ActionAdventureIndieRPG
Sparklite
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 72% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 689
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 72% 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 693 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 10.2h for positive, 5.2h 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 (71.9% 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 (27)
- On Your Way Complete the tutorial. 100%
- Apprentice Inventor Invent a Gadget. 75%
- My First Customer! Purchase a Widget from Hawkins. 74%
- Beat It! Find a Beat in the world. 73%
- Explorer Help Margo and Pogo find their way to town. 72%
- Titan Slayer Defeat the boss of the Vinelands. 70%
- Cage Free Rescue Teddy. 50%
- Cut Down To Size Defeat the boss of the Goldenwoods. 44%
- Unstoppable Defeat 500 enemies over all plays. 41%
- Drain The Swamp Defeat the boss of the Acid Bog. 40%
- Helping Hand Rescue Corwin. 37%
- Bring Home The Bacon Gather 1,000 Sparklite in a single run. 36%
- Prospector Collect 5,000 Sparklite over all plays. 35%
- Good Sport Win a race against Rocky the Rocket. 34%
- Bug Stomper Defeat the boss of the Shifting Sands. 34%
- Feelin' The Music Collect 25 Beats. 34%
- Master Inventor Invent all Gadgets. 27%
- Excavator Dig up 100 pickups with Wingnut over all plays. 27%
- A Clean Planet Is A Happy Planet Clean up 500 splats of Muck with Wingnut over all plays. 26%
- Cliff Diver Accumulate 100 jump-down distance. 23%
- Savior Defeat the boss of Titan's Ridge. 23%
- Decommissioner Shut down all of the Furnaces. 16%
- Magnum Opus Collect all Beats. 15%
- Hammer Time Defeat 20 enemies consecutively with the Hammer in a single run. 14%
- Boomer Defeat three enemies at once with a Boom Balloon. 12%
- Welcome Aboard! Become a "First Mate" in Monty's Crew. 8.8%
- Completionist Unlock all other achievements. 8.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.