Surviving the Aftermath
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 20h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Doomsday is canceled” (Complete the Doomsday Bunker Project): only 6% of starters get there.
- 92% of owners got the first achievement.
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 4,631 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 38.6h for positive, 13.3h 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 (91.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Doomsday is canceled Complete the Doomsday Bunker Project Most players quit here 6% −94
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (74)
story milestone ending side
- First Step Get your first Colonists 100%
- Leader Reach a population of 20 78%
- Explorer Reveal 1 sector 72%
- Healer Heal 10 colonists 71%
- Adventurer Complete 1 Quest 64%
- Famous Explorer Reveal 10 sectors 58%
- Famous Healer Heal 50 colonists 58%
- New Opportunities Discover a Society 58%
- Legendary Explorer Reveal 15 sectors 54%
- The Great Healer Heal 100 colonists 52%
- Aspiring Inventor Unlock 10 Technologies on a single playthrough 50%
- Local Leader Reach a population of 50 48%
- Energized Produce your first bit of Energy 47%
- Survivor Survive 50 days 44%
- Famous Adventurer Complete 5 Quests 42%
- Catastrofan Survive 5 Catastrophes in a single playthrough 42%
- The Long Haul A Specialist returns to the Colony with 4 types of Resources 41%
- Cleaner Remove your first Pollution Deposit 41%
- War Never Changes Defeat 10 Bandit camps 37%
- Big Game Hunter Kill a Sandworm 35%
- Merchant Trade 1,000 Silver worth of goods to Societies 35%
- Great Leader Reach a population of 100 31%
- Real Survivor Survive 100 days 30%
- Friendly Earn 500 Reputation 29%
- Ice Lakes Catch a fish with a Fishing Hut during a Winter Storm 29%
- Top Notch Have 10 types of upgraded buildings 28%
- It's a Finnish Thing Build a Sauna 28%
- Finders, Keepers Scavenge 50 World Map locations 27%
- Mentor Have 50 educated colonists simultaneously 26%
- Rocket Surgeon Unlock 80 Technologies on a single playthrough 24%
- Spreading Influence Have 10 Outposts 24%
- Sky Burial A corpse decays without being buried 23%
- Around the World Have Outposts in 5 different biomes 23%
- Trader Trade 10,000 Silver worth of goods to Societies 22%
- Really Friendly Earn 2,000 Reputation 20%
- Big Catastrofan Survive 15 Catastrophes in a single playthrough 20%
- Bookworm Have 100 educated colonists simultaneously 19%
- Prepared for Anything Store 100 Clothes and 100 Tools simultaneously 18%
- Legendary Adventurer Complete 20 Quests 18%
- Mogul Trade 30,000 Silver worth of goods to Societies 15%
- Bread and Circuses Have a Bakery and 5 types of Entertainment buildings 14%
- The Friendliest Earn 5,000 Reputation 12%
- Tower Defence Build 5 Guard Posts 11%
- Amped Up Have 30 Energy producers 11%
- New Eden Grow 8 types of Crops simultaneously 11%
- Look, no Hands! Have 3 types of Automated Extractors 9.7%
- Ranch Hand Have 4 types of animals at Ranches simultaneously 9.2%
- Luxurious Living Reach a population of 300 and have Houses or Two-story Houses for 300 colonists 8.0%
- Beacon of Hope Hold a special feast 6.6%
- Doomsday is canceled Complete the Doomsday Bunker Project 6.4%
- A Closer Look Use Photo Mode 6.3%
- Rebirth Complete "Rebirth" quest 6.2%
- Pest Control Kill 40 blighted creatures 6.1%
- Biggest Catastrofan Survive 30 Catastrophes in a single playthrough 5.9%
- Hero of the Wasteland Complete "The Shattered Moon" quest 5.0%
- Tailored to fit Survive until day 100 in a custom game 5.0%
- Diplomat Have a maximum positive reputation with 5 Societies 4.9%
- True Survivor Survive 365 days 4.8%
- Feng Shui Have 15 types of Decorations 4.5%
- Best friends forever Ally with a society 4.4%
- Slimy yet Satisfying Have 4 types of insects at the Insect Farms simultaneously 4.3%
- Core of the issue Destroy a Blight Core 2.9%
- Fun and Games Have 5 Game Arcades 2.8%
- Federation forever Form the federation 2.6%
- Diplomatic quarter Have four embassies built at the same time 2.3%
- Mean Boss Overtime 100 buildings 2.3%
- Timber! Cut down 100 Blighted Trees 2.2%
- Post-Apocalyptic Paradise Terraform the majority of the map 2.0%
- Choo-choo! Escape the harsh winter by fixing the train in Cold Rush 1.1%
- Finnished Survive in the Endless Winter scenario for 100 days 0.9%
- Undercover Complete all four covert mission types 0.7%
- Customized calamities Survive until day 100 in a custom game with over 250% difficulty 0.5%
- Dynamic Duo Form the federation with just one society 0.3%
- Binary world view Have two societies with maximum and two with minimum reputation at the same time 0.3%