Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

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 1,320 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 17.5h for positive, 8.3h 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 (73.8% 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 (69)

• Tier 1 Ship Built a tier one ship. 100%
• Blanket Fort Baron Built a base room. 98%
• Knowledge is Power Finished the tutorial. 94%
• Beam Us Up, Ensign Had an officer reach Level 2. 89%
• One Star Ship Have a ship reach rank one. 83%
• Two Star Ship Have a ship reach rank two. 78%
• Bandit Hunter Destroyed 10 pirate ships. 77%
• City Planner Built 3 Base Rooms. 77%
• Chruul to be Kind Destroyed 10 Chruul ships. 72%
• Three Star Ship Have a ship reach rank three. 67%
• Savvy Researched 5 techs. 67%
• Spare the Rod and Spoil the Chruul Destroyed the Chruul Spawn Pit. 66%
• Go To Warp, Lieutenant Had an officer reach Level 5. 65%
• The Sacrificial Lamb Lose your first Green Shirt in ground combat. 65%
• Taking Back The Skies Destroyed 25 pirate ships. 60%
• Goodbye, Chruul World Destroyed 25 Chruul ships. 57%
• Four Star Ship Have a ship reach rank four or higher. 55%
• Help! Help! We're Being Repressed! Rescue 5 colonies from a Chruul fleet. 53%
• Erudite Researched 10 techs. 51%
• King of the Castle Built 10 Base Rooms. 49%
• Admirexecution Defeated Admirax Zeb and his pirates. 49%
• Tier 2 Ship Built a tier two ship. 48%
• No Place Like Home Defeated the Chruul at New Terra. 37%
• Chruul and Unusual Destroyed 100 Chruul ships. 35%
• Technological Giant Researched 20 techs. 33%
• The Belly of the Beast Successfully cleared a Chruul spire. 28%
• Growth Industry Recruit 10 officers. 28%
• And Caesar Wept Built 20 Base Rooms. 28%
• Tier 3 Ship Built a tier three ship. 27%
• All in a Day's Work Rescue 15 colonies from a Chruul fleet. 27%
• Make It So, Number One Had an officer reach Level 10. 26%
• O'Briens Conservation Society Successfully multiplied O'Brien. 24%
• I'll Be Back Made an alliance with the pirate Savak. 23%
• There Will Be No Peace Did not ally with any of the pirate captains. 20%
• My Other Ship is a Pegasus Killed the Chruul Chimera. 20%
• Last of the Xlar Lords Made an alliance with the pirate Khut. 19%
• Naturally Selected Made an ally of the Xlar-Yanthu. 17%
• Tier 4 Ship Built a tier four ship. 16%
• Terminal Killocity Killed the Chruul Marauder. 15%
• There Is No Spoon Made an ally of the Korzan. 14%
• Tech Support Made an ally of the Collective. 13%
• Delivering the Crushing Blow Killed the Chruul Crusher. 13%
• Tier 5 Ship Built a tier five ship. 12%
• All Hail Your Reptilian Overlord Made an ally of the Yabblings. 12%
• Laying Waste Killed the Chruul Desolator. 12%
• Ma-Ma-Ma-Monster Kill! Killed the Chruul Behemoth. 11%
• Frog John Silver Made an alliance with the pirate Willa. 10%
• The Importance of Being Wormest Made an enemy of the Voraash. 10%
• Acceptable Losses Lost 10 Green Shirts in ground combat. 10%
• Savior of the Stars Rescue 30 colonies from a Chruul fleet. 9.3%
• Chruuling the Herd Killed the Mothership. 8.4%
• HR Nightmare Lost 10 officers in the line of duty. 8.3%
• You Had One Job Tried to give the station to pirates...seriously? 8.1%
• Debt Inheritance Decided to pay off the Yabbling debt for the next couple millennia. 8.0%
• The Flying Dutchman Destroyed 100 pirate ships. 6.0%
• Restored Balance Successfully beat the game on Cadet difficulty. 5.0%
• Boldly Went Successfully beat the game on Lieutenant difficulty. 4.7%
• Embrace the Suck Made an ally of the Voraash. 4.2%
• Knows Where Their Towel Is Successfully beat the game on Commander difficulty. 3.8%
• Crocodile Hunter Made an enemy of the Yabblings. 3.0%
• Dissenter Made an enemy of the Korzan. 2.6%
• Cascade Failure Made an enemy of the Collective. 2.4%
• Survival of the Fittest Made an enemy of the Xlar-Yanthu. 2.3%
• Collateral Damage Lost 25 Green Shirts in ground combat. 1.9%
• Galaxy Guardian Successfully beat the game on Captain difficulty. 0.9%
• Valar Morghulis Lost 50 Green Shirts in ground combat. 0.9%
• Champion of New Terra Successfully beat the game on Admiral difficulty. 0.8%
• Damnit, Jim. I'm a Doctor, Not An Undertaker! Lost 100 Green Shirts in ground combat. 0.8%
• Hero of the Stars Successfully beat the game on Grand Admiral difficulty. 0.7%