Strategy
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 38% of players who started
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 8,950
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Boneyard” (Completed Mission 2) and “Cape Wrath” (Completed Mission 3): from 90% to 76% of starters.
- 75% 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 8,964 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 13.2h for positive, 5.1h 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 (75.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Epsilon Base Completed Mission 1 100%
- The Boneyard Completed Mission 2 90% −10
- Cape Wrath Completed Mission 3 Most players quit here 76% −14
- Kalash Site Completed Mission 4 65% −11
- Kalash Wreck Completed Mission 5 58% −7
- Beladin Dune Sea Completed Mission 6 53% −5
- Gaalsien Base Completed Mission 7 49% −4
- Tombs of the Ancients Completed Mission 8 47% −2
- The Whispering Gallery Completed Mission 9 45% −2
- Khashar Approach Completed Mission 10 43% −2
- Khashar Plateau Completed Mission 11 42% −1
- Torin Crater Completed Mission 12 40% −1
- Khar-Toba Site Completed Mission 13 38% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Epsilon Base Completed Mission 1 100%
- Campaign Tutorial Completed Tutorial Mission 94%
- The Boneyard Completed Mission 2 90%
- Cape Wrath Completed Mission 3 76%
- Kalash Site Completed Mission 4 65%
- Kalash Wreck Completed Mission 5 58%
- Beladin Dune Sea Completed Mission 6 53%
- Gaalsien Base Completed Mission 7 49%
- Tombs of the Ancients Completed Mission 8 47%
- The Whispering Gallery Completed Mission 9 45%
- Khashar Approach Completed Mission 10 43%
- Khashar Plateau Completed Mission 11 42%
- Torin Crater Completed Mission 12 40%
- Khar-Toba Site Completed Mission 13 38%
- Expedition complete - Easy Completed the Expedition on Easy Difficulty 38%
- Expedition complete - Medium Completed the Expedition on Medium Difficulty 31%
- Are you classified as human? Completed the Expedition on Classic Difficulty 7.6%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Coalition Won 10 Carrier Annihilation games as Coalition 0.9%
- Multiplayer: 1v1 - Bronze Achieved Bronze in 1v1 Ranked Automatch 0.7%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Gaalsien Won 10 Carrier Annihilation games as Gaalsien 0.7%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Soban Won 10 Carrier Annihilation Games as Soban 0.7%
- Multiplayer: 2v2 - Bronze Achieved Bronze in 2v2 Ranked Automatch 0.5%
- Multiplayer: 3v3 - Bronze Achieved Bronze in 3v3 Ranked Automatch 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Annihilation Coalition Won 10 Annihilation games as Coalition 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Annihilation Gaalsien Won 10 Annihilation games as Gaalsien 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Annihilation Khaaneph Won 10 Annihilation games as Khaaneph 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Annihilation Soban Won 10 Annihilation games as Soban 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Master Coalition Won 100 Carrier Annihilation games as Coalition 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Master Gaalsien Won 100 Carrier Annihilation games as Gaalsien 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Khaaneph Won 10 Carrier Annihilation Games as Khaaneph 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Master Khaaneph Won 100 Carrier Annihilation Games as Khaaneph 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Carrier Annihilation Master Soban Won 100 Carrier Annihilation Games as Soban 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Coalition Won 10 Artifact Retrieval games as Coalition 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Master Coalition Won 100 Artifact Retrieval games as Coalition 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 50 Coalition Retrieved 50 Artifacts as Coalition 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 500 Coalition Retrieved 500 Artifacts as Coalition 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 50 Gaalsien Retrieved 50 Artifacts as Gaalsien 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 500 Gaalsien Retrieved 500 Artifacts as Gaalsien 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 50 Khaaneph Retrieved 50 Artifacts as Khaaneph 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 500 Khaaneph Retrieved 500 Artifacts as Khaaneph 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 50 Soban Retrieved 50 Artifacts as Soban 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Hunter 500 Soban Retrieved 500 Artifacts as Soban 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Gaalsien Won 10 Artifact Retrieval games as Gaalsien 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Master Gaalsien Won 100 Artifact Retrieval games as Gaalsien 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Khaaneph Won 10 Artifact Retrieval Games as Khaaneph 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Master Khaaneph Won 100 Artifact Retrieval Games as Khaaneph 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Soban Won 10 Artifact Retrieval Games as Soban 0.5%
- Multiplayer: Artifact Retrieval Master Soban Won 100 Artifact Retrieval Games as Soban 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.