CasualIndieSimulation
AirportSim
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 71% of owners
Steam reviews 68% positive of 1,702
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 7h it's 1 in 4 (28%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 71% 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 1,717 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 7.1h 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 (71.4% 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 (22)
- Meatball Walk in front of running engine 100%
- Peaceful Handler Finish unloading the luggage without opening a single bag 71%
- Perfect Stairs Alignment Connect stairs to the aircraft to achieve perfect score 54%
- Perfect Jetway Alignment Align Jetway to the aircraft to achieve perfect score 29%
- Did you forget something? Let the aircraft take off with opened flap 20%
- Reckless Driver Receive below 20 points for passenger comfort while driving shuttle bus 16%
- Fine, we'll do it ourselves! Don’t arrive on time to do marshalling 12%
- Flight Dispatcher Create your own scenario 7.4%
- You’re a wizard! Place the cone on the top of the cockpit B737 4.2%
- WOOSH! You are UNICORN now Place the cone on the top of the cockpit of A320 4.1%
- Pushback mastery Pushback 25 aircraft 2.5%
- Hitchhiker Let the aircraft depart with cone inside of the cargo hold 2.2%
- Just chew! Deliver 20 sets of catering to the aircraft 1.4%
- Collector Pick up 150 objects from destroyed luggage 0.4%
- Cone Mastery Place cones within 60 seconds from beginning of the task 0.3%
- Fast mover Achieve all ribbons in challenge scenario 0.3%
- Luggage Destroyer Destroy 100 pieces of luggage 0.3%
- Marathon Runner Sprint 42 195 meters 0.3%
- Marshall Mastery Marshall the aircraft into the stand and achieve perfect score 0.3%
- You Shall Not Pass!! Block taxiing aircraft 0.3%
- JET A1 Refuel 50 000 kg of fuel 0.3%
- Time out! You run out of time! 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.