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Swarmlake
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 61% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 1,945
What the data shows
- 94% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (96%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 96% of games we track.
- Only 61% 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 1,963 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 1.5h for positive, 1.2h 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 (61.2% 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 (27)
- Bomb Heal 100%
- Pull Bombs 96%
- Projectile Shield 91%
- Charge Beam 85%
- Beam Detonation 81%
- Jump Height 77%
- Enemy Jump 74%
- Wall Jump 71%
- Beam Jump 68%
- Collect Shards 66%
- Lift Shards 62%
- 500 59%
- 1,000 56%
- 2,000 53%
- 3,000 51%
- 4,000 46%
- 5,000 42%
- 6,000 39%
- 7,000 36%
- 8,000 34%
- 9,000 32%
- 10,000 30%
- 12,000 28%
- 14,000 25%
- 16,000 23%
- 18,000 21%
- Swarmlake 20,000+ 19%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.