IndieSimulationStrategy
Reshaping Mars
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 19% of players who started
Started playing 30% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 833
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 19% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Reshaping Mars” (You made it): only 19% of starters get there.
- Only 30% 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 839 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 21.4h for positive, 15.4h 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 (29.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Reshaping Mars You made it Most players quit here 19% −81
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- More People, More Power Complete mission: More Housing 100%
- Sky Shield Complete mission: Magnetic Shield 62%
- Desperate Measures Complete mission: Desperate Measures 59%
- Production Campaign Complete mission: Production Campaign 53%
- Let There Be Light ! Complete mission: Eternal Sunshine 52%
- Welcom To Mars Rescue all the stowaways 49%
- Veni, Vidi, Vici. Complete mission: Beat the Storm 44%
- Man Of Wealth In normal mode, the wealth of a single resident exceeds 10,000 43%
- Emergency Landing Complete mission: Emergency Landing 43%
- Solid Ground Complete mission: Soil Solidification 42%
- Luxurious Meal! Citizens eat 100 Luxurious Meal 38%
- Goodbye Martin Beat Locke Conglomerate 38%
- Study Hard A dweller learned to reach master level 38%
- I Can Breathe! Complete mission:Planet Atmosphere 36%
- Look Around Explore 10 regions 34%
- Going Deeper Go Through the Martian Core 33%
- "The Lord of the Rings" Complete mission:Mars Ring 32%
- Whos Your Daddy Beat Rampaging Mechanoids 31%
- Boooooom!!! Send one Massive Hydrogen Bomb to hell 31%
- To The Sky Launch a rocket 30%
- Smells Good! Complete mission: Organic Soil 30%
- Drink Less Resident consumed 1000 wine 29%
- Is It Red ? Complete mission: Martian Ocean 28%
- Make Some Impact Tug an asteroid to hit Mars 25%
- Safeguard Electric Supply Complete mission: Safeguard Electric Supply 25%
- Safeguard Water Supply Complete mission: Safeguard Water Supply 25%
- The Fireworks Successfully intercepted the nuclear bomb 23%
- Past Glory Find all the Previous Era Mars Probe 21%
- Some Martian Souvenirs Sell 100,000 money of goods 21%
- Bug Killer Destroy 10 Locust Hive 19%
- Reshaping Mars You made it 19%
- It's Green ! Complete mission: Planetary Terraforming 19%
- More People, More Power Base has 3000 inhabitants 18%
- Core Data Transfer a Martian Core Data 17%
- We're Closed Destroy all the Gates of Eden 16%
- Hand Slipped Dismantle Ship Reassembly RSC Plant before 2050 15%
- No Stowaways Refuse to rescue any stowaways 12%
- To The Pioneer Find 1st Generation Eco-Pod 11%
- Are You Happy Complete mission: Are You Happy 8.1%
- Reshaping Mars You made it. 6.8%
- Do Not Bother Me ! Beat the game in Production Mode. 6.1%
- Then Comes Light Suffered a nuclear strike 5.4%
- Mechanical Empire Complete the transformation of Mars in Mechanical Empire mode 3.7%
- ACE Guards In the resistance story line, successfully resisted the tide of attack. 3.4%
- Give It To Me! Annex Rampaging Mechanoids 3.1%
- Nature's Gift Resident eats 100 wild berries 2.7%
- A Piece Of Cake Resist 10 waves of bugs in Raging Bugs Mode 2.4%
- Mechanical Nemesis Eliminate all mechanical forces in the rise story line 2.0%
- Fireworks Accidentally blow up a fusion energy station 2.0%
- Self Reliance Complete the transformation of Mars in Self Reliance mode 1.7%
- Wilderness Ride Complete the transformation of Mars in Wilderness Ride mode 1.7%
- Rise in Entropy Beat the game in Entropy Mode. 1.4%
- Juicy Juicy~ Hatching a Mud Scum 1.4%
- Scorching Hell Geothermal Heat reached 2000 1.4%
- Underlying Power Complete the transformation of Mars in Underlying Power mode 1.4%
- Super Rich Complete the transformation of Mars in Super Rich mode 1.4%
- Emergency Purchasing Complete mission: Emergency Purchasing 1.4%
- Bug Master Resist 50 waves of bugs in Raging Bugs Mode 1.0%
- Blue Mars Sea level reached 7970 meters 1.0%
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Steam page Updated: 2026-10-30.