CryoFall
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- 4% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Escape!” (Complete the game): only 4% of starters get there.
- Only 67% 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 6,512 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 32.5h for positive, 14.4h 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 (66.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Escape! Complete the game. Most players quit here 4% −96
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (52)
story milestone ending side
- Skill user Unlock any character skill. 100%
- T1 technologies Complete all Tier 1 technologies. 76%
- Herbal remedy Craft and use herbal remedy. 71%
- Ruin explorer Visit and explore old ruins. 63%
- Master herbalist Collect all herb types. 47%
- Event - Meteorite drop Participate in the event. 44%
- Steam power Build steam generator. 43%
- Clean air Equip respirator. 42%
- Event - Space debris Participate in the event. 40%
- Event - Psi grove Participate in the event. 39%
- Advanced tools Craft all steel tools. 33%
- Oil processing Build oil refinery. 32%
- Lithium extraction Build advanced lithium extractor. 29%
- T2 technologies Complete all Tier 2 technologies. 29%
- Drone mining Use drones for mining. 29%
- Mechanized transportation Build vehicle assembly bay. 28%
- Pragmium miner Mine a pragmium spire ;) 27%
- Oil extraction Build advanced oil pump. 27%
- Electric smelting Build electric furnace. 27%
- Environmental protection suit Equip A.P.A.R.T. suit. 22%
- Event - Floater migration Participate in the event. 21%
- Mineral processing Build mineral processing plant. 21%
- T3 technologies Complete all Tier 3 technologies. 20%
- Event - Thumper migration Participate in the event. 19%
- T5 technologies Complete all Tier 5 technologies. 18%
- T4 technologies Complete all Tier 4 technologies. 17%
- Advanced night vision Equip advanced night vision device. 17%
- Super protection Equip super heavy armor. 16%
- Mutants Kill all mutated animals. 16%
- Cybernetics Build medical station. 15%
- Oil cracking Build oil cracking plant. 15%
- Hazardous materials Equip hazmat suit. 15%
- Medkit Craft and use a medkit. 14%
- Quest master Complete all quests. 12%
- Completionist - Loot Find all loot! 12%
- Event - Blue Glider Participate in the event. 11%
- Pragmium protection Equip pragmium armor. 11%
- Hunter Find and hunt all creatures. 11%
- Stimpack Craft and use a stimpack. 8.4%
- Completionist - Creatures Defeat all creatures! 8.1%
- Pragmium Queen Defeat Pragmium Queen! 7.8%
- Sand Tyrant Defeat Sand Tyrant! 7.2%
- Teleportation Find all teleport locations. 6.3%
- Resonance mining Craft and use pragmium hammer. 5.7%
- Completionist - Fish Catch all fish! 5.2%
- Coin minting Mint some coins. 4.6%
- Completionist - Food Try all food! 4.3%
- Harvest Harvest all crop types. 4.3%
- Skill master Unlock all character skills. 4.2%
- Escape! Complete the game. 3.7%
- Royal attire Equip full set of gold armor. 3.4%
- Completionist - Events Participate in all events! 3.3%