Starpoint Gemini 2
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Storyteller” (Finish the storyline): only 13% of starters get there.
- Only 31% 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 4,128 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 227 reviews: 29.8h for positive, 5.8h 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 (30.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Storyteller Finish the storyline Most players quit here 13% −87
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (52)
story milestone ending side
- Kick a man when he is down Loot a derelict 100%
- Sitting duck plucked Destroy an enemy while he's charging Power to Engines 91%
- Trickshot Sharpshooter Destroy an enemy without locking on it 70%
- Ow did I shoot you? Destroy an enemy with a turret while facing away from it 65%
- Critically acclaimed Deal 50 critical hits 64%
- Overly overt overkill Destroy an enemy with full shields and hull in less than 3 seconds 63%
- Gun for hire Solve 20 freelance missions 54%
- Spacehopper Jump through a wormhole 48%
- Guardian angel Save an ally with 10% or less health by destroying his attacker 47%
- Swashbuckler Capture a ship 47%
- Holy Hat-trick Destroy 3 ships within an interval of 15 seconds 46%
- Hope you're insured Destroy a freightliner 45%
- Who wants to be a… Accumulate 10 million Credits 42%
- Ground zero Collide with a planet 41%
- Knife to a gunfight Destroy an enemy by colliding with them 34%
- Overclocker Exceed the maximum engine speed 33%
- Red Baron in Space Destroy 100 ships 33%
- Manic Mechanic Enhance all ship systems on a single ship 31%
- Ballistic Bastard Destroy an enemy using only heavy weapons 30%
- Catch the wave dude Use T-Drive 27%
- Rabid Railgunner Deal 500000 damage points with railguns 24%
- There can be only one Destroy an enemy using only one turret 24%
- Revenge is sweet Destroy an enemy that destroyed one of your wingmen within a 5 second interval 24%
- Leviathan Operate a massive carrier 20%
- Rebel strike Destroy 10 Empire Ships 19%
- Rabid Plasmajockey Deal 500000 damage points with plasma cannons 16%
- No galaxy for old men Destroy 15 veterans 16%
- Prison break Successfully raid an Off-world Prison with your Troops 14%
- Homewrecker Destroy a station 13%
- It's raining death Launch at least 20 missiles in a single battle 13%
- Rabid Raygunner Deal 500000 damage points with beam weapons 13%
- Storyteller Finish the storyline 13%
- Bookworm Read all tutorials 12%
- You da boss! Control 2 mercenary ships and 3 fighter squadrons at the same time 11%
- Taking candy from a baby Win a battle against 3 or more enemies without attacking them 10%
- You're coming with me Destroy an enemy after your ships is destroyed 9.8%
- Bulletproof Take 5 times the amount of your hull integrity in damage during a single battle 9.4%
- Invisible, not invincible Get destroyed while cloaked 8.8%
- Warpfactor Freak Travel via Power to Engines for at least 10 minutes 8.5%
- Down to the wire Win a battle with less than 5% hull points remaining 8.1%
- Friendly fire frenzy Provoke non-hostile ships 10 times 7.8%
- Hitchhiker's Guide Explore the entire Gemini system 7.8%
- Magnificent Meteor Miner Mine 500 asteroids 7.5%
- Tomb raider Gather all artefacts 6.5%
- Icebreaker Destroy 100 asteroids by colliding with them 5.9%
- Now you see me… Stay cloaked and undetected for 5 minutes 5.9%
- Shipping Magnate Purchase 15 different ships 5.9%
- No more heroes Kill all heroes 5.5%
- Above the law Do 20 successful smuggling runs on planets 4.9%
- Gemini barbecue Buy a shipment of meat and Hogwash and then fly into the suns till your ship almost pops 4.6%
- Navi-what? Explode in a collision with an asteroid 4.6%
- Travel Agent Visit all Gemini planets 4.2%