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Crazy Machines 3
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 6% of players who started
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 10,113
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 16 reviews are negative (6%); after 3h it's 1 in 18 (5%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 95% of games we track.
- 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Got the basics right!” (Beginner chapter completed): only 53% of starters get there.
- 80% 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 10,677 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 2.5h for positive, 4.4h 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 (80% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Got the basics right! Beginner chapter completed Most players quit here 53% −47
- Gears & Ropes specialist! Easy chapter 1 solved 34% −19
- Electric & Light specialist! Easy chapter 2 solved 23% −10
- Laser & Lightning specialist! Easy chapter 3 solved 18% −5
- Gravity & Radio specialist! Easy chapter 4 solved 16% −2
- Problem solver! Medium chapter 1 solved 13% −3
- Machine whiz! Medium chapter 2 solved 13%
- Ace engineer! Medium chapter 3 solved 12% −1
- Mastermind! Hard chapter 1 solved 10% −1
- Brainiac! Hard chapter 2 solved 9% −1
- Contraption prodigy! Ultra chapter solved 6% −3
- Master of machines All basegame machines solved 6%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (41)
story milestone ending side
- You got it! First machine solved 100%
- Got the basics right! Beginner chapter completed 53%
- Gears & Ropes specialist! Easy chapter 1 solved 34%
- Electric & Light specialist! Easy chapter 2 solved 23%
- Laser & Lightning specialist! Easy chapter 3 solved 18%
- Gravity & Radio specialist! Easy chapter 4 solved 16%
- Problem solver! Medium chapter 1 solved 13%
- Machine whiz! Medium chapter 2 solved 13%
- Machine head Build a first own machine 13%
- Ace engineer! Medium chapter 3 solved 12%
- Mastermind! Hard chapter 1 solved 10%
- Brainiac! Hard chapter 2 solved 9.2%
- Shopper Run a first workshop machine 7.2%
- Lateral thinking proven! Special chapter solved 6.5%
- Contraption prodigy! Ultra chapter solved 6.4%
- Master of machines All basegame machines solved 5.9%
- Eye-catcher bronze Mini game "Eye-catcher" bronze achievement activated 5.0%
- Transportation Campaign "Transportation" solved 4.9%
- Creepy Horror Physics Show Campaign "Creepy Horror Physics Show" solved 4.4%
- Hovercraft action bronze Mini game "Hovercraft action" bronze achievement activated 3.9%
- Master of marble bronze Mini game "Master of marble" bronze achievement activated 3.8%
- Lost Experiments Campaign "Lost Experiments" solved 3.5%
- fischertechnik obsctacle course Campaign "fischertechnik obsctacle course" solved 3.4%
- Eye-catcher silver Mini game "Eye-catcher" silver achievement activated 3.2%
- Master of marble silver Mini game "Master of marble" silver achievement activated 3.0%
- Insectarys bronze Mini game "Insectarys" bronze achievement activated 2.9%
- Hovercraft action silver Mini game "Hovercraft action" silver achievement activated 2.8%
- Builder Build an own part 2.6%
- Eye-catcher gold Mini game "Eye-catcher" gold achievement activated 2.5%
- Master of marble gold Mini game "Master of marble" gold achievement activated 2.5%
- Santa's little helper bronze Mini game "Santa's little helper" bronze achievement activated 2.5%
- Jump'n'Run bronze Mini game "Jump'n'Run" bronze achievement activated 2.5%
- Dealer Upload a first own machine 2.5%
- Part loader Upload an own part 2.5%
- Hovercraft action gold Mini game "Hovercraft action" gold achievement activated 2.4%
- Insectarys silver Mini game "Insectarys" silver achievement activated 2.4%
- Jump'n'Run silver Mini game "Jump'n'Run" silver achievement activated 2.4%
- Insectarys gold Mini game "Insectarys" gold achievement activated 2.2%
- Santa's little helper gold Mini game "Santa's little helper" gold achievement activated 2.2%
- Santa's little helper silver Mini game "Santa's little helper" silver achievement activated 2.2%
- Jump'n'Run gold Mini game "Jump'n'Run" gold achievement activated 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.