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Sparkle ZERO
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 14% of owners
Steam reviews 54% positive of 398
What the data shows
- 49% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (50%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 14% 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 400 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 286 reviews: 2.1h for positive, 1.8h 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 (14.3% 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 (11)
- Growing One Achieve level 1 100%
- Taught Attack an enemy that is stronger than you 90%
- Creator Get your first randomization at level 5 83%
- Wonderer Use a Vortex to explore different layers 67%
- Hot-Puruit Retrieve a stolen element 66%
- Cannibal Kill another Sparkle 64%
- Bumped Get bumped by a Discus creature 61%
- Predator Kill a Medusa creature 57%
- Photograph Make your first Gallery Snaphot 55%
- Clever One Absorb a protected element 48%
- The One Achieve level 50 and finish the game! 41%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.