To The Core
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (38%); after 7h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 46% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The end” (beat the game): only 46% of starters get there.
- 98% 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 5,245 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 11.4h for positive, 10.3h 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 (98.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The end beat the game Most players quit here 46% −54
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (19)
story milestone ending side
- Good at following directions complete the tutorial 100%
- Vision 1 unlocked buy the vision 1 upgrade 94%
- Money, money, money!!! get 1 million coins 92%
- New beginning Prestige for the first time 91%
- Break 1000 blocks Break 1000 blocks in the milestone 89%
- Vision 2 unlocked buy the vision 2 upgrade 79%
- 1 billion dollars get 1 billion coins 78%
- Break 100K blocks Break 100K blocks in the milestone 77%
- 10 cores prestige 10 times 74%
- Vision 3 unlocked buy the vision 3 upgrade 73%
- Great investment get 1 trillion coins 73%
- This will impact the economy get 1 quadrillion coins 68%
- Vision 4 unlocked buy the vision 4 upgrade 68%
- 50 cores prestige 50 times 66%
- Vision 5 unlocked buy the vision 5 upgrade 62%
- Break 1M blocks Break 1M blocks in the milestone 60%
- The end beat the game 46%
- 500 cores prestige 500 times 27%
- Break 10M blocks Break 10M blocks in the milestone 7.0%