Universe Sandbox Legacy
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 4h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 98% 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 2,998 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 5.8h for positive, 3.5h 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 (97.5% 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 (16)
story milestone ending side
- Startup the Universe Start Universe Sandbox at least once 100%
- One Minute Rule over your universe for 60 seconds 99%
- Snowball Earth Freeze the Earth by moving it farther from the Sun 66%
- One Hour Rule over your universe for 60 minutes 45%
- Heat Wave Crash the Earth into the Sun 34%
- Startup Deka Start Universe Sandbox 10^1 = 10 times 30%
- Learner Finish five tutorials 24%
- The Code Some will know from their childhood; some were not born yet 6.3%
- The Answer Result of millions of years of computation 5.1%
- One Day Rule over your universe for 24 hours 3.5%
- Photographer Capture 100 screenshots 3.0%
- Startup Hecto Start Universe Sandbox 10^2 = 100 times 2.3%
- Startup Kilo Start Universe Sandbox 10^3 = 1000 times 1.3%
- One Month Rule over your universe for 30.4 days 1.2%
- Startup Too Many Start Universe Sandbox 10^4 = 10000 times 1.1%
- One Year Rule over your universe for 12 months 1.1%