When does ASTRONEER get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 20h it's 1 in 18 (6%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

How many players finish ASTRONEER?

11% of players who start reach the ending.

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ASTRONEER

Feb 5, 2019 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 11% of players who started

Started playing 75% of owners

Steam reviews 92% positive of 139,782

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 20h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
11% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “...And Beyond”: only 11% of starters get there.
75% 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 139,201 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 23.9h for positive, 14.9h 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 (75.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
...And Beyond Pass through the Gateway Portal into the unknown... Most players quit here 11% −89

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (56)

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A Little Byte Goes a Long Way Scan a Research Sample of any type. 100%
Up By the Roots Dig up a hazard. 87%
Pursuit of Knowledge Research an item in the Research Chamber. 85%
EXO Dynamics Training Seal of Approval Complete the training missions. 80%
Well Hello There, Fancypants Change into a different suit. 78%
EXO Dynamics Outreach Participant Join or host a multiplayer game session. 72%
Shapes and Other Shapes Find a Gateway Chamber. 70%
Thank You For Your Continued Assistance Solve an EXO Dynamics Research Aid. 69%
Information Dump Reach more than 150 Bytes-Per-Minute of concurrent research. 69%
Sweet New Ride Build a rover of any type. 68%
Dirt Don't Hurt Extract a resource using the Soil Centrifuge. 63%
EXO Dynamics Outreach Advocate Spend more than 4 total hours in multiplayer sessions. 60%
Hang 10-Squared Slide uninterrupted for at least 10 seconds. 58%
Blast Off Use a shuttle to leave Sylva. 57%
Making a New Friend Plant a seed. 56%
Do Science To It Synthesize a composite material with the Chemistry Lab. 52%
Scrap for the Scrapper Scrap an object in a Shredder. 50%
First Step Into a Larger World Solve a Gateway Chamber. 50%
Delve Greedily and Deep Travel to the Mantle depth of any planet. 47%
One Small Step Visit Desolo. 47%
A Little Gassy Collect a gas with the Atmospheric Condenser. 44%
Cool As Ice Visit Glacio. 40%
They Who Smelt It Use the Smelter to craft every type of refined resource. 38%
Journey to the Center of the Thing Travel to the center of any planet in a multiplayer game. 38%
Research Scientist Gain 100,000 Bytes across all games. 38%
Let Me Borrow This Just A Second Use a Research Chamber to research something in another Astroneer's game. 38%
Junk Trader Use the Trade Platform to exchange Scrap for another resource. 37%
Now You See Me... Utilize the Gateway Fast Travel Network. 37%
To the Forest Moon Visit Novus. 36%
Encounter With the Infinite Find a Gateway Engine. 35%
Into the Woods Visit Vesania. 35%
It's a Dry Heat Visit Calidor. 33%
I Feel Sick Visit Atrox. 31%
Sylva Awakened Solve the Gateway Engine on Sylva. 29%
Resources in the Rough Use the Terrain Tool to harvest every type of raw material. 26%
Barrier Buster Use a drill to deform a harder type of terrain. 25%
Interplanetary Road Trip Travel to another planet with another player in the same shuttle. 25%
Chop Shop Scrap 50 objects in a Shredder. 22%
Gas Giant Use the Atmospheric Condenser to collect every type of gas. 22%
Lab Rat Use the Chemistry Lab to synthesize each composite material. 18%
Desolo Awakened Solve the Gateway Engine on Desolo. 18%
Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads Drive an airborne rover for at least 10 seconds. 15%
Glacio Awakened Solve the Gateway Engine on Glacio. 14%
Calidor Awakened Solve the Gateway Engine on Calidor. 14%
Vesania Awakened Solve the Gateway Engine on Vesania. 14%
Novus Awakened Solve the Gateway Engine on Novus. 13%
The First Discovery Use the Probe Scanner to find one of the mysterious Vintage Probes. 13%
Atrox Awakened Solve the Gateway Engine on Atrox. 12%
...And Beyond Pass through the Gateway Portal into the unknown... 11%
To Infinity... Solve all of the Gateway Engines in a single game. 11%
Galactic Boogaloo Dance on every planet. 7.6%
Secrets of the Universe Solve all of the Gateway Chambers in a single game. 5.7%
The Wanderer's Way Said hello to the Wanderer. 5.7%
In An Astroneer's Garden Plant a Spinelily, Lashleaf, Bouncevine, Wheezeweed, Thistlewhip, Popcoral and Daggeroot seed. 5.6%
Baby You're a Firework Launch 10 fireworks in 10 seconds. 4.9%
EXO Dynamics Solar System Mastery Obtain every Achievement in Astroneer. 3.3%

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