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SONIC SUPERSTARS
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 30% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 68% positive of 3,971
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 7h it's almost 1 in 3 (29%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “BRIDGE ISLAND Completed” (Cleared all of BRIDGE ISLAND) and “SPEED JUNGLE Completed” (Cleared all of SPEED JUNGLE): from 97% to 77% of starters.
- 88% 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 4,018 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.4h for positive, 6.3h 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 (88.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- BRIDGE ISLAND Completed Cleared all of BRIDGE ISLAND. 97% −3
- SPEED JUNGLE Completed Cleared all of SPEED JUNGLE. Most players quit here 77% −20
- SKY TEMPLE Completed Cleared all of SKY TEMPLE. 69% −8
- PINBALL CARNIVAL Completed Cleared all of PINBALL CARNIVAL. 60% −8
- LAGOON CITY Completed Cleared all of LAGOON CITY. 54% −6
- SAND SANCTUARY Completed Cleared all of SAND SANCTUARY. 51% −3
- PRESS FACTORY Completed Cleared all of PRESS FACTORY. 46% −5
- GOLDEN CAPITAL Completed Cleared all of GOLDEN CAPITAL. 41% −5
- CYBER STATION Completed Cleared all of CYBER STATION. 38% −3
- FROZEN BASE Completed Cleared all of FROZEN BASE. 37% −1
- EGG FORTRESS Completed Cleared all of EGG FORTRESS. 30% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Charge! Used the Blue Emerald power "Avatar". 100%
- BRIDGE ISLAND Completed Cleared all of BRIDGE ISLAND. 97%
- Whirligig World Cleared 1 Bonus Stage. 80%
- Fire! Used the Red Emerald power "Bullet". 78%
- SPEED JUNGLE Completed Cleared all of SPEED JUNGLE. 77%
- SKY TEMPLE Completed Cleared all of SKY TEMPLE. 69%
- All-seeing Used the Purple Emerald power "Vision". 63%
- PINBALL CARNIVAL Completed Cleared all of PINBALL CARNIVAL. 60%
- LAGOON CITY Completed Cleared all of LAGOON CITY. 54%
- SAND SANCTUARY Completed Cleared all of SAND SANCTUARY. 51%
- Flow Like Water Used the Light Blue Emerald power "Water". 50%
- Fruity Frontier Cleared an ACT "Fruit". 49%
- Ring Collector Collected 200 or more Rings when clearing a Stage. 49%
- PRESS FACTORY Completed Cleared all of PRESS FACTORY. 46%
- Two Birds, One Stone Used the Goal Plate to reveal the hidden Item Box. 46%
- GOLDEN CAPITAL Completed Cleared all of GOLDEN CAPITAL. 41%
- CYBER STATION Completed Cleared all of CYBER STATION. 38%
- Vine Climb Used the Green Emerald power "Ivy". 38%
- FROZEN BASE Completed Cleared all of FROZEN BASE. 37%
- The Gentle Flow of Time Used the Yellow Emerald power "Slow". 35%
- Distinctive Flair Used the White Emerald power "Extra". 33%
- Supercharged Turned super using the 7 Chaos Emeralds. 32%
- EGG FORTRESS Completed Cleared all of EGG FORTRESS. 30%
- Buddy Bond Cleared a Stage with a friend. 27%
- Fruitful Endeavor Turned Lagoon City's Goal Plate into a pile of fruit. 18%
- Trip's Courage Cleared Trip's story. 9.5%
- Victory Fanfare Defeated the true boss. 8.7%
- Ring King Collected 10,000 Rings. 6.1%
- Zap Scrap Star Cleared Zap Scrap in Frozen Base without taking damage. 4.6%
- ACT "Fruit" Aficionado Collected 600 or more Rings from ACT "Fruit". 4.6%
- All in a Day's Work Defeated 1,000 enemies. 4.4%
- Medal Maestro Collected 100 Medals from Bonus Stages. 4.1%
- Heroic Blue Blur Used Sonic's Drop Dash to defeat 100 enemies. 3.5%
- Tenderhearted Hammer-wielder Used Amy's Hammer to defeat 100 enemies. 3.4%
- Crimson Guardian Used Knuckles' glide to defeat 100 enemies. 3.1%
- Aerial Takedown Artist Used Tails' aerial attack to defeat 100 enemies. 2.9%
- Prickly Protector Used Trip's double jump to defeat 100 enemies. 2.9%
- Gold Enemy Hunter Defeated the gold enemies in all Stages. 2.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.