Anno 2205™
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (75%); after 35h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
- 41% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “High-Wire Act” and “The Second Wave”: from 89% to 63% of starters.
- 84% 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 6,400 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 26.1h for positive, 6.2h 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 (83.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- High-Wire Act Complete Phase 1 of the Lunar Licensing Program. 89% −11
- The Second Wave Complete Phase 2 of the Lunar Licensing Program. Most players quit here 63% −27
- Unlimited Energy Complete Phase 3 of the Lunar Licensing Program. 41% −22
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (198)
story milestone ending side
- Online Settle Operators in one of your cities. 100%
- Ring the Till Have a credit balance of +1,000. 93%
- Under Arms Complete an Crisis Sector in the Temperate region on standard difficulty. 91%
- High-Wire Act Complete Phase 1 of the Lunar Licensing Program. 89%
- Closing the Circuit Produce +1,000 energy in a single sector. 85%
- Whiteout Found an arctic settlement. 84%
- Interpolar Express Create a Transfer Route from or to an Arctic sector. 73%
- Terror of the Seas Destroy 100 enemy vehicles. 73%
- Creating Space Claim a second construction area in any sector. 73%
- Housing Hypothesis Settle Scientists in one of your cities. 72%
- Full Service Clear a Crisis Sector with all optional Assignments. 69%
- Make It So Settle Executives in one of your cities. 68%
- Winter Soldier Complete an Crisis Sector in the Arctic region on standard difficulty. 67%
- Chief Economist Have a credit balance of +10,000. 63%
- The Second Wave Complete Phase 2 of the Lunar Licensing Program. 63%
- Wave Rider Found a lunar settlement. 62%
- Business Friends Trade with Nic Papadakis. 62%
- My First Million Attain a credit balance of +1,000,000. 62%
- Naval Power Have a fleet with the maximum number of ships. 62%
- Democracy, Ho! Vote for the first time. 61%
- This Is... Luna! Have a workforce of 300 on the Moon. 59%
- Hauling At The Moon Create a Transfer Route from or to a lunar sector. 57%
- Acknowledged Settle Officers in one of your cities. 56%
- Bridge Day Finish a bridge construction project. 56%
- New Markets Trade with Ville Jorgensen. 56%
- Cold Blood Complete an Crisis Sector in the Arctic region on advanced difficulty. 54%
- Know Your Tools Use 100 special actions. 54%
- Battlewise Complete an Crisis Sector in the Temperate region on advanced difficulty. 52%
- The Upper Crust Settle Investors in one of your cities. 51%
- Drake's Revenge Lose a Crisis Sector. 51%
- Looks Better There Move 100 buildings. 50%
- Extraterrestrial Brain Apply a Technology. 49%
- Emergency Aid Complete 10 optional Assignments in events. 47%
- Quantum Leap Produce Quantum Computers. 46%
- Earl Grey, Hot Produce Replicators. 46%
- Walk Like a Lunarian Produce Gravity Fields. 45%
- Global Player Trade with the World Market. 44%
- Gentrification Demolish 100 buildings. 43%
- A Matter For The Boss Complete 10 optional Assignments. 42%
- Medic! Use the Repair Drones 50 times. 42%
- Energy Turnaround Set up an energy Transfer Route. 42%
- Unlimited Energy Complete Phase 3 of the Lunar Licensing Program. 41%
- Top of the World Reach the first place in the corporation ranking. 41%
- In Machina Produce Androids. 40%
- While Stocks Last Trade with Zandra Haynes. 40%
- Back to the Stone Age Use the Tactical Nuke 50 times. 39%
- Investment Banker Buy one share of any corporation. 39%
- First Flight Gain an Expertise balance of 100. 36%
- I lost my glasses down there Drain a swamp. 33%
- Annonaut Construct at least one of each Training Center. 32%
- Cornucopian Construct 1,000 modules. 32%
- Monumental Construct corporation headquarters. 31%
- Quiet Work Environment Settle Tundra Scientists in one of your cities. 31%
- Diving Expedition Lose 10 ships. 31%
- Always On Schedule Run 25 Transfer Routes. 31%
- Sales Oriented Gain a credit balance of 1,000 from a single world market route. 31%
- Delivered On-Site Create a Transfer Route between temperate sectors. 29%
- Expense Is No Object Spend 1,000,000 credits with traders. 27%
- Eye-Hand Coordination Demolish 30 buildings at once. 26%
- Chief Optimizer Construct 100 Maintenance Modules in a single sector. 26%
- Dam Right! Complete the sector project in Walbruck Basin. 25%
- Bemedalled Complete an Crisis Sector in the Temperate region on expert difficulty. 23%
- Neptune's Wrath Destroy 1,000 enemy vehicles. 23%
- Brute Force Clear a Crisis Sector without using special actions. 23%
- Me and THAT Army Use the Support Fleet 50 times. 22%
- Get off my Lawn! Defeat your first invasion. 22%
- Below Value Spend a credit balance of 1,000 on a single world market route. 21%
- It's a Kind of Magic Produce Biocatalysts and Aerogel. 21%
- Stunning Presence Use the E.M.-Pulse 50 times. 20%
- Not On My Watch! Complete any Calamity Counter Measure. 20%
- High-end Technology Reach 19%
- Rainmaker Gain a credit balance of 10,000 from all your world market routes. 19%
- No White Flags Complete an Crisis Sector in the Arctic region on expert difficulty. 19%
- Change Gonna Come Complete the sector project at in Akia Floes. 18%
- I. Drink. Your. Smoothie. Drain all swamps in Vanha Plains. 18%
- Cross-Shareholder Buy one share of each corporation. 17%
- Thirst Quencher Produce 250 Water in a sector. 17%
- Titanic Lose all eight ships in a crisis sector. 16%
- Wildcatter Spend a credit balance of 10,000 over all your world market routes. 15%
- Preservation Society Complete the sector project in Vanha Plains. 14%
- Brain Drain Create 5 routes for Neuro Implants. 13%
- Jack of all Trades Construct all Orbital Workshop types at least once. 13%
- Voices from the Past Complete the sector project in Wildwater Bay. 13%
- Fires Below Drill out a geyser in Savik Province. 12%
- We Shall Fight on the Beaches Defeat every type of Invasion once. 12%
- Key to Life Construct 5 Agriculture Chambers. 12%
- Striking Oil Complete the sector project in Ikkuma Glacier. 12%
- Carved In Concrete Complete the sector project in Viridian Coves. 12%
- I'm Rubber, You're Glue Use the Kinetic Shield 50 times. 12%
- Demolition Destroy all rare material storages in a crisis sector after unlocking Magnetite. 12%
- Industrial Adulteration Construct a Tundra Module in every region. 11%
- Beautiful Mind Construct 500 ornamentals. 11%
- To Trace an Ark Complete the sector project in Cape Ambar. 11%
- A Safe Place Complete the sector project in Novikov Crater. 10%
- Expansionist Claim 34 construction areas. 10%
- Meteoric Rise Complete the sector project in Iwamoto Crater. 10%
- They Live Complete the Sector Project in Greentide Archipelago. 9.7%
- Ghost in the Machine Gain Synthetics employees. 9.5%
- Because I Can Expand your corporation headquarter with all different modules. 8.3%
- A New Path Complete the sector project in Kinngait Protectorate. 8.2%
- Digital Veins Construct 5 Electronics Cleanrooms. 8.1%
- Fuelling Civilisations Construct 5 Energy Clusters. 8.0%
- Enjoy Your Stay! Complete the sector project in Mare Relictum. 8.0%
- Settling on the Edge Settle in all three "Frontiers" sectors. 7.9%
- Portfolio Diversification Apply one Technology in every industry. 7.6%
- Legacy Reach a population of 1.000.000 over all sectors. 7.5%
- Complete Assembly Construct 12 Orbital Workshops of any type. 7.4%
- Reassembly Move your Orbital Workshops or Modules 100 times. 7.3%
- Multinational Company Claim an area in every sector. 7.0%
- Deorbiting Demolish at least 20 Orbital Workshops or Modules at once. 6.6%
- Future of Humankind Construct 5 Biotech Complexes. 6.3%
- Get Off Me! Use the Wave Mine 50 times. 6.3%
- Eradicate THIS Defeat 10 Eradicators during Invasions. 6.2%
- Globalization... Complete Run 10 transfer routes out of Vanha Plains. 6.1%
- Station Pressurized Produce all Station Expansions. 6.0%
- The One Percent Buy all shares of all Big Five corporations and leave no sectors controlled by them. 6.0%
- Scientific Victory Reach 6.0%
- Anything But the Kitchen Sink Run 30 Trade Routes from a single sector. 5.7%
- Matter of the Universe Construct 5 Heavy Industry Halls. 5.6%
- Permanent Crew Gain an Expertise balance of 600. 5.6%
- Relocation Service Spend 1,000,000 credits relocating buildings. 5.6%
- Space Botanists Train 100 Biologists for the same shuttle flight. 5.0%
- Shrinking the Big Five Reach the first place in the corporation ranking in hard mode. 5.0%
- Steampowered Drill out all geyers in Savik Province. 4.9%
- Courier of the Year Complete 10 distribution Assignments. 4.9%
- Agent of Unknown Powers Complete 10 Assignments for the Mysterious Woman. 4.9%
- Astrophysicists Train 100 Physicists for the same shuttle flight. 4.8%
- Project Manager Complete the sector projects in all sectors of the basic game. 4.4%
- A Company of Good Record Complete 100 optional Assignments. 3.9%
- Research Assistant Complete 10 Assignments for Dr. Eleanor Hofwegen. 3.9%
- Subdue the Earth Complete 10 Calamity Counter Measures. 3.8%
- Agricultural Frontrunner Apply all Agriculture Technologies. 3.7%
- Preferential Relations Complete 10 Assignments for Aidan Bhargava. 3.7%
- Save the Arctic, Send Ice Transfer ice from the Moon to an arctic sector. 3.7%
- Amicus Ex Machina Complete 10 Assignments for Luca Volodin. 3.6%
- Duct Tape Experts Train 100 Engineers for the same shuttle flight. 3.5%
- Dirty Deeds Complete the Sector Project in Madrigal Islands. 3.5%
- Nope Abort 100 optional Assignments. 3.5%
- Anno Day Play on the 22nd of May. 3.3%
- Orders Are Orders Transfer oxygen from the Moon to a temperate sector. 3.3%
- Eco Evangelist Reach a population of 1,000,000 over all sectors without constructing Gas Power Stations or Fusion Reactors. 3.2%
- Bodyguard Complete 10 escorting Assignments. 3.2%
- Silicon Valley Construct 10 silicon mines in one sector. 3.2%
- Biotech Pioneers Choose a special corporation name. 3.1%
- World Export Champion Have at least one incoming and one outgoing route in every sector of the basic game. 3.0%
- Don't Expect A Smile Complete 10 Assignments for John Rafferty. 3.0%
- Flood Control Complete 5 Climate Warfare Counter Measures. 2.9%
- Electronics Revolutionary Apply all Electronics Technologies. 2.7%
- Unchained Apply all product replacement Technologies. 2.7%
- Power Broker Complete 10 Assignments for Emem Buhari. 2.7%
- Among Friends Apply all Joint Ventures Technologies. 2.6%
- Entertainment Pioneers Choose a special corporation name. 2.6%
- Island Hopper Settle all islands in Greentide Archipelago. 2.5%
- Changed My Mind Spend 100,000 credits demolishing buildings. 2.5%
- On the Lookout Complete 10 Assignments for May Tian. 2.5%
- There Will Be Cake Choose a special corporation name. 2.5%
- Cyborg Developer Apply all Biotech Technologies. 2.4%
- Weightless Industry Apply all Heavy Industry Technologies. 2.4%
- Energy Optimizer Apply all Energy Technologies. 2.4%
- The Micromanager From Above Apply the Orbital Warehouses and the Control System Overclocking Technologies. 2.4%
- Human Batteries Apply the Robotic Workforce and the Kinetic Micro-Generator Technologies. 2.4%
- Counter-Terrorists Win! Defeat 10 Invasions on Veteran difficulty. 2.4%
- Good Fellows Complete 10 Assignments for Nic Papadakis. 2.4%
- Mingling Manager Foil 10 of Virgil Drake's plans. 2.4%
- A.I. Pioneers Choose a special corporation name. 2.4%
- Eden's End Construct 10 Drilling Rigs in Vanha Plains. 2.4%
- Station Commander Gain an Expertise balance of 1200. 2.3%
- Copycat Choose a special corporation name. 2.3%
- Narcissist Construct the Veteran Statue. 2.1%
- The Hague Called Use any destructive special action on one of your cities. 2.0%
- No Pressure Complete the Lunar Licensing Program on Veteran difficulty in under 10 hours according to the corporation playtime. 1.9%
- Council Matters Vote 10 times. 1.9%
- Heir of the ANNOkrat Reach a population of 1.000.000 over all sectors in hard mode. 1.9%
- Cosmic Radiation Complete 5 Solar Flare Counter Measures. 1.8%
- What's That Smell? Construct 10 Musk-ox Ranches in Vanha Plains. 1.8%
- Machine city Settle an island with 101,010 Synthetics and no other employees. 1.7%
- Updating Firewall Complete 5 Hacker Attack Counter Measures. 1.7%
- Outsider Appeal Complete 10 Assignments for Ville Jorgensen. 1.4%
- War Hero Clear all basic Crisis Sectors on all difficulty levels. 1.4%
- Polar Survivor Complete 5 Polar Night Counter Measures. 1.3%
- Dominium Terrae Use Geoengineering 50 times with one corporation. 1.2%
- Counter Revolutionist Complete 10 Assignments for Zandra Haynes. 1.2%
- Don't Expect Thanks Complete 10 Assignments for Dr. Howard Young. 1.2%
- Urban Gardening Complete 5 Smog Counter Measures. 1.1%
- Chief Architect Construct 10,000 buildings. 1.1%
- Hedgehopper Complete 10 Assignments for your Vanha Plains employees. 1.1%
- Margin Call Have 13 active world market routes. 1.0%
- The Old School Reach a population of 2,000,000 on Veteran difficulty. 1.0%
- Fully Automated Have a credit balance of +10,000 without any employees. 0.8%
- The Spy Who Loved Her Vote 10 times for May Tian. 0.8%
- Evolutionary Leap Have 4,000,000 Synthetics on Veteran difficulty 0.7%
- Interior Decorator Construct each ornamental building at least once. 0.7%
- Scientific Consultant Vote 10 times for Dr. Eleanor Hofwegen. 0.7%
- Power Struggles Vote 10 times for Aidan Bhargava. 0.7%
- The Establishment Vote 10 times for Luca Volodin. 0.7%
- Feed the World Vote 10 times for Emem Buhari. 0.7%
- Part of the System Take bribes 20 times. 0.7%
- Incorruptible Refuse bribes 20 times. 0.7%