When does FOUNDRY get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%). Fully opens up by hour 20.

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FOUNDRY

May 2, 2024 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

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

Started playing 26% of owners

Steam reviews 81% positive of 3,982

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
Fully opens up by hour 20.
The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 26% 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 4,016 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 276 reviews: 50h 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 (25.8% 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 (81)

story milestone ending side

Crisis Signal Finish researching Emergency Beacon. 100%
Honor The Basics I Create 1.000 Xenoferrite Plates. 93%
Rod Factory I Create 1.000 Technum Rods. 91%
Operational Recovery Complete the emergency repairs on the space station. 91%
Expansion, Block By Block I Create 1.000 Building Blocks. 86%
Fundamental Insight Expand your knowledge by unlocking the second Science Pack. 78%
Hot Stuff Place 10 Small Smelters. 74%
Revenue Protocol: Initiated Achieve 1.000 in lifetime earnings. 67%
Logistics Mastery I Create 1.000 Belts of any tier. 67%
Honor The Basics II Create 10.000 Xenoferrite Plates. 67%
Rod Factory II Create 10.000 Technum Rods. 64%
Communications Online Repair the antenna on the space station. 63%
Expansion, Block By Block II Create 10.000 Building Blocks. 59%
Transit Core Create 1.000 Transport Bots. 55%
Logistics Mastery II Create 5.000 Belts of any tier. 54%
Integrity Restored Complete the general repairs on the space station. 54%
Assembly Required Place 20 Assemblers of any tier. 52%
Advanced Theory Expand your knowledge by unlocking the third Science Pack. 49%
Let There Be Lights Finish the Quest Lights. 47%
Logistics Mastery III Create 10.000 Belts of any tier. 45%
Secure Storage Unit Upgrade the Firmarlite Vault on the space station. 37%
Unexpected Heat Event Tested a robots heat shield. 36%
A Robot's Best Friend Everyone deserves a pet every now and then. 36%
Honor The Basics III Create 100.000 Xenoferrite Plates. 36%
The Long Haul Place 2500 Belts of any tier. 35%
Research Division Online Finish building the R&D Lab on the space station. 33%
Rod Factory III Create 100.000 Technum Rods. 32%
Market Authorization Finish the Quest Planetary Sales. 31%
Volcanic Depths Finish the Quest Lava Caves. 30%
Molten Infrastructure Place 50 smelters of any type. 30%
Advanced Hull Engineering Complete the structural improvements on the space station. 30%
Quantum Hypothesis Expand your knowledge by unlocking the fourth Science Pack. 29%
Industrial Foundations Finish researching Construction Industry. 28%
Vacuum Cycle Create 1.000 Vacuum Bots. 28%
Electronic Fabrication I Create 1.000 Circuit Boards. 26%
Economic Breakthrough Achieve 1.000.000 in lifetime earnings. 24%
Reactor Online Finish the basic repairs on the space station reactor. 24%
Flow Motion Place 1.000 Pipes. 23%
Crushing Protocols Place 50 Crushers of any tier. 23%
Electronic Fabrication II Create 10.000 Circuit Boards. 22%
Directed Energy Platform Install the Orbital Laser on the space station. 21%
Singularity Proof Expand your knowledge by unlocking the fifth Science Pack. 19%
Maximum Array Output Install a lot of solar panels on the space station. 19%
Automated Throughput Finish researching Assembly Lines. 19%
Outer Shell Augmentation Complete the hull expansion on the space station. 19%
Titan Hauler Create 1.000 Heavy Duty Transport Bots. 19%
Planetary Dominance Have market dominance on one planet. 19%
Lumen Unit Create 1.000 Light Bots. 18%
Mechanized Fabrication I Create 1.000 Robot Parts. 16%
Processor Fabrication I Create 100 CPUs. 15%
Nutrient Dispenser Create 1.000 Snack Bots. 15%
Broadcast Uplink Finish the Quest Radio Tower. 15%
Processor Fabrication II Create 1.000 CPUs. 14%
Mechanized Fabrication II Create 10.000 Robot Parts. 12%
Processor Fabrication III Create 5.000 CPUs. 11%
Maintenance Subroutine Create 1.000 Maintenance Drones. 10%
Visor Unit Create 1.000 Screen Bots. 10%
The Machine Age Finish researching all types of Drones, Bots and Robots. 8.9%
Drillframe Create 1.000 Mining Drones. 8.5%
Operational Assistant Create 1.000 Operator Bots. 7.8%
Seed Protocol Create 1.000 Planter Drones. 7.8%
Machines Build Machines Place 250 Assemblers of any tier. 7.8%
Interplanetary Supremacy Have market dominance on ten planets. 6.6%
Research Adjunct Create 1.000 Science Assistant Drones. 6.2%
Driftline Carrier Create 1.000 Transport Drones 6.2%
Sanitation Protocol Create 1.000 Cleaning Bots. 5.8%
Drone Of War Create 1.000 Combat Drones. 4.7%
Companion Protocol Create 1.000 Personal Assistant Robots. 4.7%
Resource Optimization Finish researching Mining Efficiency 10 times. 4.3%
Extraction Protocols Finish researching Pumpjack Efficiency 10 times. 3.9%
Core Digger Create 1.000 Miner Robots. 3.5%
Cognibot Create 1.000 Science Robots. 3.1%
AgriCore Create 1.000 Farmer Robots. 2.7%
Iron Sentinel Create 1.000 Combat Robots. 2.7%
Operations Director Create 1.000 Operator Robots. 2.3%
Aqua Freight Create 1.000 Aquatic Hauling Bots. 2.3%
Hydro Genesis Create 1.000 Hydro-Farming Bots. 1.9%
Hydro Extractor Create 1.000 Hydro-Mining Bots. 1.9%
Abyss Diver Create 1.000 Marine Exploration Bots. 1.9%
Corporate Dominion Achieve 1.000.000.000 in lifetime earnings. 1.9%
Galactic Monopoly Have market dominance on 100 planets. 0.8%

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