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Canabalt
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 50% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 309
What the data shows
- 84% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (84%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 50% 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 312 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 1.7h for positive, 0.9h 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 (49.9% 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 (31)
- A Dashing Entrance Survive a jump into a hallway 100%
- Sky Walker Survive a Walker leg 79%
- Look Out Below Toss 50 obstacles out of your way 68%
- A Single Bound Jump clear over a building and survive 63%
- Leap of Faith Complete the Leap of Faith challenge 58%
- Box Tripper Complete the Box Tripper challenge 57%
- Invasion Complete the Invasion challenge 49%
- Welcome to Erf Find the Mothership 45%
- Purity Complete the Purity challenge 44%
- Bombardment Complete the Bombardment challenge 41%
- Fractured Complete the Fractured challenge 40%
- Defenestration Complete the Defenestration challenge 37%
- Panic Complete the Panic challenge 29%
- Escape Complete each of the challenge districts 25%
- The Runslinger Find the Dark Tower 19%
- Leap of Faith (2P) Complete the Leap of Faith challenge with two players 19%
- Box Tripper (2P) Complete the Box Tripper challenge with two players 18%
- Invasion (2P) Complete the Invasion challenge with two players 18%
- Purity (2P) Complete the Purity challenge with two players 17%
- Defenestration (2P) Complete the Defenestration challenge with two players 16%
- Bombardment (2P) Complete the Bombardment challenge with two players 15%
- Fractured (2P) Complete the Fractured challenge with two players 15%
- Panic (2P) Complete the Panic challenge with two players 14%
- Escape (2P) Complete each of the challenge districts with two players 13%
- Volcano Base Find the Volcano Base 9.8%
- Drill Fortress Find the Drill Fortress 6.4%
- Half Marathon Run 21097m along the rooftops without dying 5.4%
- Dome City Find the Dome City 4.6%
- Marathon Run 42195m along the rooftops without dying 2.6%
- Half Marathon (2P) Run 21097m along the rooftops with two players 2.2%
- Marathon (2P) Run 42195m along the rooftops with two players 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.