When does The Polynomial - Space of the music get good?

Hooks you right away. 61% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (61%). Only 66% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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The Polynomial - Space of the music

Oct 15, 2010 Steam: Mostly Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 66% of owners

Steam reviews 73% positive of 500

What the data shows

61% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (61%).
Only 66% 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 500 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 1.1h for positive, 0.4h 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 (66.1% 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 (14)

Killed 1 enemy (TEST) Killed 1 enemy (TEST) 100%
Sore throat Eat too many (more than 10) snowflakes within game life. Snowflakes will be present in Christmas level when its Christmas. 56%
Junior bot destroyer Kill 10 enemies in 1 minute. 24%
Sunburn Use the sun to kill an enemy 15%
Bot destroyer Kill 30 enemies in 1 minute. 3.9%
Persistent bot destroyer Kill 100 enemies in 5 minutes 3.0%
Bot exterminator This is a hard one. Kill 100 enemies in 1 minute. Try using autoaim and fast bullets. 2.6%
I like flowers Fly through 10 flowers in 5 minutes. 2.4%
Wildlife preservation Kill 10 enemies in process of eating an ally (ghost) in 1 minute. 1.8%
Slow massacre Kill 500 enemies in 20 minutes. 1.8%
Persistent bot exterminator Like 100 kills in 1 minute, except you have to keep the rate for 5 minutes. 1.8%
Antibotic Kill 500 enemies in 1 minute. 1.7%
I thought it's impossible. You proved me wrong. Kill 30 enemies that are in process of eating an ally (ghost) in 1 minute. 1.5%
Greenpeace Kill 100 enemies that are in process of eating an ally (ghost) in 5 minutes. 1.4%

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