IndieSimulationStrategy
Tin Can
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 18% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 1,365
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 3h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- Only 18% 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 1,381 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 5.8h for positive, 1.1h 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 (17.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (20)
- Asteroids Make it through the asteroid field 100%
- Bronze Finish 1 ranking Game 62%
- Ice Nebula Make it through the ice nebula 60%
- Wilson Wilson 60%
- A Little Step Manage to Survive 10 minutes in ranking 51%
- Electric Nebula Make it through the electric nebula 48%
- A Bigger Step Manage to survive 20 minutes in ranking 43%
- Master of Asteroids Make it through 5 asteroid fields in ranking 38%
- Star Surface Make it through the star event 36%
- Back to Earth Finish all rescue scenarios 34%
- Silver Survive 1 cumulated hours in ranking 21%
- Gold Survive 2 cumulated hours in ranking 13%
- Master of the Electric Nebula Make it through 5 electric nebulas 9.0%
- Immortal Finish all challenges 9.0%
- Master of Ice Nebula Make it through 5 ice nebulas in ranking 7.9%
- Master of the Star Make it through 5 stars 7.9%
- So Many Dumb Ways to Die Experience every possible death in Tin Can 7.3%
- Diamond Survive 5 cumulated hours in ranking 7.3%
- Back to Earth (Hardcore) Finish all rescue scenarios 5.6%
- Back to Earth (Peaceful) Finish all rescue scenarios 5.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.