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Super Mega Baseball 3
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 71% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 2,100
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 15h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 70% 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 2,106 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 27.2h for positive, 16.6h 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 (70.5% 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 (41)
- Dingers For Days Hit a home run. 100%
- Turn Two Get two outs on the same play against the CPU. 66%
- Nice Move, Coach Strike out a pinch hitter with exactly three strikes against the CPU. 59%
- Hope That Comes Out In The Wash Make an out with a diving catch. 56%
- Annihilation Reach a 12-run lead in a Franchise, Season, or Elimination game. 56%
- Filthy Strike out 15 batters in one game with a single pitcher against the CPU. 47%
- Immaculate Inning Strike out 3 batters while throwing exactly 9 pitches in a single inning against the CPU. 36%
- Stealing Is Illegal Throw out a CPU-controlled baserunner attempting to steal a base. 32%
- War of Attrition Foul off 4 pitches with a 2-strike count against the CPU. 32%
- Lights Out Pitch a 9+ inning complete-game shutout in a Standard Franchise, Season, or Elimination game. 29%
- Big Spender In Franchise mode, sign a player to a salary of $10m or more. 26%
- Playoff Favorite In Season or Franchise mode, make it to the playoffs as the top seed in your league or conference. 24%
- Mortal Comeback! Overcome a 5-run deficit for a win in a Franchise, Season, or Elimination game. 21%
- Small Ballin' Get a base hit with a bunt while playing against the CPU. 20%
- 4 Dingers Would Have Been Better Hit a single, double, triple, and home run with the same player in a single game. 17%
- Faith In Potential In Franchise mode, sign a player with an overall skill of C- or below. 17%
- Back to Back to Back to Back Hit 4 home runs in a row against the CPU. 13%
- Making The Rounds Hit a home run in every stadium. 13%
- Standard Sultan Win the championship of a Standard Franchise or Season. 13%
- Monster Moonshot Hit a 500+ foot home run. 12%
- Custom Captain Win the championship of a Custom Franchise or Season. 11%
- Star-Studded Offense Complete a standard regular season with your players leading the league in AVG, HRs, and RBIs. 11%
- Not On My Watch Pick off a baserunner when playing against the CPU. 8.8%
- Top Notch Pitching Rotation Pitch 10 complete-game wins in a single regular season (9+ inning games only). 8.2%
- El Perfecto Pitch a 9+ inning perfect game with a single pitcher in Franchise, Season or Elimination mode. 7.5%
- Fairness Is Overrated While editing a Custom team, increase all of one player's skills to 99. 7.5%
- The Grand Equalizer Hit a home run with the bases loaded when down by exactly 4 runs. 5.5%
- The Perfect Season In Standard Franchise or Season mode, win every game in the regular season. 5.5%
- Start of a Dynasty Win 2 championships of a Standard Franchise in a row. 5.1%
- What A Staff! Complete a standard regular season with your players leading the league in ERA, Ks, and WHIP. 5.0%
- A Star Is Born In Franchise mode, increase a player's overall rating to S through Player Development. 4.4%
- Fixer Upper In Franchise mode, remove a negative trait from a player through Player Development. 3.1%
- Standard Bracketeer Win the championship of a Standard Elimination. 3.1%
- Custom Bracketeer Win the championship of a Custom Elimination. 2.7%
- Sub N' Swipe Steal 3rd base with a pinch runner against the CPU. 2.7%
- Old Dogs In Franchise mode, make the playoffs with an average team age of 33 or more. 2.6%
- SMB3 Franchise Master Win five championships in the same Standard Franchise. 2.6%
- Banking For The Future In Franchise mode, end the regular season with a payroll less than 50% of your team's budget. 2.1%
- This Game Is Rigged! In any Custom game mode, play a championship between two user-controlled teams. 1.7%
- SMB3 Season Master Win the championship of a Standard Season with a season average Ego of 80 or higher. 1.6%
- #Ego99 Challenge Win a 9+ inning game against the CPU at Ego 99 where both teams are Standard teams. 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.