IndieSimulationStrategy
The Universim
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 1% of players who started
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 10,678
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 15h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 78% of games we track.
- 1% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “ Not So Dark Age” (Progress to the Medieval Age) and “The Creator” (Successfully Finish the Game): from 52% to 1% of starters.
- 96% 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 10,741 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 19.7h for positive, 20.6h 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 (96.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Not So Dark Age Progress to the Medieval Age. 52% −48
- The Creator Successfully Finish the Game Most players quit here 1% −50
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Genesis Start your first civilization 100%
- Reproduction Teach Nuggets how to make more Nuggets 90%
- Great Poet Name the newborn Nuggets. 88%
- Savior Cure the dying Nugget of their affliction. 82%
- Divine Architect Help the troubled Nugget finish their house. 73%
- Last Rites Successfully Complete Dead Nugget Quest 66%
- Farmhand Assist the Farm with their crop problem. 62%
- Lost & Found Return the lost child to safety. 60%
- Not So Dark Age Progress to the Medieval Age. 52%
- Expansion Reach a population count of 150 50%
- Helping Hand Heal Injured & Sick Nuggets 20 times 48%
- 1000th Customer Have Eateries produce at least 1000 meals. 43%
- Enlightening Help Nuggola Tesla discover Electricity 43%
- Like Rabbits Reach a population count of 250 39%
- Winds of Exchange Research Wind Energy 38%
- Headcase Unlock the Rehabilitation Center 37%
- Stubborn Society Survive for at least 250 years. 37%
- Gourmand Collect 500 Food 37%
- Unboxer Unlock a Space Box for Rewards or Disasters 34%
- Sarlacc slayer Kill Sarlacc 30%
- Lock & Key Unlock the Prison 30%
- Underground Deals Order from the Black Market 29%
- Become Vengeance Punish the attractive Nugget during the Punish My Nemesis Quest 29%
- Food from the sky Bring animal to the epicenter 28%
- Big Bird Destroy the UFO, and retrieve the Space Box 27%
- Leg Day Research Kinetic Energy 26%
- Exiled Diplomat Trade with the Exile Village 26%
- Subterranean Pioneer Launch an Expedition from the Expedition Camp 26%
- Relentless Hunter Find an Easter egg. 25%
- Meteor Guardian Use Creator Powers to Block a Meteor 20%
- UFO Hunter Destroy 5 Alien Ships 19%
- Stephen Haggking Prevent kidnapping of Stephen Haggking 19%
- Hand of Justice Arrest 10 guilty criminals 18%
- Caution: Flammable Research Combustion Energy 15%
- Cosmic Diplomat Build Athena Building 14%
- Kraker slayer Kill Kraker 14%
- Expansion Reach a population count of 500 13%
- Recycler Scrap a Space Box for Resources 13%
- Aye, Guvnor! Assign all Minister positions at the Town Hall 12%
- Exile Defense Commander Survive an Exile Attack 9.5%
- Cultivator Discover every type of crop 8.6%
- Firefighter Stop the Fire 20 times 7.7%
- Clone Prodigy Create a Clone Nugget from the Clone Center 7.4%
- Thursty Drain an entire lake 6.8%
- Astranaut Colonize Moon 6.6%
- Interplanetary Trader Complete a Trade with Another Planet 4.9%
- Beast Tamer Tame all creatures on the Mother Planet 4.7%
- Expansion Reach a population count of 1000 4.1%
- Colonizer Colonize 3 planets 2.7%
- Frosty Transformation Terraform an Ice Planet 2.0%
- Builder Bot Master Create 3 Builder Bots 1.6%
- Universe Expansion Colonize 5 planets 1.5%
- The Creator Successfully Finish the Game 1.4%
- Space Shepherd Tame an Alien Creature 1.4%
- Barren Beauty Terraform a Moon 1.4%
- Merciful Ruler Finish the Game with Forgiveness as a Choice 1.0%
- Kraken Slayer Defeat the Halloween Planet's Giant Kraken 1.0%
- Destroyer Finish the Game with Destruction as a Choice 0.9%
- Global Expansion Colonize 10 planets 0.7%
- Molten Metamorphosis Terraform a Lava Planet 0.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.