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Deliver Us The Moon
The first 3 hours are a test
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 48% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 9,623
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 5h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- 48% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Fly Me To The Moon” (Bade farewell to our home planet) and “A Light At The End Of The Tunnel”: from 89% to 72% of starters.
- 91% 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 9,727 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.5h for positive, 5.2h 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 (90.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Fly Me To The Moon Bade farewell to our home planet. 89% −11
- A Light At The End Of The Tunnel Checked up on the MPT before safely escaping from a collapsing titan. Most players quit here 72% −17
- Remember Me Made your way through Copernicus Moonhub's lingering echoes. 61% −11
- Clearing The Way Ensured safe passage to the source of the MPT. 58% −3
- Once Upon A Time In The Void Checked all links in the MPT network's chain and started the journey to Tombaugh. 55% −2
- Delivered Us The Moon Stirred a sleeping giant, saved the world and reunited with an old friend, if only for a little while. 48% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- The First Of Many Courses Collected a piece of scannable information. 100%
- Learning To Listen Collected an audiolog. 95%
- Fly Me To The Moon Bade farewell to our home planet. 89%
- Environmental Analysis Part I Completed an astrotool dossier profile. 81%
- A Light At The End Of The Tunnel Checked up on the MPT before safely escaping from a collapsing titan. 72%
- The Witness Witnessed a hologram. 70%
- The Mechanic Found yourself a friend. 68%
- Twin Flames Realigned the MPT towers to return local power to Moonhub. 61%
- Remember Me Made your way through Copernicus Moonhub's lingering echoes. 61%
- Clearing The Way Ensured safe passage to the source of the MPT. 58%
- A Light In The Dark Restored local MPT power to a base long abandoned. 56%
- Once Upon A Time In The Void Checked all links in the MPT network's chain and started the journey to Tombaugh. 55%
- Lent Them Your Ears Collected all audiologs. 52%
- Environmental Analysis Part II Completed three astrotool dossier profiles. 50%
- Delivered Us The Moon Stirred a sleeping giant, saved the world and reunited with an old friend, if only for a little while. 48%
- Now You See Me Found the rhythm to a source of overwhelming power. 24%
- You Spin Me Right Round Right round like a record. 23%
- What We Do In Life, Echoes In Eternity Witnessed all holograms. 19%
- Gasping For Air Found oxygen when death seemed certain. 19%
- Environmental Analysis Part III Completed seven astrotool dossier profiles. 17%
- Cosmic Marveller Read all current entries of the Moonman comic series. 13%
- Houston, We've Had A Problem Forgot your training. 9.5%
- Among The Stars One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 8.1%
- Moonbear If only Kathy could have seen this. 7.8%
- Not A Scratch Remained unharmed during an electrictrifying standoff. 7.5%
- The Observer And The Observed Collected all scannable information. 5.9%
- Environmental Analysis Part IV Completed ten astrotool dossier profiles. 5.6%
- In The Nick Of Time Reached the Taurus V with only seconds to go. 5.4%
- The Aquanaut We all float down here. 4.6%
- Have A Seat Brought a seat outside to admire the view. 4.3%
- Stargazer Survived outside for 30 minutes. 4.2%
- Goodbye, Old Friend Took your companion cell on a trip that came to an untimely end. 4.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.