shapez
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 90% of owners got the first achievement.
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 16,175 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 14.2h for positive, 4h 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 (90.5% 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 (45)
story milestone ending side
- Cutter Cut a shape 100%
- Oops Deliver a shape which is not the goal, nor relevant for any upgrade to the hub 95%
- Rotater Rotate a shape 89%
- Painter Paint a shape 78%
- Get rid of them Have 1000 shapes trashed 69%
- Getting into it Play one savegame for more than 1 hour 65%
- Wait, they stack? Stack a shape 53%
- Now it's easy Place a blueprint 37%
- My eyes no longer hurt Activate the dark mode 32%
- It's been a long time Play one savegame for more than 10 hours 29%
- Storage Store a shape in the storage 26%
- Stack overflow Produce a shape with 4 layers 26%
- It's piling up Have 100k blueprint shapes stored in your hub 21%
- I need trains Have a belt with a length of 500 tiles 20%
- Addicted Play one savegame for more than 20 hours 19%
- Faster Have all upgrades on tier 5 or higher 19%
- Perfectionist Destroy more than 1000 objects at once 18%
- The logo! Produce the shapez.io logo 18%
- Wires Complete level 20, unlocking the wires layer 16%
- Memories from the past Produce the old level 17 shape 16%
- The next dimension Open the wires layer 16%
- Even faster Have all upgrades on tier 8 or higher 12%
- Copy-Pasta Place a blueprint with 1000 or more buildings 11%
- To the moon Produce the rocket shape 9.7%
- Branding specialist 1 Deliver 25 logo shapes / second to your hub 9.2%
- Efficiency 1 Deliver 25 blueprints shapes / second to your hub 9.1%
- Preparing to launch Deliver 10 rocket shapes / second to your hub 9.1%
- I'll use it later Have 1 million blueprint shapes stored in your hub 7.7%
- GPS Have 15 map markers 7.2%
- Freedom Complete level 26, unlocking the free play mode 7.0%
- SpaceY Deliver 20 rocket shapes / second to your hub 6.5%
- It's a mess Have 100 different shapes stored in your hub 6.3%
- Efficiency 2 Deliver 50 blueprints shapes / second to your hub 5.4%
- Branding specialist 2 Deliver 50 logo shapes / second to your hub 5.3%
- Not an idle game Reach & complete level 12 in under 120 minutes 5.1%
- King of Inefficiency Use no inverse rotator until level 14 4.1%
- Computer Guy Have more than 5,000 wires 4.1%
- Can't stop Reach level 50 3.8%
- MAM (Make Anything Machine) Complete any level (after level 26) without modifying your factory 3.8%
- Is this the end? Reach level 100 3.0%
- A bit early? Create the logo shape before level 18 2.4%
- I've seen that before .. Produce RgRyRbRr 2.4%
- It's so slow Reach & Complete level 12 without upgrading your belts 2.1%
- Speedrun Novice Reach & complete level 12 in under 60 minutes 1.7%
- Speedrun Master Reach & complete level 12 in under 30 minutes 1.1%