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When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,407 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 32.5h for positive, 14.4h 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 (59.6% 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 (48)

• The Prison Break Complete the tutorial section of the game at MPO Prison. 100%
• The First Day Survive for 24 hours in a single game. 62%
• Production Halted Discover the 3D printing facilities of Nilson Engineering. 56%
• Just a Few Kill 10 enemies of any type. 56%
• ...I'm Back! Discover Dr. West's old workplace: the Herbert Research Center. 52%
• Back to Work, West! Complete 10 research projects at Herbert Research. 43%
• There's Ore in Them Thar Depths! Discover the ore extraction facilities of MPO's mine. 41%
• Many More Kill 50 enemies of any type. 40%
• That's Some Garden! Discover the agricultural facilities of MPO's biosphere. 40%
• A Three-Day Weekend Survive for more than 72 hours in a single game. 38%
• Restarting Production Produce 10 items using 3D printer or bio combiner in Nilson Engineering. 37%
• Climbing the Tech Tree Complete 20 research projects at Herbert Research. 36%
• Losing Count Kill 100 enemies of any type. 34%
• Automated Farmhands Produce fruits or veggies 10 times at MPO's biosphere. 34%
• Better Than a Pickaxe Collect ore 10 times using the extractor at MPO's mine. 34%
• A Five-Day Work Week Survive for more than 120 hours in a single game. 31%
• Ragnarok Discover a residential district of MPO: Viking Square. 30%
• 3D Printer Enthusiast Produce 30 items using the 3D printer or bio combiner at Nilson Engineering. 30%
• Vacancy Discover the business of the Burlington family: the Carson Hotel. 29%
• Ghost Town Discover the shopping district of MPO: Spirit Plaza. 28%
• The Bigelowbowski Discover the sprawling business of Mr. Bigelow: the Solar Casino. 26%
• It Prints Money! Produce 80 items using 3D printer or bio combiner in Nilson Engineering. 21%
• No Spitting! Kill 40 Spitter enemies. 20%
• Aim for the Nerve Stem and Put It Down for Good Kill 80 Brain Bug enemies. 19%
• Pioneering Research Complete 50 research projects at Herbert Research. 17%
• Poppin' Zits! Destroy 50 cocoons before enemies pop out of them. 17%
• Farmbots, Roll Out! Produce fruits or veggies 50 times at MPO's biosphere. 16%
• Gadolinite Fever! Collect ore 50 times using the extractor at MPO's mine. 16%
• Big-Fat Hunting Kill 30 Big Fat enemies. 15%
• The District of Fish Discover the Pisces residential district. 14%
• The District of the Ram Discover the Aries residential district. 14%
• The Twin District Discover the Gemini residential district. 14%
• The District of the Lion Discover the Leo residential district. 13%
• MPO, We Have a Problem Discover the space port for MPO: the Murray Space Center. 11%
• Oh Man, Gotta Go Gotta Go! Use toilets 30 times in one game. 11%
• Mars Cornucopia Produce fruits or veggies 100 times at MPO's biosphere. 9.7%
• We've Struck Apolonite! Collect ore 100 times using the extractor at MPO's mine. 9.6%
• The Escape Escape Mars by using the shuttle. 8.2%
• MPO Tourist Explore every floor and every district of MPO. 7.6%
• I Quit! Kill your old boss, Jeff Murray. 6.0%
• Hey, Not Too Rough! Beat the game using the "Easy Mode" or higher difficulty setting. 5.4%
• Together Again Beat the game by siding with Jennifer. 5.0%
• Standard Fare Beat the game using the "Normal Mode" or higher difficulty setting. 4.5%
• Alone Beat the game after refusing Jennifer's offer. 4.0%
• Til Death Do Us Part Kill Jennifer West, the Queen of Minerva. 4.0%
• My Doctorate is in Death Beat the game using the "Hardcore Mode" or higher difficulty setting. 2.2%
• Ultra-Violence Beat the game using the "Nightmare Mode" difficulty setting. 1.8%
• Is This a Roguelike? Beat the game with the "Permanent Death" option enabled. 1.7%