When does Freeways get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%). Only 7% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Freeways

Feb 6, 2018 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

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

Started playing 7% of owners

Steam reviews 90% positive of 2,227

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
Only 7% 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 2,255 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 9.5h for positive, 5.1h 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 (7% 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 (4)

Maximum Efficiency Score 25000 total efficiency 100%
Freeway Engineer Discover all interchange pictures 37%
Master Engineer Earn all 80 stars on Map 2 8.6%
Supreme Efficiency Score 40000 total efficiency on Map 2 7.1%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.