Planet Explorers
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Old and Sick” (Complete Escort Mission) and “The Forest”: from 100% to 52% of starters.
- Only 14% 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 6,823 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 28.9h for positive, 7.9h 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 (14.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Old and Sick Complete Escort Mission 100%
- The Forest Take over the mission The Forest Most players quit here 52% −48
- Rest in Piece Complete the mission Bury the Dead 41% −11
- The Barrens Complete the mission Into the Desert 31% −10
- Your Own Colony Complete the mission Set up a BaseCamp 35% +4
- World Peace Nuclear explosion 15% −20
- Newton Continental Complete the mission Finding Malik 14% −1
- Survive Complete the mission A World at War 13% −1
- Take a Flight Survive to the last minute 13%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (16)
story milestone ending side
- Old and Sick Complete Escort Mission 100%
- Follower First recruitment 77%
- The Forest Take over the mission The Forest 52%
- Rest in Piece Complete the mission Bury the Dead 41%
- Your Own Colony Complete the mission Set up a BaseCamp 35%
- The Barrens Complete the mission Into the Desert 31%
- Incredible Wealth Collect 1000 currency 30%
- Dung Beetle Collect 50 monster feces 28%
- Knight on the Monster First ride on the monster 20%
- World Peace Nuclear explosion 15%
- Newton Continental Complete the mission Finding Malik 14%
- Survive Complete the mission A World at War 13%
- Take a Flight Survive to the last minute 13%
- Planet Explorer Gain all the achievements 6.3%
- Destroy Everything Destroy all the towns 6.3%
- Peace Ambassador Achieve Cordial in each party 5.6%