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J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 899
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 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 896 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 11.1h for positive, 7.3h 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 (87.3% 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 (40)
- Plumber You repaired the probe. The result is that you won't probably die. 100%
- Good morning Xenophon! You've managed to land on a planet. 97%
- Constructor Jr. You built your first upgrade. 75%
- Sweet memories You have recovered some of J.U.L.I.A.'s erased memory clusters. 73%
- Observant player You've obtained your first Mind'o'Matic. 72%
- First contact You encountered your first sentient extraterrestrial being. 65%
- Explorer You've explored every single place in a jungle. 58%
- Megabot You've fully upgraded Mobot. 55%
- Trapper You trapped the oceanic creature. 51%
- Cryptoanalyst You decrypted a substitution cypher. 51%
- Pacifist You've decided to save life. 50%
- Hacker You have hacked into all datapads. 48%
- Jaeger You managed to erradicate Xir. 47%
- Artificial planet You've discovered a secret planet in the Solar system. 47%
- Dreamer You've just returned from the temple. Was it real? 47%
- Traveller You have visited all the planets. 47%
- Methodical You scanned all the planets. 45%
- Adventurous You've decided to stay and help Ambrosians. 44%
- Real scientist You've analyzed every single object in the game. 40%
- Voyeur You've discovered Mobot's secret hobby. 31%
- Deadly Xir You let Xir kill Mobot. 30%
- Homesick You've decided to return to the Earth. 27%
- Great mind You solved all Mind'o'Matics. 19%
- Science over all You've decided that science is more important than life. 13%
- Unexpected visitor Was that an Asylum? 6.5%
- Apathy You let the creature die. Why should you care, anyway? 6.3%
- Xir Destroyer You let Xir kill Mobot 5 times. 4.9%
- Xir the Invincible You let Xir kill Mobot 10 times. 4.8%
- Untold: Hungry for more? You want to learn more about the past. 4.6%
- Completist You have completed everything, the game had to offer. 3.4%
- Untold: Amplifier Obtain connection amplifier 3.4%
- Untold: Blue solved Solve the whole blue cluster 3.4%
- Untold: Blinder Obtain a blinder 3.0%
- Untold: Yellow solved Solve the whole yellow cluster 3.0%
- Untold: Purple solved Solve the whole purple cluster 2.9%
- Untold: Go wireless Obtain wireless connector 2.9%
- Luddite You managed to go through the game without building an analytic upgrade 2.7%
- Untold: You know the story You've completed the game 2.7%
- Untold: Green solved Solve the whole green cluster 2.7%
- Untold: Red solved Solve the whole red cluster 2.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.