CastleMiner Z
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 7h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 32% 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 11,232 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 6.7h for positive, 1.9h 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 (32.2% 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 (31)
story milestone ending side
- Self Defense Kill one enemy 100%
- First Contact Travel 50 blocks from start 97%
- Tinkerer Craft one item 71%
- Leaving Home Travel 200 blocks from start 60%
- Survived the Night Survive for 1 day 57%
- Deep Digger Dig 20 blocks below the surface 54%
- Short Timer Play for one hour 42%
- Alien Encounter Get close to an alien 39%
- Welcome to Hell Dig 40 blocks below the surface 37%
- Crafter Craft 100 items 32%
- No Fear Kill 100 enemies 31%
- Demolition Expert Craft TNT 27%
- Desert Crawler Travel 1000 blocks from start 27%
- One Week Later Survive for 7 days 26%
- Mountain Man Travel 2300 blocks from start 18%
- Alien Technology Make a kill with a laser weapon 18%
- Deep Freeze Travel 3000 blocks from start 16%
- Hell On Earth Travel 3600 blocks from start 13%
- Dragon Slayer Kill the undead dragon 12%
- Veteran MinerZ Play for 10 hours 11%
- 28 Days Later Survive for 28 days 9.9%
- MinerZ Potato Play for 100 hours 9.6%
- Around the World Travel 5000 blocks from start 9.0%
- Boom! Kill an enemy with a grenade 9.0%
- Air Defense Kill a dragon with a guided missile 9.0%
- Zombie Slayer Kill 1000 enemies 9.0%
- Master Craftsman Craft 1000 items 8.7%
- Fire in the Hole! Kill an enemy with TNT 7.8%
- Survivor Survive for 100 days 6.2%
- 28 Weeks Later Survive for 196 days 5.9%
- Anniversary Survive for 365 days 5.6%