Volcanoids
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 10h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Winner” (Finish the story): only 17% of starters get there.
- 80% 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 9,423 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 24.4h for positive, 11.3h 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 (80% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Winner Finish the story Most players quit here 17% −83
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- The Underminer! Claim your own drillship 100%
- Technologist Collect technology component 98%
- Robot destroyer Kill 10 Cogs 97%
- Extender Install drillship segment upgrade 65%
- Mining apprentice Mine 50 coal with pickaxe 63%
- Robot killer Kill 100 Cogs 50%
- Silencer I Silence one lava source 49%
- Extra protection Make submarine extra safe 48%
- Silencer II Silence two lava sources 31%
- Full extender Make drillship as long as possible 23%
- Don't disturb Give captain some time to think 20%
- Silencer III Silence three lava sources 19%
- Winner Finish the story 17%
- Multitasking Have 5 Hub stations running at the same time 16%
- Miner Mine 200 coal with pickaxe 15%
- You horned your last honk Destroy a tank by hitting its weak spot 13%
- Funko COG Pick up a collectible hidden somewhere on the island 8.2%
- Close Call Dive 20 seconds or less before the eruption hits your drillship 8.0%
- Death from below Kill an enemy with helper drone in an unconventional way 7.2%
- "Aaah" Take your first sip of coffee 6.5%
- Hot Tub Kill a large drone by making it fall into a lava pool 5.6%
- System shutdown Destroy 3 COG structures 4.1%
- Kill It With Fire Kill your first spider enemy 4.1%
- No time to waste Win the game in 7 hours or less 2.4%
- Captain who? Win the game without taking any quest 2.2%
- UNLIMITED POWER! Hit 6 enemies with the Tesla Cannon at the same time 2.0%
- Plot armor Survive eruption in a cool improvised shelter 1.9%
- Grounded Destroy a large drone with your pickaxe 1.9%
- Micromanager Win the game without having more than one storage module at any time 1.4%
- Environmentalist Win the game without having more than one power plant at any time 1.4%
- Master Architect Use your first drillship blueprint 1.1%
- Paintjob Pro Use your first paintjob which you got from the workshop 1.1%
- Run Cowards! Scare off 10 COGs using a COG limb as a weapon 1.1%
- Serial Sipper Get a series of speed boosts by taking another sip right after your current speed boost ends. 0.9%
- Drill Fortress Have 3 support drones deployed at the same time 0.9%
- Whac A Mole! Destroy an enemy mining drone 0.8%
- Designated Medic Revive a teammate 5 times 0.8%
- Poke The Bear Shoot the spider’s periscope before it spotted you 0.6%
- Make them dance! Help the cogs throw the best party ever 0.6%
- Volcanic Virtuoso Collect all the phonograph tracks scattered around various points of interests on the island 0.4%