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Sparkle 3 Genesis
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 17% of owners
Steam reviews 60% positive of 573
What the data shows
- 52% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (52%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 17% 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 573 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 275 reviews: 4.3h for positive, 3.3h 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 (17.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (32)
- Newborn Achieve level 1 100%
- Dappled Create Amino using all types of Elements 85%
- Sunny Badge Unlock the Algae Field 79%
- Predator Kill any other species 70%
- Adolescent Achieve level 5 65%
- Red Factor Create Amino using only Red Elements 65%
- Apprentice Unlock the Sunny Shore 62%
- Blue Factor Create Amino using only Blue Elements 59%
- Missed Path Get thrown to a different depth 55%
- Green Factor Create Amino using only Green Elements 55%
- Algae Badge Unlock the Green Deep 33%
- Picker Get back for a hidden nutrients reward 31%
- Mature Achieve level 20 28%
- Green Badge Unlock the Blue River 28%
- Competitor Win an absorbtion tournament 26%
- Tough Guy Win an absorbtion tournament with 60% advantage 24%
- Blue Badge Unlock the Barbed Vestibule 24%
- Barbed Badge Unlock the Deep Blue 24%
- Deep Badge Unlock the Rosette Void 23%
- Nest Traitor Finish all jellyfish related quests 23%
- Rosette Badge Unlock the Red Labirynth 23%
- Red Badge Unlock the Leviathans Lair 22%
- Leviathans Badge Defeat the Leviathan 22%
- Perfect Control Finish all tunnel related quests 22%
- Duramen Win an absorbtion tournament with 70% advantage 22%
- Sheppard Finish 'The Dangerous Ways' quest with all three allies left 21%
- Genecitist Fill the whole DNA 20%
- Grown Achieve level 50 20%
- Red Madness Fill the whole DNA with Red Elements 19%
- Green Madness Fill the whole DNA with Green Elements 19%
- Blue Madness Fill the whole DNA with Blue Elements 19%
- Like a boss Win an absorbtion tournament with 80% advantage 19%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.