Vortex: The Gateway

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 402 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 1.2h 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 (63.5% 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 (53)

• Survive 1 day in story mode Stay alive in story mode. 100%
• Swimmer Swim in one of the lakes or in the sea. 93%
• Spear crafter Craft at least one of the item. 88%
• Shelter builder Build one of the item. 87%
• Fire starter Build one of the item. 83%
• Bird creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 81%
• Dog-hog hunt Kill one of the creatures. 77%
• Conquered Let the island beat you. 73%
• Survive 2 days in story mode Stay alive in story mode. 55%
• Protected by a fence Build one of the item. 50%
• Zombie alien hunt Kill one of the creatures. 48%
• Bow maker Craft at least one of the item. 43%
• Bear creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 39%
• Totem to scare enemies Build one of the item. 35%
• Large lizard creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 35%
• Blade head creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 34%
• Plant creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 31%
• Trap set up Build one of the item. 30%
• Survive 1 day in survival mode Stay alive in survival mode. 29%
• Lizard creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 28%
• Survive 5 days in story mode Stay alive in story mode. 26%
• Ant creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 25%
• On the spaceship Get on the spaceship. 25%
• Rhino creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 24%
• Dark alien hunt Kill one of the creatures. 24%
• Drone hunt Kill one of the creatures. 21%
• Experimental dog creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 19%
• Scorpion creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 19%
• Gas masked creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 17%
• Military alien hunt Kill one of the creatures. 15%
• Long tongued creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 14%
• Mind control alien hunt Kill one of the creatures. 14%
• Mace handed creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 14%
• Survive 10 days in story mode Stay alive in story mode. 14%
• Drone slider rider Build one of the item. 13%
• Mushroom creature hunt Kill one of the creatures. 13%
• Claw hammer creator Craft at least one of the item. 11%
• Giant bug hunt Kill one of the creatures. 11%
• Survive 15 days in story mode Stay alive in story mode. 8.7%
• Survive 2 days in survival mode Stay alive in survival mode. 7.9%
• Travel home Finish the game. 6.8%
• Giant zombie alien hunt Kill one of the creatures. 6.5%
• Survive 20 days in story mode Stay alive in story mode. 6.5%
• Survive 5 days in survival mode Stay alive in survival mode. 6.3%
• Stone monster hunt Kill one of the creatures. 6.1%
• The master of the island Build all of the totems. 4.7%
• Survive 10 days in survival mode Stay alive in survival mode. 4.7%
• Survive 15 days in survival mode Stay alive in survival mode. 4.3%
• Survive 20 days in survival mode Stay alive in survival mode. 3.8%
• Giant wasp hunt Kill one of the creatures. 3.5%
• Survive 50 days in story mode Stay alive in story mode. 3.5%
• Master hunter Kill one of each type of creature 3.0%
• Survive 50 days in survival mode Stay alive in survival mode. 3.0%