IndieSimulationStrategy
Fantastic Contraption
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 53% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 271
What the data shows
- 61% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (61%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 53% 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.
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Based on all 273 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 224 reviews: 1.8h for positive, 0.6h 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 (52.6% 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 (12)
- Lean Over Beat the last tutorial level any way you can 100%
- The Green Win any level using no powered wheels 12%
- The Minimalist Win any level using 3 or fewer contraption pieces 12%
- Giraffe Clean Beat Giraffe then remove all pieces and goal ball from the island 2.5%
- The Wheelie Win any level using only wheels 1.9%
- Lightning Log Rolling Beat Log Rolling in 5 seconds 1.1%
- Tube Champ Beat Tube and keep the ball in the goal for 10 seconds 0.4%
- Step Boomerang Win Step then return all pieces and goal ball to the build area 0.2%
- Fully Completely Beat all 50 official launch levels 0.2%
- Green Fetch Beat Fetch without using any powered wheels 0.2%
- Green Hurl Beat Hurl without using any powered wheels 0.2%
- Minimalist Stairs Win Stairs with 5 or fewer contraption pieces 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.