When does Bee Island get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (9%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

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Bee Island

Aug 25, 2023 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 87% of owners

Steam reviews 87% positive of 1,735

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
87% 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 1,755 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 1.8h 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 (87% 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 (24)

Little bees say not ZZZ but zzz Build a kindergarten 100%
It's time to build a defense Complete tutorial 99%
PhD Complete your first research 96%
Are the hornets already gone? I only got a taste! Survive 5 waves 75%
Those who live by the sting will die by the sting Destroy 50 hornets 73%
Rockets?!!! Destroy a rocket dragonfly 72%
I love the smell of honey in the morning Destroy 100 hornets 63%
Saving Private Beeyan Survive 10 waves 61%
Stealth bomber?!!! Destroy a moth 57%
Knowledge Day Build a school 48%
Don't Bee a Menace to The Queen While Drinking Your Nectar in the Hive Destroy 250 hornets 44%
Now it's a little prettier build a decorative element 44%
Metropolis Build the maximum number of honeycombs 39%
War of the Worlds Survive 20 waves 34%
300 Create 300 bees 27%
Bee Empire House the maximum amount of bees 27%
Be defeated Now we can apply this experience in a new battle! 25%
Megaton Choose the military ending 25%
Astroworld Choose the construction ending 19%
Doom! Destroy 1000 hornets 19%
God's punishment Complete level 1 in Challenge mode 17%
Civilization Choose the peaceful ending 14%
Gladiator Complete level 10 in Challenge mode 8.3%
Bee Island Developer Complete the bonus level 3.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.