ActionAdventureSimulation
Starsand
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 66% positive of 1,275
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (22%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- Only 59% 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 1,284 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 12.9h for positive, 3.5h 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 (59.4% 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 (27)
- One day and one night Survive 1 day in the desert 100%
- A start in the sand Complete the tutorial 82%
- Been there, done death Experience death for the first time 80%
- Ranger of the sand Ride a camel 46%
- OFF! Repel the swarm of flies with a torch 36%
- Pathfinder Place 10 markers or turrets on the map 28%
- Tomb raider Explore the pyramid 26%
- Lamb’s bread Cut down 20 canapa plants 25%
- Dive-bomb Get a running go and jump in the water from a height 21%
- First credo Find the credits stele 21%
- Gear up! Wear the Gods Suit 21%
- Cartographer Find all locations 20%
- Water is life Find all oasis 16%
- Historian Find all Chronicles 13%
- Ready to fight Wear every piece of armor 11%
- Vegan Survive a week without eating animals 11%
- Massacre Kill 35 aliens 11%
- Curiosone Check what lies at the bottom of the lake 11%
- FuriousDrink Drink too much water 7.1%
- Gift from the Gods Make it rain 6.9%
- Minestrone Cook all the recipes 5.9%
- A date with destiny Follow your destiny through the portal 4.9%
- Home alone Kill 15 aliens using traps 4.2%
- Blow them up Kill 3 aliens with a single explosion 3.9%
- Peacemaker Kill 60 aliens with the Seeder rifle 3.9%
- Torch bearer Burn the nest 3.7%
- 1001 scarabian finds Find all kinds of beetles 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.