CasualIndieSimulationStrategy
Imagine Earth
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 48% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 973
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 10h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 48% 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 978 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 15.3h for positive, 4.3h 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 (47.6% 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 (25)
- Tuto Successfully complete your mission on Tuto. 100%
- Joma Successfully complete your mission on Joma. 63%
- Campaign Bronze Earn 10 campaign stars. 47%
- Lorian Successfully complete your mission on Lorian. 40%
- Metropolis Build a capital by expanding a city center to level 4. 38%
- Rounos Successfully complete your mission on Rounos. 30%
- Campaign Silver Earn 20 campaign stars. 23%
- Magni Successfully complete your mission on Magni. 22%
- Bora Successfully complete your mission on Bora. 18%
- Environmentalist Win a competition without using fossil energy. 17%
- Scientist Unlock all research entries. 14%
- Campaign Gold Earn 30 campaign stars. 12%
- Edora Successfully complete your mission on Edora. 11%
- Iqunox Successfully complete your mission on Iqunox. 9.0%
- Thera Successfully complete your mission on Thera. 6.9%
- Udion Torix Successfully complete your mission on Udion Torix. 6.9%
- Builder Raise a civilization of 10 million people. 6.1%
- Multitalent License all constructs on a single planet. 6.1%
- World Creator Create your own world in editor mode. 5.9%
- Campaign Titanium Earn 40 campaign stars. 5.5%
- Forester Plant 20 trees on one planet. 5.3%
- Competitor Bronze Win competitions with a total of 50 victory points. 1.3%
- Competitor Silver Win competitions with a total of 100 victory points. 1.1%
- Workshopper Win 3 workshop planet missions. 1.1%
- Competitor Gold Win competitions with a total of 200 victory points. 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.