When does Juno: New Origins get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

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Juno: New Origins

Jan 26, 2023 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

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

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 44% of owners

Steam reviews 89% positive of 3,562

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 44% 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 3,580 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 16.9h for positive, 7.2h 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 (44.2% 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 (99)

story milestone ending side

Space Race Leave the atmosphere of Droo for the first time. 100%
Playing in the Sandbox Launch a craft in a sandbox game. 91%
Backyard Scientist Unlock the 'Backyard Scientist' tech tree node. 84%
First Contract Complete your first contract. 83%
First Customer Meet customer Buck Marshall. 71%
Milestones Tier 1 Complete any 3 of the tier 1 milestones. 62%
First Orbit Achieve orbit around a celestial body for the first time. 61%
RC Enthusiast Unlock the 'RC Enthusiast' tech tree node. 57%
Milestones Tier 2 Complete any 3 of the tier 2 milestones. 44%
Aerospace Pioneer Complete a combined total of 10 milestone tiers. 43%
Test Pilot Download a craft from JunoNewOrigins.com. 41%
Getting Started Complete the career intro tutorial. 36%
Getting Into It Successfully complete 10 contracts. 33%
Paint Job Give your craft a custom paint job. 33%
The Professor Meet customer Professor von Pricklespac. 31%
Hobbyist Unlock a total of 10 tech tree nodes. 30%
Millionaire Earn your first million in cash in career mode. 29%
Discover Juno Enter the SOI of Juno. 27%
According to plan Perform an automated planned burn. 27%
A Complex Puzzle Launch a craft with more than 1000 parts. 27%
Automation Create a flight program. 26%
Discover Luna Enter the SOI of Luna. 24%
Discover Brigo Enter the SOI of Brigo. 24%
Going Broke Go into debt in career mode. 22%
Planet Crafter Create a new celestial body in Planet Studio. 22%
Pretend That Didn't Happen Use quickload to undo all your mistakes. 20%
Milestones Tier 3 Complete any 3 of the tier 3 milestones. 20%
Spacewalk Go on a spacewalk. 18%
I Don't Need Instructions Decline a designer tutorial in career mode. 18%
Military Funding Meet customer Chuck Schafer. 17%
Voyager Obtain a hyperbolic trajectory out of the Juno system. 17%
Aerospace Trailblazer Complete a combined total of 25 milestone tiers. 15%
Land On Luna Land on the surface of Luna. 13%
Land On Brigo Land on the surface of Brigo. 13%
Mission Control Have 20 or more resumable active crafts at any time. 11%
Contractual Obligations Have 5 or more contracts active at once. 11%
Discover Cylero Enter the SOI of Cylero. 11%
Tech Tier 2 Unlock all tier 2 tech nodes. 9.5%
Discover T.T. Enter the SOI of T.T. 9.3%
There Are Other Worlds Create a Sandbox game using a non-stock planetary system. 9.0%
Welcome Aboard Dock with another craft in space. 8.6%
Light This Candle Leave an astronaut sitting in a rocket on the launch pad for several hours before attempting to lift off. 8.6%
Discover Tydos Enter the SOI of Tydos. 8.4%
Engineer Unlock a total of 25 tech tree nodes. 8.1%
Milestones Tier 4 Complete any 3 of the tier 4 milestones. 7.9%
High Profile Company Meet customer Evelyn Shotwell. 7.7%
First Landmark Discover a landmark for the first time. 7.5%
Indecisive Accumulate 250+ unspent tech points and have two or more locked tech nodes. 7.2%
Billionaire Earn your first billion in cash in career mode. 7.0%
Discover Sergeaa Enter the SOI of Sergeaa. 7.0%
Icarus Fly too close to the sun. 6.6%
Land On T.T. Land on the surface of T.T. 6.6%
A Thousand Words Take a picture for your photo library. 6.6%
We're Only In It For The Money Successfully complete the same contract 10 or more times. 6.1%
Land On Cylero Land on the surface of Cylero. 5.9%
Aerospace Legend Complete a combined total of 50 milestone tiers. 5.9%
Discover Urados Enter the SOI of Urados. 5.4%
Discover Vulco Enter the SOI of Vulco. 5.2%
Heavy Lifter Launch a craft with 27 engines in its first stage. 5.0%
One Giant Leap Walk on the surface of Luna with an astronaut from Droo. 5.0%
Discover Niobe Enter the SOI of Niobe. 4.3%
Military Base Unlock all launch locations at the ALI military base. 4.1%
Discover Nebra Enter the SOI of Nebra. 3.6%
Discover Herma Enter the SOI of Herma. 3.4%
Discover Orcus Enter the SOI of Orcus. 2.9%
Land On Niobe Land on the surface of Niobe. 2.9%
Land On Sergeaa Land on the surface of Sergeaa. 2.9%
Milestones Tier 5 Complete any 3 of the tier 5 milestones. 2.9%
Rocket Scientist Unlock a total of 50 tech tree nodes. 2.9%
Tech Tier 3 Unlock all tier 3 tech nodes. 2.7%
Discover Taurus Enter the SOI of Taurus. 2.5%
Land On Herma Land on the surface of Herma. 2.5%
Discover Boreas Enter the SOI of Boreas. 2.3%
Discover Handrew's Comet Enter the SOI of Handrew's Comet. 2.3%
Discover Miros Enter the SOI of Miros. 2.3%
Discover Oord Enter the SOI of Oord. 2.0%
Land On Nebra Land on the surface of Nebra. 2.0%
Land On Vulco Land on the surface of Vulco. 2.0%
Community Effort Download a sandbox from JunoNewOrigins.com. 2.0%
Lunar Launch Base Unlock all launch locations on Luna. 1.8%
Discover Jastrus Enter the SOI of Jastrus. 1.8%
Land On Orcus Land on the surface of Orcus. 1.8%
Land On Taurus Land on the surface of Taurus. 1.8%
That's Not How Physics Work Make a ship have 0 mass and launch it. 1.8%
Tech Tier 4 Unlock all tier 4 tech nodes. 1.8%
The Wandering Graveyard Get in range of Cladh. 1.6%
Discover Hypatchion Enter the SOI of Hypatchion. 1.6%
Land On Boreas Land on the surface of Boreas. 1.6%
Land On Handrew's Comet Land on the surface of Handrew's Comet. 1.6%
Land on Oord Land on the surface of Oord. 1.6%
Explorer Discover every landmark on Droo. 1.6%
Droo Space Center Unlock all launch locations at the Droo Space Center. 1.4%
Land On Jastrus Land on the surface of Jastrus. 1.4%
Land On Miros Land on the surface of Miros. 1.4%
Tech Tier 5 Unlock all tier 5 tech nodes. 1.4%
Tech Tier 6 Unlock all tier 6 tech nodes. 1.4%
Deep Red Stains Touch Cladh. 1.1%
Land On Hypatchion Land on the surface of Hypatchion. 1.1%
You're Just Getting Greedy Earn your first trillion in cash in career mode. 0.7%

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