When does Pixel Starships get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 5h it's 1 in 4 (27%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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CasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Pixel Starships

May 23, 2023 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 65% of owners

Steam reviews 73% positive of 3,031

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 5h it's 1 in 4 (27%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 65% 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 3,101 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 8.2h for positive, 10.1h 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 (65.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (54)

story milestone ending side

Full House I Have 2 crew manning your vessel. 100%
Starship Architect II Upgrade to a level 2 starship. 94%
Basic Economy I Build a gas storage facility. 92%
Driller I Build a mining facility. 91%
Deep Space Miner I Purchase a mining storage facility. 90%
Basic Economy II Build a Gas Collector. 89%
Driller II Upgrade to a level 2 Mining Facility. 87%
Basic Economy III Upgrade to a level 2 Gas Collector. 80%
Driller III Upgrade to a level 3 Mining Facility. 77%
Deep Space Miner II Upgrade to a level 3 mining storage facility. 72%
Full House II Have 5 crew manning your vessel. 70%
AI Beginner Build a Command Center room 62%
Assault I Win 10 PvP games. 60%
Starship Architect 2 Upgrade to a level 5 starship. 53%
Admiral I Unlock 10 different crews 51%
Scientist I Research 10 technologies. 47%
Deep Space Miner III Upgrade to a level 9 mining storage facility. 47%
AI Advanced Upgrade to a level 3 Command Center 44%
Full House III Have 12 crew manning your vessel. 40%
Alliance I Create or join an alliance. 40%
Premier League I Get to Gold League. 38%
Commerce I Make 5 sales on GBay Market. 29%
Admiral II Unlock 25 different crews 28%
Defender I Defend against 10 PvP attacks. 27%
Scientist II Research 30 technologies. 27%
Starship Architect III Upgrade to a level 9 starship. 22%
Assault II Win 200 PvP games. 22%
Premier League II Get to the Platinum League. 19%
Sponsor I Donate 5k of supply or equivalent amount to your Fleet. 18%
Starbase Raider I Successfully raid Starbases and loot 10K of supply for your Fleet. 18%
Commerce II Make 25 sales on GBay Market. 17%
Upcoming Talent Rank in the top 20k. 15%
Alliance II Donate 500 Crew Stars. 11%
Commerce III Make 200 sales on GBay Market. 11%
Admiral III Unlock 100 different crews 11%
Premier League III Get to the Epic League. 10%
Scientist III Research 100 technologies. 9.6%
Defender II Defend against 200 PvP attacks. 8.0%
Assault III Win 5000 PvP games. 7.7%
Starbase Raider II Successfully raid Starbases and loot 100K of supply for your Fleet. 6.7%
AI Expert Upgrade to a level 5 Command Center. 6.6%
A List Rank in the Top 1000. 6.1%
Sponsor II Donate 50k of supply or equivalent amount to your Fleet. 4.7%
Alliance III Donate 5000 Crew Stars. 4.3%
VIP Get to the Top 100. 4.3%
Starbase Raider III Successfully raid Starbases and loot 2M of supply for your Fleet. 3.8%
Defender III Defend against 2000 PvP attacks. 3.5%
Sponsor III Donate 1M of supply or equivalent amount to your Fleet. 3.1%
Valedictorian Rank in a Crew Live Event. 2.8%
Zombie Rank in a Halloween Special Event. 2.6%
Hustler Rank in a Budget Live Event. 2.6%
Bug Hunter Occasionally issued by engineers for help with fixing bugs. 2.5%
Community Leader A symbol of respect for one's dedicated service to the community. 2.5%
SavySoda Collector Collect all SavySoda crew! 2.5%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.