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shapez 2 - Factory
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 2h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 35% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 15,491
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 10 reviews are negative (10%); after 10h it's 1 in 40 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 91% of games we track.
- 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 15,617 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 18.2h for positive, 7.6h 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 (34.5% 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 (83)
story milestone ending side
- Shapeshifter I Deliver 1,000 shapes to the Vortex 100%
- Shapeshifter II Deliver 10,000 shapes to the Vortex 85%
- Certified Earn your operator license 76%
- Architecture Save a blueprint 62%
- Shapeshifter III Deliver 100,000 shapes to the Vortex 53%
- Stience Spend 5,000 research credits 48%
- I need Trains Have 500 space belts 43%
- Copy-Pasta Place a blueprint with 1,000 or more structures 40%
- Player Unlock 10 achievements 37%
- Choo Choo Have 3 locomotives 35%
- Promotion Reach Operator Level 10 34%
- Assembly Line Have 100 machine platforms 29%
- Specialist Reach level 10 on any operator shape 28%
- Feed 'em All Unlock all Vortex inputs 26%
- Faster Unlock maximum speed 25%
- Shapeshifter IV Deliver 1,000,000 shapes to the Vortex 25%
- Master of Logistics Have more than 2,000 rails 25%
- Hyperdrive Upgrade trains to their maximum speed 24%
- Scutoid Spend 50,000 research credits 24%
- Milky Way Have 2,000 space belts 23%
- Ranma Have 100 swappers 21%
- Rodriguez Have 100 bent stackers 21%
- Career Reach Operator Level 50 19%
- Serious Unlock 25 achievements 18%
- These boots are made for walking Travel over 200km away from the center 18%
- Gauge Have 23 locomotives 17%
- Min-Maxer Reach level 20 on any operator shape 17%
- Richard Sanchez Spend 150,000 research credits 17%
- Van Damme Have 100 T-splitters 15%
- Emerging Operator Deliver more than 300 valid shapes per second to the Vortex 14%
- Lift Off Launch a trading rocket in the Manufacture mode 14%
- Apollo 13 Launch 13 trading rockets in the Manufacture mode 13%
- Marathon Reach Operator Level 100 13%
- Simulate the Simulation Place a simulated machine 13%
- What happens to the Driver? Deliver more than 2,500 valid shapes in under five seconds to the Vortex 12%
- Peak Reach level 30 on any operator shape 11%
- Space Program Launch 100 trading rockets in the Manufacture mode 10%
- I'm gonna be Reach milestone 9 in any Classic mode scenario 9.3%
- The Logo! Deliver the shapez 2 logo to the Vortex 8.1%
- CPU Have more than 1,000 wires 7.5%
- Can't Stop Reach Operator Level 250 7.5%
- Factory Day Have 1,000 machine platforms 7.5%
- Yellow Bug Deliver 5,000 Yellow Bug shapes in Classic - Regular 7.5%
- Captain Future Unlock all milestones and shop items 7.0%
- Space Route 66 Launch 1,000 trading rockets in the Manufacture mode 7.0%
- Railroader Have 100 locomotives 6.7%
- Third Legacy Deliver 5,000 Third Legacy shapes in Classic - Regular 6.4%
- Acceptance Complete milestone 4 in Manufacture mode 6.1%
- 3.50 Own 35,000 blueprint credits 4.1%
- It's Piling Up Own 200,000 blueprint credits 3.5%
- Searching Complete milestone 6 in Manufacture mode 3.5%
- MAMmon Reach level 10 or higher on any random operator shape 3.2%
- Trading Empire Launch 100 trading rockets per minute in the Manufacture mode 3.2%
- Rich Rich Rich Own 1,000,000 blueprint credits 2.9%
- Lucky number Slevin Reach milestone 7 in Classic - Hard or Classic - Insane 2.6%
- Mecha Bot Deliver 2,000 Mecha Bot shapes in Classic - Hard 2.6%
- MAMmoth Reach level 25 or higher on any random operator shape 2.3%
- Whale Spend 1,000,000 blueprint credits in total 2.3%
- Achiever Unlock 50 achievements 2.0%
- Hope Complete milestone 9 in Manufacture mode 2.0%
- As you Wish Reach milestone 5 in 'Challenge' difficulty. 1.7%
- Level Base Reach level 5 on all operator shapes 1.7%
- Let's Game It Out Build a conveyor belt with a length of 1024 or more 1.7%
- MAMma Reach level 50 or higher on any random operator shape 1.7%
- Captivity Device Deliver 500 Captivity Device shapes in Classic - Hard 1.4%
- Devils Deliver 5,000 Devils shapes in Classic - Hard 1.4%
- Jack of All Trades Reach level 10 on all operator shapes 1.4%
- Shelled Trooper Deliver 5,000 Shelled Trooper shapes in Classic - Hard 1.4%
- Excellency Reach level 15 on all operator shapes 1.2%
- We're so Back Rebuild and launch your Vortex platform in Manufacture mode 1.2%
- Hexagons are Bestagons Reach milestone 6 in Classic - Hexagonal 0.9%
- Life is pain, Highness. Reach milestone 6 in Classic - Insane 0.9%
- Alien Deliver 2,000 Alien shapes in Classic - Insane 0.6%
- Galactic Lotus Deliver 2,000 Galactic Lotus shapes in Classic - Hexagonal 0.6%
- Hextangles Deliver 1,000 Hextangles shapes in Classic - Hexagonal 0.6%
- Primitive Parasite Deliver 2,000 Primitive Parasite shapes in Classic - Insane 0.6%
- Robot Deliver 2,000 Robot shapes in Classic - Insane 0.6%
- Toxic Blooming Deliver 1,000 Toxic Blooming shapes in Classic - Hexagonal 0.6%
- A Space Odyssey Launch 2,001 Vortex platforms in the Manufacture mode 0.3%
- Break It 'Til You Make It Deliver 2,000 Break It 'Til You Make It shapes in Classic - Insane 0.3%
- Frost Companion Deliver 2,000 Frost Companion shapes in Classic - Hexagonal 0.3%
- Good Luck on This One Deliver 2,000 Good Luck on This One shapes in Classic - Insane 0.3%
- Platinum Unlock all achievements 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.