AdventureSimulation
RoadCraft
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 75% positive of 16,543
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “When The Leeve Breaks” (Reconnect the town to the power plant) and “Please Hold” (Restore region communications): from 56% to 26% of starters.
- 95% 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 16,660 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 31.4h for positive, 15h 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 (94.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Shore Thing Reinforce the endangered shoreline 79% −21
- When The Leeve Breaks Reconnect the town to the power plant 56% −23
- Please Hold Restore region communications Most players quit here 26% −30
- All Mine Recover all mining equipment 21% −4
- Well Oiled Rehabilitate the region gas industry and logistics 10% −11
- Praise The Sun Relaunch region electricity production and research facility 10%
- Rectify Repair the region infrastructure and the dam 9%
- Ground Zero Investigate the geothermal plant failure 5% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Hand-me-down Receive your first Rusty vehicle 100%
- Shore Thing Reinforce the endangered shoreline 79%
- Paving The Way Build your first asphalt road 69%
- When The Leeve Breaks Reconnect the town to the power plant 56%
- I Know The Pieces Fit Have 250 vehicles successfully travel along the routes you've plotted 48%
- Patchwork Pave 1000 m2 of asphalt 46%
- Time to think Freefall 15m in a single leap 42%
- It Flows Pour 500 tons of sand 41%
- Easy rider Travel 100km in any vehicle 37%
- Open for business Restore the Construction Depot on Incommunicado 30%
- Woven Web Have 750 vehicles successfully travel along the routes you've plotted 29%
- Please Hold Restore region communications 26%
- All Mine Recover all mining equipment 21%
- Baller Purchase a Modern vehicle in every category 17%
- Baller on a budget Receive all Rusty vehicles 12%
- Digging for treasure Fully drain out all rewards from the route to the castle on Sunken 10%
- Well Oiled Rehabilitate the region gas industry and logistics 10%
- Dam Son Help a strange guy build his own dam on Deluge 9.9%
- Praise The Sun Relaunch region electricity production and research facility 9.5%
- Rectify Repair the region infrastructure and the dam 9.3%
- Business Time Purchase 25 Resources from Construction Depots 9.2%
- Spinner Construct 30 bridges 7.6%
- Slow Learner Flood your engine 10 times 7.1%
- Ground Zero Investigate the geothermal plant failure 5.0%
- Choo Choo Plot a route for vehicles across the railway bridge on Sunken and have them successfully cross it 4.5%
- In This Economy... Sell 50 Resources to Construction Depots 4.2%
- Jamais Vu Find a future reference on Deluge 4.1%
- Extra Mile Complete all Side Objectives (base game) 3.0%
- Serious business Do you hear a distant screaming? 3.0%
- Not In Vain Revisit the facilities you worked with on Aftermath 2.5%
- 01001110 01101001 01100011 01100101 Visit the Sabertooth island on Sunken 2.4%
- Lost Olympus You wanna rock?! 2.3%
- S.O.S. Find all the ships thrown ashore on Aftermath 1.7%
- Running late Perform an insane jump in jungle area on Sojourn 1.6%
- Juicin' Ruin the orange harvest on Sojourn 1.3%
- Well, then... Find a well with unusual properties on Sojourn 1.3%
- Wilhelm scream That sure was a leap 1.1%
- And Let The Whole World Wait Visit all rest spots on Deluge 0.8%
- Mood Ruin a beautiful thing on Kernel (you monster) 0.8%
- Caught sipping Feel the need to refuel? 0.8%
- Yep, these are geysers Thoroughly make sure all geysers are indeed geysers on Kernel 0.7%
- Growing Up Find and sell all Toy vehicles on one Save Slot 0.5%
- To Boldly Go Travel 5000 km in any vehicle 0.2%
- Witness me Complete all achievements 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.