F1® Manager 2023
The first hour is a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 20h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 84% 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 3,208 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 38.4h for positive, 27.5h 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 (83.9% 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 (29)
story milestone ending side
- Plan A Assign a race strategy in Career Mode. 100%
- Across The Line Complete your first Grand Prix in Career Mode. 99%
- To My Part's Content Fit a car part to your car. 91%
- Design Right Design a car part. 90%
- Point Venture Score your first championship point in Career Mode. 90%
- Home Improvements Build or upgrade a facility. 87%
- Agree to Guarantee Achieve a sponsor guarantee. 85%
- Have Your Say Vote on a regulation change. 84%
- Broken In Complete 5 Grands Prix in one career. 76%
- Welcome Aboard Sign a contract with a driver or staff member. 75%
- Light Up The Board Finish a race with the fastest lap in Career Mode. 68%
- Thinking Ahead Complete a car part research project for next season. 62%
- Familiar Face Complete 10 Grands Prix in one career. 61%
- Winner for One Win a Grand Prix in Career Mode. 58%
- Front Runner Qualify in pole position. 56%
- Box, Box Finish a race with the fastest pitstop in Career Mode. 50%
- Sprint, Not A Marathon Win a Sprint Race. 45%
- One Down... Complete a full season. 43%
- Ceremony Regular Finish on the podium 10 times in one career. 39%
- As Promised Achieve the board's season target. 38%
- To The Nth Grand Prix Win 10 Grands Prix in one career. 25%
- Commited To The Team Achieve a long-term board objective. 24%
- What Happens in Vegas Win in Las Vegas in Career Mode. 21%
- Drivers' Champion Win the Drivers' Championship. 20%
- Dune Duster Win in Qatar in Career Mode. 19%
- Constructors' Champion Win the Constructors' Championship. 19%
- Time-Line Tweaker Obtain a Challenge Scenario Trophy. 12%
- Fine-Tuned Machine Win the Fastest Pit Stop Award. 12%
- Many Hands Make Light Work Have 18 engineers assigned to projects at the same time. 8.9%