When does Hades' Star get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (27%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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Hades' Star

Feb 27, 2019 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 7% of owners

Steam reviews 73% positive of 2,692

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (27%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 6% 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 2,714 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 15.3h for positive, 45.3h 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 (6.5% 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 (15)

story milestone ending side

STABLE RELATIONSHIP Maintain uninterrupted diplomatic relations with another player for 365 days 100%
SLAYER OF THE GUARDIANS Destroy a total of 10000 Cerberus ships 82%
FLEET SIZE Increase your fleet size to 14 72%
SHIPMENT DELIVERY Deliver a total of 100000 shipments 60%
COLONIZER Colonize 16 planets 51%
HYDROGEN COLLECTOR Collect 10000000 Hydrogen from asteroid fields 48%
BLUE STAR WARRIOR Win 500 Blue Star matches 45%
YELLOW STAR EXPLORER Reveal 36 sectors in your home star 45%
HYDROGEN TYCOON Maintain total income of 200000 Hydrogen per day for 14 continuous days 43%
STEWARD Retrieve 100 relics for your Corporation 42%
ARTIFACT HUNTER Research 5000 Artifacts 40%
CREDITS TYCOON Maintain total income of 1200000 Credits per day for 14 continuous days 39%
COLLECTOR Deposit 50000 Hydrogen on White Star planets 39%
PLANET UPGRADE Upgrade one of your planets to level 40 34%
TEAM PLAYER Participate in 150 White Star missions 28%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.