Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Act I Complete” (Complete Act I of the campaign) and “Act II Complete” (Complete Act II of the campaign): from 82% to 42% of starters.
- Only 53% 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 22,612 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 36h for positive, 9.3h 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 (53.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Act I Complete Complete Act I of the campaign 83% −17
- Act II Complete Complete Act II of the campaign Most players quit here 42% −40
- Act III Complete Complete Act III of the campaign 25% −17
- See you Space Cowboy Complete Career Mode 20% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- No Niños Complete the Tutorial 100%
- Breathe In… Breathe Out… Recharge O2 95%
- It’s Heating up! Receive Fire damage 94%
- Captured Killer of Caerbannog Collect a Bunny stuffed-animal 91%
- Let’s patch things up Use a suit patch kit 90%
- Act I Complete Complete Act I of the campaign 83%
- I can fix it! Repair a Tool 78%
- Critical Thinker Successfully salvage a Reactor 73%
- Post No Bills Collect a Poster 72%
- The Weight of the World Complete all Salvage Goals on a Atlas Class Ship 71%
- Always Finding Your Mark Complete all Salvage Goals on a Javelin Class Ship 69%
- Truly Shocking! Receive Electricity damage 65%
- Bing Bang BOOM Unlock Demo Charges 58%
- A successful procedure! Gain one repair level on the ship doctor 52%
- A drop in the Ocean Collect a Credit Drive 49%
- Gecko Go(al) Getter Complete all Salvage Goals on a Gecko Class Ship 46%
- Act II Complete Complete Act II of the campaign 42%
- A Tucked Tale Finding the Hidden Data Drive 40%
- I ain’t afraid of no Ghost Destroy an AI node 35%
- Breaking the Ice Receive Cold damage 35%
- The best thing money can buy Fully repay your debt 30%
- Solidarity Forever Fail 3 out of 5 salvage goals during industrial Action 27%
- Act III Complete Complete Act III of the campaign 25%
- See you Space Cowboy Complete Career Mode 20%
- Fire and Brimstone Read a message about the Furnace God 12%
- Ghost in the Ship Read the Machine God's message 9.8%
- Disagree and Commit Complete 3 out of 5 salvage goals during industrial Action 5.3%