Grounded
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 20h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The biggest drop-off is between “BURG.L Flipper” (Save BURG.L after the Oak Tree Lab explosion) and “Hedge Lab”: from 92% to 55% of starters.
- 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 96,687 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 45.3h for positive, 13.4h 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 (60.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- BURG.L Flipper Save BURG.L after the Oak Tree Lab explosion 92% −8
- Hedge Lab Complete the Hedge Lab Most players quit here 55% −37
- Pond Lab Complete the Pond Lab 43% −13
- Black Ant Hill Lab Complete the Black Ant Hill Lab 33% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Resourceful Analyze 15 resources 100%
- Fine Dining Cook a bug on the Roasting Spit 97%
- Growing Pains Obtain your first Mutation 93%
- BURG.L Flipper Save BURG.L after the Oak Tree Lab explosion 92%
- Science Rules Purchase your first upgrade from an ASL Station 91%
- Snoopy Discover 20 Sites on the Map 58%
- Hedge Lab Complete the Hedge Lab 55%
- Face Your Fears Kill your first Wolf Spider 50%
- Pond Lab Complete the Pond Lab 43%
- Flavorful Obtain 10 new SCA.B color schemes 42%
- Exoskeleton Equip a matching set of Tier 2 armor 41%
- Shrinky and the Brain Achieve level 10 Brainpower 39%
- Web Master Zip across a teen made Zipline longer than 100 cm 37%
- Lounging Around Lounge in a Chair 37%
- Beefing Up Craft your first Tier 3 item 35%
- Black Ant Hill Lab Complete the Black Ant Hill Lab 33%
- Get Yoked Infuse yourself with 20 regular Milk Molars 28%
- Fortified Construct your first Mushroom Brick building 27%
- Sticky Hands Plug the Haze canister 26%
- Tighty Whities Kill the Mant 24%
- Raisin Man Find Dr. Wendell Tully 24%
- Friends in Low Places Tame a bug as a pet 23%
- Mom Genes Kill the Broodmother 21%
- Protein Shake Consume 5 Beefy memorized recipe Smoothies 21%
- Super Dupe Duplicate an item at the Super Duper 20%
- Splinter Master Craft tier 3 arrows 18%
- Ominent Schmominent Foil Director Schmector 16%
- Glob Job Upgrade a tier 3 item to the max level at the Smithing Station 15%
- Assassin Assassin Kill the Mantis 15%
- The Best Part of Waking Up Successfully brew the Embiggening Cocktail 15%
- Aim Small Kill a flying bug with an arrow from over 30 cm away 14%
- Go Big Grow big again! 14%
- A Muse Sting Kill the Wasp Queen 11%
- Underexposed Snap a picture using Photo Mode 11%
- Block Buster Perform 10 perfect blocks in a row 9.7%
- Chillax Unwind at a base while experiencing max coziness 9.7%
- Royal Arrangements Deal with all of the Ant Queens 7.7%
- Mini Mix-a-lot Defend all of the MIX.Rs and Super MIX.Rs 6.7%
- Creepy Crawler Kill the Infected Broodmother 5.4%
- Gotta Peep Them All Unlock every Creature Card 4.8%
- Did I Do That? Activate the REMIX.R 4.6%
- From Downtown Score a basket with the Basketball Hoop from over 40 cm away 4.4%
- No More Homework! Complete BURG.L's list of Quests 2.5%
- Super Win Grow big again and score 100% on the end game Report Card 2.3%
- Go Big Again Grow big again after activating the REMIX.R 1.6%