When does Roboquest get good?

Hooks you almost right away. In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

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Roboquest

Nov 7, 2023 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Hooks you almost right away

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

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 83% of owners

Steam reviews 95% positive of 24,529

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
83% 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 24,730 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20.6h for positive, 11.5h 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 (82.6% 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 (86)

story milestone ending side

Damage Dealer (Bronze) Deal 10,000 damage. 100%
Log Collector (Bronze) Retrieve 1 Data-Log. 93%
Haven 8 Complete Chapter 1. 92%
Robo-Regulator (Bronze) Take down 500 enemies. 89%
Spare Some Change? Give Powercells to Wallstreet Slim. 85%
Commando Unlock the Commando. 85%
Powercell Gatherer (Bronze) Gather 50 Powercells. 84%
Ranger Unlock the Ranger. 83%
Wrench Picker (Bronze) Gather 50 Wrenches. 83%
Party Bus Jump with the Hoverbus in the Loading Screen. 79%
Nest of Corruption Discover a Corrupted level. 79%
Inspector Gadget (Bronze) Unlock 1 Gadget. 77%
Boss Punisher (Bronze) Take down 5 Bosses. 72%
Engineer Unlock the Engineer. 72%
Damage Dealer (Silver) Deal 500,000 damage. 70%
Taking it Back! Complete Chapter 2. 67%
Recon Unlock the Recon. 66%
Crystal Claimer (Bronze) Claim 1 Power Crystal. 65%
Energy Wallet Spend at least 40 Powercells in a single run. 62%
Boss Punisher (Silver) Take down 10 Bosses. 61%
Damage Dealer (Gold) Deal 1,000,000 damage. 60%
Shovel Knight Find and pick up The Shovel. 58%
Moonwalker Complete Chapter 3. 57%
My Little Buddy Find and pick up Buddybot. 57%
Easy Peasy Take down a boss without taking damage. 57%
Wrench Picker (Silver) Gather 250 Wrenches. 56%
Legen... wait for it... dary! Equip a Fantastic weapon. 56%
Mamma Mia Perform 5 Headbonks in a row without landing. 56%
Meet my Brobot Join a Brobot's game. 55%
What's That Lever For? Activate the lever in the Excavation Site. 55%
Waaaaarp Zone! Find and travel through the Portal. 55%
Boss Punisher (Gold) Take down 15 Bosses. 54%
Robo-Regulator (Silver) Take down 5,000 enemies. 54%
Special Delivery Take down at least 3 different enemies with a single Rocket. 52%
Field Mechanic Reboot your Brobot. 49%
Log Collector (Silver) Retrieve 20 Data-Logs. 48%
Reboot Finish the game. 47%
Crystal Claimer (Silver) Claim 3 Power Crystals. 46%
Inspector Gadget (Silver) Unlock 5 Gadgets. 45%
Oopsie... Trigger Billy Boom's explosion. 43%
Pimp my Buddy Upgrade Buddybot to a Fantastic weapon. 43%
Wrench Picker (Gold) Gather 500 Wrenches. 39%
Powercell Gatherer (Silver) Gather 1,000 Powercells. 38%
Robo-Regulator (Gold) Take down 10,000 enemies. 36%
Bazaar Best Friend Have at least 15 Items equipped at once during a run. 36%
Elementalist Unlock the Elementalist. 34%
For the Swarm! Have at least 5 friends deployed at once as the Engineer. 32%
It's Gonna be a Looong Journey Get knocked out in the Canyons. 31%
Crystal Claimer (Gold) Claim 6 Power Crystals. 31%
Sushi Master Take down at least 3 different enemies in a single Dagger hit. 29%
Master Gambler Win the Wonka Bar gamble. 28%
Science Above All! Finish the game as the Engineer. 27%
Muscle +4000 Reach level 15 in a run. 26%
Bot Skewer Deal more than 1,000 damage with a single Javelin. 25%
The Power of Friendship Finish the game with a Brobot. 25%
The Last Bastion Finish the game as the Guardian. 24%
Perfect Run Finish the game with rank S average. 24%
Home Sweet Home Craft all Basecamp upgrades. 23%
Booyakasha Finish the game as the Commando. 22%
Powercell Gatherer (Gold) Gather 2,000 Powercells. 22%
Faster Than Light Reach the maximum Movement Speed bonus. 21%
The Long Hunt Finish the game as the Ranger. 21%
Fast and Furious Finish the game as the Recon. 20%
Just in Time Defuse the bomb within the last second. 19%
Captain Mc Slice Find and pick up Captain Mc Slice. 19%
Ammo Belt Reach +75% bonus Ammo in a run as the Guardian. 18%
Elementary Finish the game as the Elementalist. 18%
Inspector Gadget (Gold) Unlock 11 Gadgets. 17%
Portal Online! Repair the Endless Mode portal. 16%
Log Collector (Gold) Retrieve 51 Data-Logs. 15%
Butlers Never Die Reboot Alfred Beauregard. 15%
Best Buddy Forever Finish the game with Buddybot equipped. 14%
Superbot Unlock Superbot. 14%
Confrérie du Croissant Change the game language to French. 14%
Endless Journey Get knocked out in the Endless Mode. 12%
Final Flash Deal more than 1,000 damage with a single Comet. 12%
Revenge Finish the game as Superbot. 9.1%
Iron Maiden Reach the maximum Armor bonus. 8.7%
Hardened Guardian Finish the game on Guardian 4 difficulty. 7.0%
Overperked Have 5 Perks active at once. 6.2%
Hero Landing Hit 5 enemies with a single Hero Cape stomp as Superbot. 6.2%
Whack-A-Mole Take down Diggy Mole using the Bonk Hammer. 5.9%
Ultimate Guardian Finish the game on Guardian 4 difficulty with rank S average. 5.2%
BOOSTER! Gain a Booster. 4.8%
Evolution Have 6 Singularities active simultaneously. 4.6%
Gotta Catch' Em All Complete the Museum. 2.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.