the Coalition 24%
- The Grass Was Greener Destroy 500 Terron series Dominators 24%
- New Frontier Send Keller to explore the galaxy 22%
- Robot General Win 40 planetary battles 22%
- Please Donate Fund the construction of 20 Coalition bases 20%
- Fat Cat Get 300 000 cr. profit from a single deposit 19%
- For Coalition! Eliminate the pirate threat 19%
- Thermonuclear Gas Station Scoop 40 fuel into a single tank from a star 19%
- Defaulter Fail to pay 3 debts in time 18%
- Space Miner Pulverize 100 asteroids 18%
- Death From Above Land on the Terron and defeat it in a planetary battle 17%
- Reading Is Your Friend Complete 30 text adventures 16%
- That's one small step for a man Land on 100 uninhabited planets 16%
- Terminator Defeat Blazer in a fair fight in space 15%
- Natural Born Leader Have 6 wingmen under your command at the same time 14%
- Ethereal Eliminate 500 ships in hyperspace 14%
- Guardian Kill 500 pirates 13%
- Negotiator Convince 15 pirates to cease attack of another ship without using weapons 12%
- Postman Fail 10 parcel deliveries 12%
- Jailbird Serve 10 sentences in a jail 12%
- I Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Sir Defeat your enemies in a black hole without using weapons 12%
- Gulp Of Freedom Destroy 100 Coalition military ships 12%
- Ranger's Angels Hire three female special agents 9.0%
- Henpecked Complete all the missions given by female special agents 9.0%
- Mercator wannabe Reveal the star map completely before January 1st, 3304 9.0%
- Noda Bene Accumulate 25 000 nodes 9.0%
- Copyright Kill the original Mr. Shu 9.0%
- Need for Velocity Reach speed of 2300 points 9.0%
- Well Done Fry 10 ships with a star 8.6%
- Many Faces Change your race 30 times 8.6%
- Mechanical Vampire Drain 10 000 HP from enemy ships to yours 7.7%
- Addict Try all the drugs in known universe 7.7%
- Brezhnev Descendant Get all possible decorations 7.3%
- I Don't Have Time For This Complete the game without completing any mission 7.3%
- Hacktivist Use anti-dominator programs (except Intercom) 100 times 7.3%
- Black Skull Destroy 200 non-combat ships 6.9%
- FTL Complete the game in less than 7 (game) years 6.9%
- True Pacifist Complete the game without shooting down any ships 6.4%
- This Is Our Territory! Rob ships 100 times 6.4%
- Uncertainty principle Switch your allegiance from Coalition to pirates (or vice versa) at least 15 times 6.4%
- Demolition Man Destroy 30 Coalition bases in space 6.4%
- Hardcore Nerdiness Complete the game without loading a save 6.0%
- Old Guard Earn 5 000 000 experience points 6.0%
- Monster Mania Destroy 50 Bertor-class ships 5.6%
- Smuggler Sell at least 200 illegal shipments (50 units or more each) 5.6%
- Copyright Holder Destroy 30 Pirate bases in space 5.6%
- You Shall Not Pass Successfully complete 30 system defence missions 5.6%
- Nobody Will Be Left Behind Pay bribes and free 30 prisoners from a jail 5.6%
- Eternal Healthcare Recover from all the possible illnesses 5.2%
- Captain Chaos Help pirates conquer all the known systems 5.2%
- Glory to Robots! Activate 10 Tranclucator units in space simultaneously 5.2%
- Champion Complete the game with a score of at least 50 000 4.7%
- Long-lived Finish the game in at least 100 years, earning a score of at least 20 000 4.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.