Interstellar Space: Genesis

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 857 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 28.5h for positive, 7.1h 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 (33.4% 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 (65)

• General Contractor Obtain maximum infrastructure level in a colony 100%
• To Boldly Go Build a survey ship as your first ship in your homeworld 75%
• Riches from the Sky Have 5 active exploitations in asteroid belts at one time 74%
• Wonderland Build a galactic wonder 72%
• Best of the Best Level a ship's crew to ultra-elite rank 56%
• United You Stand Form an alliance with another empire 55%
• Yours is Superior Be the first in all rankings after all other empires have been discovered 53%
• Tourist Attractor Establish and hold at least 3 outposts in accretion disks, one in each of the dead star types (black hole, neutron star and boson star) with touristic value 48%
• Titan Among Us Build a Titan class starship 47%
• Culture Rush Complete a space culture branch before turn 175 45%
• Democratic Approach Win the game via election 44%
• Distrust and Verify Have a deep cover agent spy on another empire 40%
• Indistinguishable from Magic Possess at least 3 unique technologies 38%
• Paradise Made Have an empire of 10 or more colonies on Ideal planets to your species with non-optimal ecological level (not eco-3) 37%
• Second Look Explore a ruins site twice 35%
• Walk The Plank Find and hire the legendary pirate Ozkarr 'Salty' Threlbad 35%
• That's a Spaceship Discover and acquire a unique ship from searching ruins with a leader with the explorer skill or the observant trait in the exploring fleet 34%
• Working Overtime Rush construction in colonies at least 10 times 32%
• Death Blow Eliminate another empire from the game 30%
• Bend The Knee Force a rival empire to sign a surrender pact with your empire 28%
• Excavator Search ruins a total of 20 times in a single game 25%
• Euphoria Achieve +100% Morale in a Colony 22%
• The Doc Discover a data core artifact with a leader with the scientist skill in the exploring fleet 21%
• Aficionado Obtain access to 3 minor civilizations of a single category at the same time 21%
• Out of Time Find and hire Epocholon, the enigmatic prognosticator of the future 20%
• Like it Hard Build a colony in a hostile world as your first colonization in a game 19%
• Direct Hit Destroy a same or heavier ship class than yours in combat while it still had its full shields or its armor at 100%. Hint: A one-shot kill isn't a guarantee. You need to get through shields, armor, or both. 16%
• Meddler Frame an empire for your spy actions 4 times in a single game 15%
• Well-Connected Obtain access to all 7 categories of minor civilizations at the same time 14%
• Genesis Use Planet Construction to create a planet in an asteroid belt, another in a gas giant and another in a Barren planet in the same game 13%
• Wonders Never Cease Control all 7 galactic wonders at the same time 12%
• All-in Have access to at least 20 strategic resources of one kind 12%
• Blast and Board Capture a ship in combat 11%
• Besieged Successfully invade a colony without any losses on either side by sieging the colony until it has no ground combat strength remaining 11%
• Coordinated Strike Capture or destroy two rival homeworlds in the same turn 9.6%
• Alien Paradise Have an empire of 10 or more colonies on non-Ideal planets to your species with optimal ecological level (eco-3) 9.6%
• Dream Team Employ at least 6 leaders with all secondary skills at the expert level, 3 of which colony leaders and 3 ship leaders at the same time 9.0%
• Victory by Subtraction Win the game via eliminating all other empires 8.4%
• Jolly Roger Acquire the legendary Scourge of the Stars ship 8.4%
• Any Means Necessary Perform a Sabotage (destroy asset), Espionage (steal tech), and Psy-ops (influence leader) action against a single empire in the same game 7.5%
• Only Way To Be Sure Destroy at least 15 enemy colonies via bombardment in a single game 7.5%
• Uprising Have a colony rebel back to your empire 7.5%
• Warmonger Have 10 military ships, including at least 2 destroyers or better class ships, before turn 70 7.2%
• The Singularity Achieve a combined level of 50 with Android leaders using the Artificial Directive evolution perk 6.9%
• Unbreakable Bonds Share victory with at least one ally after eliminating all other empires 6.6%
• Comply or Die Win the game by forcing all other empires into a surrender pact 6.6%
• There's No Way Out Destroy a fleet trapped in a containment field 5.7%
• Scientific Settlers Generate 10 free colony ships via research breakthroughs using the Boundless Breakthroughs Evolution perk 4.8%
• Carrier Commander Bring at least 6 ships equipped with strike craft squadrons and at least 2 Titan ships with the Command Carrier ability to a battle 3.6%
• Sudden Death Eliminate another empire before turn 75 3.3%
• Warm and Moisty Have an empire with at least 10 colonies on Swamp planets with optimal ecological level (eco-3) when playing with the Palacean affinity 3.3%
• Survivor Survive being at war with at least 4 empires simultaneously for 25 consecutive turns 3.0%
• Strategic Hoarder Have access to at least 7 strategic resources of each kind in a single game when using the 'Resource Surge' unique ability 3.0%
• When Everything Is Not Enough Forge and hold trade treaties with all the other empires (minimum 3 player game) for at least 50 turns at one time when playing with the Cerixx affinity 2.7%
• Full House Have 40 population on a single planet 2.4%
• Starship Collector Bring a fleet to battle which includes ships from at least 5 different fleet sets 2.1%
• Judge, Jury and Executioner Use the Investigation unique ability to catch at least 3 spies operating within your empire 2.1%
• Stellar Furnace Bring at least 5 Titans with the Stellar Blast titan ability to a battle 2.1%
• With One Hand on the Wheel Win a game playing with a custom race with 10 or more point picks to spare 1.8%
• Undaunted Win a game on Impossible difficulty with the Emperor player difficulty against 3 or more All-Powerful opponents 1.8%
• Protection Racket Receive tribute from at least 4 other empires in a given turn 1.8%
• To the Slaughter Sacrifice a total of 20 or more POPs assimilating colonies using the Sacrificial Lambs evolution perk 1.5%
• Defensive Network Protect at least 8 colonies at the same time with the Capital Defense Force using the Supercolony evolution perk 1.5%
• Archaeological Destiny Have colonies in 7 planets with ruins using the Unbridled Power evolution perk 1.5%
• Crash Course Deal a total of over 5000 damage in a single game using the Death Wish evolution perk 0.9%