ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Give it 15 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 35h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 34% 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 9,634 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 180 reviews: 21.6h for positive, 10.2h 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 (33.7% 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 (93)
story milestone ending side
- Ad Astra! Play for 10 turns 100%
- Getting Schooled Level up a Hero to level 10 68%
- Lean and Mean Build 100 improvements in your entire Empire 64%
- Trial and Error Build 250 improvements in your entire Empire 53%
- Cultural Assimilation Envelop another empire's system in your Influence Area - by FreeMarket 52%
- Alien & Eve Colonize a Garden of Eden - by groovytadpole 50%
- Graduation Day Level up a Hero to level 20 44%
- Galactic Gourmet Build 500 improvements in your entire Empire 43%
- Massively Mass Production Have 1 system which produces more than 1 000 industry 34%
- Labs and Fabs Have 1 system which produces more than 1 000 science 34%
- Harvester Have 1 system which produces more than 1 000 food 31%
- Cash Cow Have 1 system which produces more than 1 000 dust 29%
- Marco Polo with Tentacles Have a Trade Route with every other system in the galaxy - by Nosferatiel 28%
- Bigger Is Better Win an Expansion Victory 26%
- Tired Feet Travel 10 000 parsecs in all your games 26%
- A Fistful of Dust Hire the Endless Hero 26%
- Hammer of Fate Destroy 5 enemy fleets within a turn 25%
- Just Warming Up Win a game in Normal or higher difficulty against AI 25%
- Dice with the Universe Win a Science Victory 24%
- Bow Before Me! Win a Supremacy Victory 24%
- Heroic Patience Play for 1 000 turns 23%
- Trick Shooter Use every fleet targeting option 23%
- Filling in the Blank Spaces Unlock the whole Exploration & Expansion tech tree in a single game 22%
- Feel the Glory Win a Wonder Victory 21%
- There's No Place Like Home Terraform a planet to your home planet type - by EvilTactician 21%
- One Big Happy Family Unlock the whole Diplomacy & Trading tech tree in a single game 21%
- Checking out the Neighborhood Explore 25% of a huge galaxy in less than 25 turns 21%
- Power and Profit! Win with the United Empire 21%
- Maybe It Does Buy Happiness Win an Economic Victory 20%
- Do You Feel Lucky Today? Unlock the whole Galactic Warfare tech tree in a single game 20%
- Indistinguishable from Magic Unlock the whole Applied Sciences tech tree in a single game 19%
- Numbers. They Don't Lie. Win a Score Victory 19%
- There's no Taste Like Home As Cravers, have your home planet not depleted at turn 80, without having lost your home system 18%
- Diplomanic Win a Diplomatic Victory 18%
- Science. It Works. Win with the Sophons 17%
- Strove, Sought, Found, Did Not Yield Win a game in Hard or higher difficulty against AI 16%
- The Truth is Way Out There Explore 75% of a huge galaxy in less than 40 turns 15%
- Harmonized! Win with the Amoeba 15%
- I Did It My Way Win with a Custom Faction 15%
- One Galaxy at a Time Win with the Horatio 15%
- Faith and the Future Win with the Pilgrims 15%
- Dangerous Shepherds Win with the Automatons 15%
- Victory to the Strong Win with the Hissho 15%
- What's for Dessert? Win with the Cravers 15%
- Barely Broke a Sweat Win a game in Serious or higher difficulty against AI 14%
- Answered the Calling Win with the Sowers 14%
- Galactic Sardines As Horatio, own 10 tiny planets with at least 10 population 14%
- Piece of (True) Cake Win a game in Impossible or higher difficulty against AI 14%
- Not Independence Day Win a Supremacy Victory with the Cravers 14%
- The Learner Is Now the Master Win a game in "Endless" difficulty against AI 13%
- Cake² Clone Galdos AI - by Adder 13%
- Big Bag of Tricks Use every Battle Action of a Hero at least once 12%
- The Way of Harmony As Amoeba, win a game without building any ships containing weapons 12%
- Silent Running As Automaton, have 10 systems with the max FIDS bonus from Orbital Platforms 12%
- Bushidissimo As Hissho, build 1 000 ships on systems with Wargame Center while Bushido is active 12%
- Galactic Grindstone Destroy 10 fleets within a turn 11%
- Spreading the Word As Pilgrims, colonize a system with a Fleet Errant containing Factories of the Faithful 11%
- The Holy Terra Build every Improvement in your home system - by Divine_Moments_of_Truth 11%
- Meeting of the Minds As Sophon, receive 30 technologies from others and give at least 30 technologies to others in a single game 10%
- It's All Mine(d)! As United Empire or Sheredyn, own at least 20 deposits of one of the Strategic Resources in a single game 10%
- Leading by a Nose Be the faction with the highest score at turn 25 playing on hard or higher difficulty 9.8%
- Three Little Pigs Kill 10 troops with collateral damage 9.2%
- Primus Inter Pares Be the faction with the highest score at turn 50 playing on hard or higher difficulty 9.2%
- There Can Be Only One Be the only remaining empire in a game with 8 starting empires - by Monthar 8.9%
- Cleansing the Galaxy As the Harmony, purify 10 systems in a game 8.9%
- Cleaning Spree Win with the Harmony 8.6%
- Galactic Gambler Win with a Random Faction 8.3%
- Back to Nature Destroy 50 improvements via Bombardment 8.3%
- Scourge of the Galaxy Destroy 15 fleets within a turn 8.0%
- Women and Children First Kill 50 populations via Bombardment 8.0%
- Using the Tools Use every fleet formation 7.7%
- To Boldly Go Explore 100% of a huge galaxy in less than 50 turns 7.7%
- Giving the Orders Win with the Sheredyn 7.7%
- Are We There Yet? Travel 100 000 parsecs in all your games 7.7%
- Primus Inter Imperatores Be the faction with the highest score at turn 100 playing on impossible or higher difficulty 7.4%
- Down but Not Out Create a Custom Faction with 0 points or less and win a game with it 7.4%
- Too Busy to Eat As Sowers, win a game without building any Food improvement 7.1%
- Against All Odds Create a Custom Faction with -100 points or less and win a game with it 7.1%
- Endless Pwnage Create a Custom Faction with -195 points or less and win a game with it 7.1%
- Getting Dirty Successfully carry out 5 land invasions during the same turn 7.1%
- Praise to the Endless Win with an Expansion Victory with the Sowers when you have the Endless Hero 6.8%
- Immortal Bard Hire the two romantically involved heroes, the spy and the general, in the same game. 6.5%
- That Took How Many Parsecs? Travel 1 000 000 parsecs in all your games 6.5%
- Endless Gamer Play for 10 000 turns 6.2%
- Heartless Destroy 10 colony ships using Battle Stasis 5.9%
- Don't Even Think About It Create a custom faction with -195 points or less, and win a game with it on Endless difficulty 5.9%
- Slapping the Mosquitos Destroy 50 Fighters and Bombers 5.9%
- Offensive Defense Kill 50 troops with collateral damage 5.6%
- Endless Day …the galaxy as the Archivist, Emlek Tarosh, fulfills its duty. 5.3%
- Checkmate Win a Supremacy Victory by capturing 4 home worlds within the same turn 5.3%
- Stomp the Ants Destroy 200 Fighters and Bombers 5.3%
- Valley of Death Kill 200 troops with collateral damage 5.0%
- Pigeon Shoot Destroy 500 Fighters and Bombers 5.0%