Satisfactory
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 20h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 57% 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 282,201 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 85.5h for positive, 18.7h 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 (56.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- New fear unlocked Fix blown fuse. 100%
- Yoink! Gather a Power Slug. 100%
- Rock and stone! Place down a Portable Miner. 99%
- I'm sure these play a Critical Role Gather a Mercer Sphere. 89%
- Varied diet Gather all three types of edible flora. 81%
- Heal this, nature! Destroy 1000 foliage. 80%
- Mediocre pioneering Complete Phase 1 of the Space Elevator. 79%
- Oddly familiar Gather a Somersloop. 77%
- Wheeeee! Bounce on a Space Giraffe Tick Penguin Thing. 76%
- Do you want a medal? Complete the Onboarding process. 76%
- Commencing Project Assembly Build the Space Elevator. 75%
- Too fast, Too factory Move faster than 140 km/h. 72%
- Now where to spend it... Print out your first Coupon. 66%
- Spaghetti master Build 5 km of Conveyor Belts. 65%
- Master Chef Unlock your first alternate recipe. 64%
- Caught them all Gather all three Power Slug types. 64%
- Adequate pioneering Complete Phase 2 of the Space Elevator. 52%
- That was a close one Survive a fall on 1 health point. 51%
- Curiosity killed the cat... Complete a MAM research tree. 49%
- Establish dominance Hit a creature with a vehicle. 47%
- Bigger. Better. FICSIT. Build your first Manufacturer. 44%
- The floor is lava Avoid touching the ground for 30 minutes. 37%
- Thank you for the music Find and gather a Boombox tape in the world. 35%
- Pretty good pioneering Complete Phase 3 of the Space Elevator. 35%
- Are you sure that's coffee? Drink Coffee. 33%
- A Concrete Example Build 5000 Foundations. 32%
- Pipe dream Build 5 km of Pipelines. 32%
- Let's see what's out there Visit each starting area biome once. 30%
- All aboard! Set up a train schedule. 30%
- Look both ways next time Get knocked over by a vehicle. 29%
- Pioneer's best friend Tame a Lizard Doggo. 26%
- Railroad tycoon Build 5 km of Railway. 23%
- Wait, you can pet it? Pet the flying Manta. 23%
- Peak gameplay Reach the highest cliff in the world. 20%
- Efficient pioneering Complete Phase 4 of the Space Elevator. 17%
- What a thrill Reach the maximum world height. 16%
- No refunds Drive the Cyber Wagon. 12%
- Saved the Day, probably Complete Phase 5 of the Space Elevator and finish the game. 11%
- My skin feels itchy all of a sudden... Gather 50 Somersloops. 11%
- Consume Gather 150 Mercer Spheres. 10%
- Efficiency first Unlock all Milestones. 8.3%
- ...Satisfactory brought it back Complete all MAM research trees. 6.5%
- Data driven Gather 100 Hard Drives from Crash Sites. 5.6%
- Do you need that? Buy the Golden Nut Statue from the AWESOME Shop. 4.2%