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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 4h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- At least 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- 87% 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 4,162 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.6h for positive, 3.1h 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 (87.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- For Science! Reach an ending as Emmet. ≥33% −67
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Don't Panic! Make it to the shuttle before nuclear impact. 100%
- Space Colonization Crash land on a planet. 82%
- Friendzone Make a friend. 78%
- Hello World Fix the communicator console after landing. 76%
- Space Engineer Upgrade a system. 67%
- Tinkerer Upgrade an item. 66%
- Dust to Dust Perish on a planet. 60%
- Across The Stars Find a soulmate. 48%
- Crafty Craft 10 items. 47%
- All Seats Taken Rescue three crewmates from the station during one playthrough. 40%
- Meet the Petersons Befriend the unlikely neighbors. 36%
- For Science! Reach an ending as Emmet. 33%
- KIA And you thought you were safe. 31%
- Space Explorer Go on 10 successful expeditions. 25%
- Eco-Shuttle Recycle 10 items. 24%
- Stay Cool Die in space. 22%
- Et tu, Astrocitizen? Discover a traitor. 21%
- Mutiny in making Make an enemy. 19%
- Hands Full Collect each item from the station at least once. 19%
- Gold Medalist Reach an ending as Deedee. 17%
- No Man Left Behind Reach any ending with a full crew. 16%
- Fix-It Felix Repair 10 items. 14%
- Non-Fiction Reach an ending as Tom. 13%
- Intergalactic Breakup Dump your soulmate for someone else. 12%
- Extreme Makeover Upgrade all shuttle systems (across multiple playthroughs). 11%
- First of April Reach an ending as April. 11%
- Second Life Reach an ending as Baby. 10%
- Axel jump in space! Told you it was an achievement. 10%
- Flawless Maegangement Reach an ending as Maegan. 9.5%
- The Improvinator Upgrade all items (across multiple playthroughs). 9.2%
- 2018: A Soup Odyssey Collect 111 cans of soup from the station. 7.0%
- Bovine Domain Visit all locations on Mootopia. 4.7%
- Space Selfie Share a memory from the shuttle with the world. 4.6%
- That's No Moon! Visit all locations on Robotofu. 4.5%
- The Last Supper Enjoy the last meal before the job. 4.4%
- Feels like home Visit all locations on Phobonos. 3.7%
- Bingpot! Reach personal goals for every captain. 3.6%
- AAARGH! Become a space monster's dinner. 3.3%
- No Ticket Out the airlock with you. 3.0%
- Small Step Complete 6 Missions successfully. 2.5%
- Giant Leap Fulfill all objectives in 6 different Missions. 2.1%
- Unidentified Flying Offspring Reach all endings featuring the UFO. 1.3%
- Liberté, Égalité, Félinité Reach all endings featuring Captain Félicette. 1.3%
- Man's best comrade Reach all endings featuring Commissar Laika. 1.3%