The Sandbox

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 582 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 1.8h 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 (78.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (42)

• Unlocker Get 7 elements or more. 100%
• Big Unlocker Get 15 elements or more. 100%
• Master Unlocker Get 30 elements. 100%
• Pixel amateur Pour more than 1000 units on screen 81%
• Big spender Pour more than 5000 units on screen 67%
• Pixel artist Pour more than 10000 units on screen 58%
• Ecology destroyer Spill oil in the sea. 56%
• Firestarter Create more than 10000 fire pixels across different game sessions 41%
• Doctor Release 4000 pixels of Virus or Antivirus 40%
• Oil Refinery Create more than 4000 oil units. 38%
• Not the usual player Play more than 3 hours 34%
• Initial Player Finish the "Initial Story" Campaign 34%
• Afraid of the dark Use 1000 bulb or bright units. 29%
• Cloner Use 1000 multi units 27%
• Extreme player Play more than 5 hours 24%
• Demolitions Expert Blow up more than 15000 gas units. 22%
• Cook Use 800 Heater pixels. 21%
• Fridge Use 800 Cooler pixels. 21%
• Pyro Burn a forest of 15 trees 19%
• Ecology Player Finish the "Ecology" Campaign 18%
• Lonely Player Finish the "Lonely Human" Campaign 17%
• User Play for 2 days in a row. 16%
• Jurassic Player Finish the "Dinosaurs" Campaign 13%
• Metal Player Finish the "Robocalypse" Campaign 13%
• Technical Player Finish the "Contraptions" Campaign 13%
• Zombie Player Finish the "Zombie Attack" Campaign 13%
• Retro Gamer Finish the "Retro Gaming" Campaign 13%
• Community Player #2 Finish the "User-Created 2" Campaign 12%
• Futuristic Player Finish the "Lasers & Pipes" Campaign 11%
• Community Player Finish the "User Made" Campaign 11%
• Ninja Player Finish the "Shinobi" Campaign 11%
• Artistic Player Finish the "Pixel Art" Campaign 9.5%
• Space Player Finish the "Holy Space" Campaign 9.0%
• Musician! Finish the "Music" Campaign 8.7%
• Tester Put at least one pixel of each Element on screen at the same time 8.5%
• Ecology defender Plant more than 300 trees across different game sessions 5.5%
• Power User Play for 4 days in a row. 4.6%
• Extreme User Play for 8 days in a row. 2.4%
• Addicted User Play for 12 days in a row. 2.2%
• Mix Vol.1 Player Finish the "Mix Vol.1" Campaign 2.0%
• Farmer Player Finish the "Farm Life" Campaign 2.0%
• Mix Vol.2 Player Finish the "Mix Vol.2" Campaign 2.0%