F1® Manager 2022
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 85% 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 10,785 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 56.4h for positive, 19.3h 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 (85.3% 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 (26)
story milestone ending side
- Race Strategist Assign a race strategy. 100%
- To Finish First, First You Must Finish Complete your first Grand Prix. 95%
- Fits Like A Glove Fit a car part to your car. 93%
- On The Board Score your first championship point. 85%
- High Roller Achieve a sponsor guarantee. 83%
- Designer Design a car part. 76%
- Regulator Vote on a regulation change. 76%
- Facility Expansion Build or upgrade a facility. 76%
- Eye For Talent Scout a driver or staff member. 70%
- Settling In Complete 5 Grands Prix in one career. 68%
- Done Deal Sign a contract with a driver or staff member. 67%
- Paddock Regular Complete 10 Grands Prix in one career. 56%
- Top Step Win a Grand Prix. 56%
- Forward Thinker Complete a car part research project for next season. 55%
- Pole Position Qualify in pole position. 47%
- First Of Many Complete a full season. 43%
- El Plan Achieve the board's season target. 40%
- Another One Finish on the podium 10 times in one career. 35%
- Had Your Porridge Win 10 Grands Prix in one career. 27%
- Visionary Achieve a long-term board objective. 27%
- Drivers' Champion Win the Drivers' Championship. 22%
- Constructors' Champion Win the Constructors' Championship. 20%
- State Of The Art Upgrade your design centre to the maximum level. 14%
- All Hands On Deck Have 18 engineers assigned to projects at the same time. 11%
- Driving Master Have a driver with 100 in any performance rating. 8.7%
- Well-Oiled Machine Have your pit crew reach 100 in any performance rating. 4.2%