To the Core

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 240 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 237 reviews: 0.6h for positive, 0.3h 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 (29.9% 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 (16)

• Parry Queen Jump on a Scroomba as it's dashing towards you. 100%
• Centurigone Destroy a Centurion. 79%
• Shields Down Destroy a Core atop a tower. 57%
• Collateral Damage Hit three Scroombas with a single Boomba detonation. 49%
• The New You Spend a Power Core at a shop. 48%
• Center of Attention Hit four enemies with a single ground slam. 19%
• China Shop Break 500 crates across all games. 12%
• Home Before Dinner Finish a normal (random) game. 11%
• Emily, Energized Obtain five upgrades in a single game. 10%
• Madog's Masterpiece Dash-push a Scroomba into the secret goal. 9.7%
• Scrap Metal Destroy 500 robots across all games. 8.0%
• Zero Gravity Jump on 5 different Scroombas without touching the ground. 8.0%
• And Seal Up the Bin Finish a Weekly Challenge. 8.0%
• A Cut Above In a Weekly Challenge, reach the top 10 on the leaderboard. 8.0%
• Mall's Closed Finish a game with at least five unspent Power Cores. 7.4%
• Heart of Steel Finish a game without taking damage. 7.4%