Edge of Space
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (76%); after 7h it's 1 in 2 (60%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 71% 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 2,740 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 10.2h for positive, 5.5h 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 (70.7% 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 (24)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to the Edge You have awoken in a strange world you know nothing about. You've entered a world for the first time! 100%
- It’s Not The Fall... It's the short stop at the end. Die from falling damage. 68%
- Creature Feature Kill 300 creatures. 67%
- One of Us If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. You have joined another players server. 21%
- Building Better Worlds Terraform a primal zone. 9.3%
- What’s Radiation? Die from exposure. 8.6%
- My Domain Dominate 10 Areas. 8.2%
- It Takes a Village Collect 5 NPCs 7.1%
- Dirt ROCKS! Mine 5,000 blocks. 6.2%
- Smarty Pants Spend 100,000 Science XP. 4.5%
- Winter is Coming Visit the Comet Biome. 4.5%
- Healthy Appetite Eat 10 Food Consumables. 3.0%
- Desert Power Visit the Barrens Biome. 2.3%
- Fun Dungeon Complete a Dungeon. 2.1%
- Me and THIS Army Collect 15 NPCs. 2.1%
- OMGTron Defeat Omegatron. 1.6%
- Don’t Fear the Reaper We'll be able to fly... Use 100 Cryorods to keep the fight going! 1.4%
- Over 9000! Activate 16 Upgrade Platforms. 1.4%
- You Win Again, Gravity Die from falling damage 25 times. 1.4%
- Buffet Eat 100 Food Consumables. 1.3%
- Lumberjack Cut down 1,000 formations. 1.1%
- Devourer of Worlds Mine 1,000,000 blocks. 0.8%
- Glutton Eat 1,000 Food Consumables. 0.8%
- Moonwalker Jump 1,000,000 times! 0.8%