Scrap Mechanic
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 9% 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 123,724 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 78.5h for positive, 35.6h 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 (9.2% 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 (34)
story milestone ending side
- My first car Complete the builder quest: Your first car 100%
- Bot splat Destroy a bot with a creation 79%
- Totebot Junkyard Destroy 100 Totebots 77%
- Growlab champion Complete the first Growlab 75%
- Haybot Junkyard Destroy 100 Haybots 65%
- Surviving the impossible Survive the seekerbot 60%
- Farmbot smackdown Defeat a farmbot 54%
- True mechanic Complete the first 6 challenges 51%
- My beautiful background Build something in the main menu 44%
- Blocks for days Craft 10000 blocks of any kind. 39%
- Fresh fruits and vegetables Harvest 500 crops 34%
- Wet circuits Throw water on a Haybot 32%
- Up and running Activate all stations in the Mining Hub 30%
- The farmer’s hand Save 10 caged farmers by bringing them to the Hideout 29%
- Master of defence Successfully defend crops against a level 5 raid 25%
- Still in one piece Reach the Center of the Hay Maze 24%
- Don’t touch my tomatoes Successfully defend crops 50 times 21%
- New best friend Rescue the Baby Woc 14%
- Huberts high friction mustache Find Hubert's missing mustache piece 12%
- The Stuntman Reach a very high speed while sitting in a seat 12%
- Tool Time Shenanigans Build a creation in the Garage. 9.8%
- Blessing the Workshop Share a creation on the Steam Workshop 9.8%
- Friendly revival Get revived by the Baby Woc 7.6%
- Questionable behaviour Use an explosive canister to blow up a Woc 7.6%
- Farmers eating good lately Complete all farmer delivery requests 6.5%
- Pizza Burger chow down Wear the Pizza Burger shirt while eating a Pizza Burger 5.4%
- Lethal snack Destroy two blue tapebots with a cornade 3.3%
- Bank mechanic Reach a vault value of 2000000 3.3%
- Schematic collector club Unlock all block schematics 2.2%
- Helpful builder Complete all builder quests 1.1%
- True mechanic genius Complete all challenges 1.1%
- Minerbot Junkyard Destroy 100 Minerbots 1.1%
- Spectacular Mechanic Get every achievement 1.1%
- Sharp dressed mechanic Unlock every outfit 1.1%