When does Starblast get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 15h it's 1 in 6 (16%). Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.

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Starblast

Nov 8, 2017 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 74% of owners

Steam reviews 81% positive of 1,121

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 15h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
74% 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 1,126 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 46h for positive, 29.5h 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 (74.2% 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 (27)

First kill Make a kill in the game 100%
Leader First victory in team mode 73%
Aggressive Make 5 kills without dying 69%
Good fellow Contributed 5000 gems to station 62%
Dangerous Make 10 kills without dying 53%
Killer Make 100 kills in the game 49%
Lieutenant Get one maxed tier 5 in survival mode 42%
Commander Get one maxed tier 6 in survival mode 39%
Captain Get one tier 7 in survival mode 35%
Assassin Make 500 kills in the game 31%
Awesome fellow Contributed 50000 gems to stations 31%
Deadly Make 25 kills without dying 29%
Survivor First victory in survival mode 25%
War Lord Make 1000 kills in the game 25%
Competitor Win your first round in deathmatch mode 24%
Squadron Leader 50 victories in team mode 11%
Lethal Make 50 kills without dying 10%
War God Make 5000 kills in the game 10%
Admiral 100 victories in team mode 7.1%
Fleet Admiral 250 victories in team mode 3.4%
Champion 100 victories in deathmatch 2.4%
Invincible Make 100 kills without dying 1.6%
Great Survivor 50 victories in survival mode 1.6%
Master 500 victories in deathmatch 0.7%
Lord Survivor 100 victories in survival mode 0.7%
Legend 1000 victories in deathmatch 0.3%
God Survivor 500 victories in survival mode 0.1%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.