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X Rebirth
Give it 35 hours
Gets good by 35h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 60h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 44% positive of 7,317
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (82%); after 60h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- Fully opens up by hour 60.
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “An Unexpected Lodger” (Have Yisha stay longer than you both expected) and “Gun Running” (Acquire weapons from Heart of Albion contact): from 100% to 48% 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 7,329 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 42.2h for positive, 7.7h 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 (74.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- An Unexpected Lodger Have Yisha stay longer than you both expected. 100%
- Gun Running Acquire weapons from Heart of Albion contact. Most players quit here 48% −52
- First Contact Make your first friends outside of Albion. 45% −3
- I'll Take That Reacquire your ships and crews. 28% −17
- One Less War Help forge a key alliance. 17% −10
- Mending the Split Transport an important dignitary on a diplomatic mission. 12% −5
- We Only Slowed Them Help take out key Xenon facilities. 11% −1
- Federation Agent Earn the Argon Secret Service Licence. 5% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- An Unexpected Lodger Have Yisha stay longer than you both expected. 100%
- Speed Freak Reach maximal boost speed in a highway. 94%
- Gun Running Acquire weapons from Heart of Albion contact. 48%
- First Contact Make your first friends outside of Albion. 45%
- Drop Box Use a Remote Transport Drone for express delivery. 42%
- Short Leash Destroy the jump drive of a capital ship. 39%
- Travelling Light Fly 299,792 km in superhighways. 37%
- Nailed Down Destroy the engines of a capital ship. 35%
- Inspector Otani Unlock 100% information of a station. 32%
- Hijack This Board a capital ship. 31%
- I'll Take That Reacquire your ships and crews. 28%
- To the Moon and Back Fly 800,000 km in superhighways. 28%
- The Best of the Best Upgrade a Marine Officer to five skill stars. 20%
- Home Sweet Home Build your first station. 19%
- It fell out of a ship. Pick up 99 containers in space. 19%
- One Less War Help forge a key alliance. 17%
- Capital Punishment Destroy a Xenon capital ship. 17%
- Can't Shoot This Destroy 100 turrets. 16%
- Cartographer: Albion Discover all zones in Albion. 15%
- Weaponsmith Install a weapon mod. 15%
- Nice Pile Get one billion Credits in your account. 13%
- The Postman Always Rings Twice Spend 100,000 Cr on remote transport fees. 13%
- Ship Breaker Destroy all the surface elements on a capital ship. 12%
- Mending the Split Transport an important dignitary on a diplomatic mission. 12%
- Bargain Hunter Subscribe to trade offers on 50 different stations. 12%
- Crash Course Pass the Flight School. 11%
- We Only Slowed Them Help take out key Xenon facilities. 11%
- Cartographer: DeVries Discover all zones in DeVries. 11%
- Cartographer: Omicron Lyrae Discover all zones in Omicron Lyrae. 11%
- Let's Build Build 10 stations. 11%
- Pimp My Ride Maximally upgrade the Albion Skunk. 8.3%
- Let's do the Time Warp again! Craft SETA. 8.0%
- Tooth and Claw Equip all primary Teladi weapons (requires The Teladi Outpost DLC). 8.0%
- Treasure Hunter Find and open 33 lock-boxes. 7.8%
- Finders, Keepers Force 50 pilots to abandon their ships. 7.6%
- Xenon Salvager Collect 100 Xenon components. 6.7%
- Cartographer: Maelstrom Discover all zones in Maelstrom. 6.4%
- Just a Light-Minute Fly 17,987,548 km in superhighways. 6.3%
- Friends in High Places Reach highest reputation with any faction. 6.2%
- Killer's Heaven Destroy 777 ships. 6.2%
- Smooth Talker Perform extended small talk with perfect confidence. 6.0%
- Cartographer: Fields of Opportunity Discover all zones in Fields of Opportunity (requires The Teladi Outpost DLC). 6.0%
- One Small Step Play for 10 hours on Hard difficulty. 5.1%
- Hijack This (Hard) Board a capital ship on Hard difficulty. 5.0%
- Federation Agent Earn the Argon Secret Service Licence. 4.8%
- Cartographer: Cold Star Discover all zones in Cold Star (requires Home of Light DLC). 4.7%
- Cartographer: Home of Light Discover all zones in Home of Light (requires Home of Light DLC). 4.4%
- Cartographer: Toride Discover all zones in Toride (requires Home of Light DLC). 4.2%
- Can't Shoot This (Hard) Destroy 100 turrets on Hard difficulty. 4.0%
- Capital Punishment (Hard) Destroy a Xenon capital ship on Hard difficulty. 3.9%
- Never Enter Stations Again Spend 1,000,000 Cr on remote transport fees. 3.9%
- Space Is My Home Play for 50 hours on Hard difficulty. 3.6%
- Nice Pile (Hard) Get one billion Credits in your account on Hard difficulty. 3.5%
- We Only Slowed Them (Hard) Help take out key Xenon facilities on Hard difficulty. 3.2%
- Finders, Keepers (Hard) Force 50 pilots to abandon their ships on Hard difficulty. 3.1%
- Xenon Salvager (Hard) Collect 100 Xenon components on Hard difficulty. 3.1%
- Friends in High Places (Hard) Reach highest reputation with any faction on Hard difficulty. 2.9%
- Beyond the Frontier Play for 200 hours on Hard difficulty. 2.8%
- Federation Agent (Hard) Earn the Argon Secret Service Licence on Hard difficulty. 2.7%
- Space Taxi Finish 20 passenger transport missions. 2.7%
- Killer's Heaven (Hard) Destroy 777 ships on Hard difficulty. 2.7%
- The Rising Tide Complete The Rising Tide mission (requires The Teladi Outpost DLC). 2.5%
- X-Perimental Complete the "X-Perimental" mission and install the Experimental Jump Drive on the Albion Skunk. 2.5%
- Columbus Rename an area of empty space where you have a station. 2.4%
- A Safer Journey Finish 33 escort missions. 2.4%
- A Safer Journey (Hard) Finish 33 escort missions on Hard difficulty. 2.1%
- Adblock Destroy 20 Ad Signs. 1.3%
- Finders, Keepers (Very Hard) Force 50 pilots to abandon their ships on Very Hard difficulty. 0.9%
- Top Gun Destroy 10 unidentifiable ships on Very Hard difficulty (requires Home of Light DLC). 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.