When does Satellite Reign get good?

Give it 15 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%). Fully opens up by hour 20.

How many players finish Satellite Reign?

8% of players who start reach the ending.

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Satellite Reign

Aug 27, 2015 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 15 hours

Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 8% of players who started

Started playing 62% of owners

Steam reviews 71% positive of 5,379

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
Fully opens up by hour 20.
The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
8% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “Enter the Industrial area”: only 17% of starters get there.
Only 62% 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 5,371 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 29.3h for positive, 4h 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 (61.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Enter the Industrial area Enter the Industrial area Most players quit here 17% −83
Enter The Grid Enter The Grid 15% −2
Enter the CBD Enter the CBD 11% −4
Enter Dracogenics Enter Dracogenics 8% −2
Fire the CEO With extreme prejudice. 8%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (40)

story milestone ending side

First Blood Killed a Corp Soldier 100%
Downtown Pacifist Make it to Downtown without getting blood on your hands 48%
5 Stealth Kills in a row Kills in a row without being seen being suspicious 30%
10 Stealth Kills in a row Kills in a row without being seen being suspicious 20%
Enter the Industrial area Enter the Industrial area 17%
Easy Money: Downtown Place a syphon on every ATM in the Downtown District 16%
Enter The Grid Enter The Grid 15%
15 Stealth Kills in a row Kills in a row without being seen being suspicious 15%
Industrial Pacifist Make it to the Industrial District without getting blood on your hands 14%
Science, bitch! Acquire ten scientists 14%
Grid Pacifist Make it to The Grid without getting blood on your hands 13%
Easy Money: Grid Place a syphon on every ATM in the Grid District 12%
Easy Money: Industrial Place a syphon on every ATM in the Industrial District 11%
Enter the CBD Enter the CBD 11%
Cold War Kill 100 Uzy Korps 10%
CBD Pacifist Make it to the CBD without getting blood on your hands 9.2%
Easy Money: CBD Place a syphon on every ATM in the CBD 9.1%
Script Kiddie: Downtown Access all data terminals in the Downtown District 8.9%
Holy War Kill 100 Eternals 8.9%
Master of Coin Place a syphon on every ATM in the city 8.6%
Enter Dracogenics Enter Dracogenics 8.4%
Fire the CEO With extreme prejudice. 8.1%
I know Kung Fu 50 Melee Kills 7.6%
100 Kills By Hijacked Use Hijacked to kill 100 Enemies 7.1%
Invisible Death Kill 20 enemies while cloaked 6.6%
Dracogenics Pacifist Make it to the Dracogenics district without getting blood on your hands 6.0%
Script Kiddie: Grid Access all data terminals in the Grid District 4.9%
Script Kiddie: Industrial Access all data terminals in the Industrial District 4.9%
No Big Brother: Tutorial Destroy all cameras in the Tutorial 4.5%
10 Kills One Explosion Get 10 kills with a single explosion 4.5%
Script Kiddie: CBD Access all data terminals in the CBD 4.2%
Key Logger Access all data terminals in the city 4.0%
Fish in a Barrel Kill 100 Civilians 4.0%
Infinite Lives Find and capture all 5 Lives devs for cloning 3.6%
No More Lives Found and killed all 5 Lives devs 3.6%
No Big Brother: CBD Destroy all CCTV cameras in the CBD 3.6%
No Big Brother: Downtown Destroy all CCTV cameras in Downtown 3.6%
No Big Brother: Dracogenics Destroy all CCTV cameras in the final boss area 3.6%
No Big Brother: Grid Destroy all CCTV cameras in the Grid District 3.6%
No Big Brother: Industrial Destroy all CCTV cameras in the Industrial District 3.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.