SimAirport
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 15h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 50% 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 4,071 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 28.9h for positive, 36h 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 (49.8% 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 (26)
story milestone ending side
- Back to School Started one of the tutorials. 100%
- I want every light you can get Purchase runway lights for any runway. 89%
- Beginner Operator Have one day of perfect operations. 86%
- A* No passenger missed their flight in a 24-hour period where at least 200 passengers were boarded. 86%
- The Open Road Have 5,000 tiles of road. 76%
- Good luck, we're all counting on you Have an airplane land in extreme (20 knots or higher) weather. 75%
- Basic Tutorial Completed the Basic Tutorial 68%
- Local Airport Board 2,500 passengers in a 24-hour period. 59%
- 1000 Flights Landed Total Flights Landed at all of your airports. 56%
- Environmentally Friendly Have a passenger-environment rating of 85% in an airport serving at least 200 passengers. 53%
- Many Pax Tons of passengers in the airport. 51%
- Oilgarchy Make $1,250,000 in profit selling fuel. 50%
- Scientific Method Unlock all technology in the research tree. 45%
- Expansion Tutorial Completed the Expansion Tutorial. 43%
- Regional Airport Board 6,000 passengers in a 24-hour period. 39%
- Luggage Tutorial Completed the Luggage Tutorial. 39%
- Mega Rich Earned $10,000,000! 38%
- National Airport Board 8,000 passengers in a 24-hour period. 31%
- PA Speakers & Fuel Tutorial Completed the PA Speakers and Fuel Tutorial. 29%
- International Airport Board 10,000 passengers in a 24-hour period. 25%
- Scheduling Workers Tutorial Completed the Scheduling Workers Tutorial. 24%
- Food & Shopping Tutorial Completed the Food and Shopping Tutorial. 21%
- Overloaded Operator Have thirty consecutive days of perfect operations. 11%
- Sellout Sell your airport for a minimum of $25,000,000. 9.4%
- Unaccomplished Lose a scenario. 7.8%
- Accomplished Win a scenario. 6.6%