When does Endzone - A World Apart get good?

Give it 10 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (14%). Fully opens up by hour 20.

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Endzone - A World Apart

Mar 18, 2021 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 10 hours

Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 45% of owners

Steam reviews 77% positive of 10,065

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
Fully opens up by hour 20.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 45% 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 10,146 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 11.1h for positive, 7h 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 (45.1% 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 (69)

story milestone ending side

Glimmer of Hope Survival Mode: Have 50 settlers in one session. 100%
And yet we Stand Survival Mode: Survive your first drought. 95%
Into the wild Survival Mode: Survive until season 30. 85%
Just a Sip! Survival Mode: Store 5.000 water in your settlement during one session. 84%
Just a Snack! Survival Mode: Store 5.000 food in your settlement during one session. 83%
Surviving 101 Survival Mode: Have 101 settlers in one session. 81%
Ruins Of Old Survival Mode: Guide an expedition to an old ruin and bring your explorers back home. 66%
A new Beginning Survival Mode: Survive until season 50. 66%
A True Gyver Survival Mode: Have a hunting lodge, a field, a plantation, a fishing hut, a gathering hut, a water tower, a boardwalk, a well and a rain collector. 63%
It's Over 9000! Survival Mode: Store 10.000 water in your settlement during one session. 59%
Give Tomorrow a reason! Survival Mode: Over 300 children were born in one session. 59%
Industrialist Survival Mode: Have more than 40 production buildings. 56%
Let there be Light Survival Mode: Enable Electricity in your settlement. 54%
Knowledge is Power! Survival Mode: Educate 200 settlers on one session. 50%
An apple a day keeps the doc away! Survival Mode: Cure 100 settlers in one session! 46%
La Grande Bouffe Survival Mode: Store 10.000 food in your settlement during one session. 46%
Is this Sparta? Survival Mode: Have 300 settlers in one session. 45%
Raiders of the lost scrap. Survival Mode: Collect 10.000 scrap in one session. 44%
Graduation! Finish the main tutorial and graduate from the survival boot camp. 43%
Lumberjack of all trades Survival Mode: Collect 10.000 wood in one session. 42%
There goes a Century Survival Mode: Survive until season 100. 41%
Made of Stone! Survival Mode: Survive 6 sandstorms in one session! 38%
3.6 roentgen. Not bad, not terrible! Survival Mode: Successfully sent an expedition to the nuclear power plant. 34%
Stuck in Peter Pan! Survival Mode: Have more children than adults. 32%
Our Pioneers Survival Mode: Find & Build the Pioneer statue. 30%
Windcatcher Survival Mode: Have 10 working Wind Turbines in one session. 29%
What was that? Survival Mode: Beat your first Raider encounter. 29%
A New Challenge! Survival Mode: Have 400 settlers in one session. 29%
Against All Odds Survival Mode: Survive until season 150. 29%
What to do with the drunken survivor? Survival Mode: Brew 1000 ales in one session! 28%
Liquidator Survival Mode: Produce 200 units of Decontamination Kits in one session. 25%
No stone left unturned! Survival Mode: Find all Research utensils in one session. 25%
Never Forget! Survival Mode: Find & Build the Memorial. 24%
Pills Here! Survival Mode: Produce or find 500 iodine tablets in one session. 24%
A Growing Civilization Survival Mode: Have 600 settlers in one session. 22%
Once upon a crime Survival Mode: Roll 1000 joints in one session! 21%
Pet Lover Survival Mode: Run at least 5 Pastures in one session. 20%
We will survive! Survival Mode: Survive until season 200. 20%
A Wholesome Meal Survival Mode: Produce 10000 units of stew in one session. 20%
Relaxation Survival Mode: Find & Build the Pergola. 19%
Let's see what sticks Survival Mode: Have 3 working Scrap Catchers in one session. 19%
Nicola, is that you?! Survival Mode: Have 30 buildings generating power in one session. 18%
The cake is NOT a Lie! Survival Mode: Produce 10000 units of cake in one session. 18%
Everyone's Darling Survival Mode: Have every trader highly satisfied in one session. 17%
Mistakes were made! Survival Mode: Lose 200 settlers of starvation or thirst in one session. 17%
A True Salesperson! Survival Mode: Complete 30 trades successfully in one session. 16%
A Shining Example! Survival Mode: Have 1000 settlers in one session. 15%
Well Prepared! Survival Mode: Construct 10 wells in one session. 14%
Location! Location! Location! Survival Mode: Have a building with a local attractiveness of at least 100. 14%
Praise the Sun! Survival Mode: Have 10 working Solar Collectors in one session. 12%
Arche Noah Survival Mode: Have at least a pair of every animal type in one session. 11%
It’s a trap! Survival Mode: Have at least 50 blockades in one session. 8.0%
A green Thumb Survival Mode: Have 15 working irrigators in one session. 6.4%
Scenario: The Bet Complete the "The Bet" scenario. 5.8%
A Force to be Reckoned with! Survival Mode: Beat 10 Raider encounters in one session. 5.1%
Scenario: The Long Summer Complete "The Long Summer" scenario. 4.9%
Scenario: A New Hope Complete "A New Hope" scenario. 4.4%
Shut up and take my money! Survival Mode: Pay tribute to every raider in one session. 4.4%
Scenario: Bleak Times Complete the "Bleak Times" scenario. 4.2%
Scenario: Desert Flower Complete the "Desert Flower" scenario. 4.2%
Scenario: Garden Eden Complete the "Garden Eden" scenario. 3.8%
Scenario: Rome wasn't built in a day Complete "Rome wasn't built in a day" scenario. 3.3%
A gifted Student Complete all available tutorials. 3.1%
Scenario: Shared Suffering Complete "Shared Suffering" scenario. 3.1%
Scenario: Rainy Season Complete the "Rainy Season" scenario. 2.9%
I just don't Care! Survival Mode: Successfully complete 10 bad deals in one session. 2.9%
Nah, maybe not! Survival Mode: Cancel 20 expeditions in one game session. 2.4%
Scenario: Hunter and Hunted Complete the "Hunter and Hunted" scenario. 2.4%
Master of Disaster Complete all available scenarios. 1.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.