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ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 955
What the data shows
- 86% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (88%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 87% of games we track.
- Only 59% 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 961 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 1.9h for positive, 1h 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 (58.7% 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 (20)
- Scorpion Find the Scorpion that appears in battle! 100%
- Dual Fighter Form a Dual Fighter! 77%
- Stingray Find the stingray that appears in battle! 56%
- Enemy Fighter Shoot down a red captured Fighter! 54%
- Stage 10 Reached Reach Stage 10 and view the stage emblem! 34%
- Dragonfly Find the Dragonfly that appears in battle! 26%
- Galboss Find the Galboss that appears in battle! 24%
- Escape Artist Escape from a Boss Galaga's tractor beam! 19%
- Stage 20 Reached Reach Stage 20 and view the stage emblem! 7.2%
- Mosquito Find the Mosquito that appears in battle! 7.2%
- Ace Pilot Get a 70% or higher hit rate on Stage 10 or above! 6.8%
- Stage 15 Perfect Get a Perfect Bonus on the Stage 15 Challenging Stage! 5.5%
- Stage 30 Reached Reach Stage 30 and view the stage emblem! 3.9%
- Blue Spaceship Find the Blue Spaceship that appears in battle! 3.7%
- Stage 11 Perfect Get a Perfect Bonus on the Stage 11 Challenging Stage! 3.6%
- Stage 19 Perfect Get a Perfect Bonus on the Stage 19 Challenging Stage! 3.6%
- Single Perfect Without forming a Dual Fighter, get a Perfect Bonus on a certain Challenging Stage! 3.1%
- Stage 23 Perfect Get a Perfect Bonus on the Stage 23 Challenging Stage! 2.6%
- Stage 27 Perfect Get a Perfect Bonus on the Stage 27 Challenging Stage! 2.4%
- Stage 31 Perfect Get a Perfect Bonus on the Stage 31 Challenging Stage! 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.