Achievements
Steam shows 36 achievements and hides 12 more. Rates below are the global percentages on 13 November 2026. They describe how far players got, not how good they are.
The early cluster is wide open: Bread and Water 83.3% (Canteen and Rain-Collector), City Architect 73.5% (30 buildings in one scenario), First Onslaught 71.2% (first Zyrex wave), First Discovery 67.5% (one research), New Day, New Life 62.0% (first cryosleeper). Most people who launch the game clear that band.
The middle band thins out. Settlement, 100 population, 47.6%. Advanced Technology 43.7%. Road Network, 250 metres, 34.2%. Energy Reserve, 10,000 W stored, 24.0%. First Step, any-difficulty story clear, 12.9%.
The tail is the interesting part for a guide. Research Complete and Steel Swarm (eight spiders) are both 0.4%. The Ultimate Machine, Storm-Bulwark Hull plus Singularity-Generator, is 0.9%. Trial by Fire, the Challenge clear, is 0.2%. Flying Blind is 0.1%. I use the tail as evidence that endgame parts and Challenge clears are rare three days after launch, not as a difficulty ranking I measured myself.
Hidden achievements are omitted rather than guessed from icons. If a name is only a stat label inside a combat counter, it is on the Zyrex page, not duplicated as a fake achievement.
| Achievement | Earlier research | Later public page | Later API | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread and Water | 83.3% | 82.7% | 82.1% | 1 provider · conflicting snapshots |
| First Onslaught | 71.2% | 70.8% | 70.2% | 1 provider · conflicting snapshots |
| First Discovery | 67.5% | 67.1% | 66.5% | 1 provider · conflicting snapshots |
36 entries
| Name | Category | Use | Unlock | Cost | Output | Power | Version | Sources | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread and Water | Starter | Build a Canteen and a Rain-Collector | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| City Architect | Building | Build 30 buildings in a single scenario | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| First Onslaught | Combat | Repel the first Zyrex attack | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| First Discovery | Research | Conduct your first research | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| New Day, New Life | Population | Awaken the first person from cryosleep | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Settlement | Population | Grow the population to 100 | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Advanced Technology | Research | Research and build an Advanced Laboratory | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Exterminator I | Combat | Destroy 50 Zyrexes | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Metropolis | Building | Build 80 buildings in a single scenario | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Road Network | Building | Build more than 250 meters of road | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Secrets of the Wall | Story | Uncover the secrets of the Wall | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Energy Reserve | Power | Accumulate 10,000 W of energy | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Exterminator II | Combat | Destroy 150 Zyrexes | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Robospider 2.0 | Robospider | Modify a robospider for the first time | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Pinnacle of Engineering | Research | Research and build a High-Tech Laboratory | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| The People Are With You | Population | Restore the residents' trust after it drops to 10% | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Exterminator III | Combat | Destroy 300 Zyrexes | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| No Room for Error | Combat | Survive 3 waves without repairing any buildings (no repairs between waves) | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| City | Population | Grow the population to 250 | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| For a Rainy Day | Resources | Stockpile 300 units of water and 250 food rations | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| First Step | Story | Complete the story campaign on any difficulty level | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Exterminator IV | Combat | Destroy 600 Zyrexes | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| On All Fronts | Expedition | Send 2 expedition teams to explore the Wall at the same time | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Trailblazer | Expedition | Visit every biome on the Wall | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Struggle for the Future | Story | Complete the story campaign on "Struggle" difficulty or higher | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Nothing Left Unexplored | Expedition | Explore every location on the Wall Map in any scenario | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Human Anthill | Building | House all residents in Human Anthills only | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| First Try | Challenge | Complete a scenario without using saves | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| A Promise Is a Promise | Population | Never break a promise over an entire playthrough | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Industrial Giant | Resources | Have 3 Plasma Drills operate simultaneously | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| The Ultimate Machine | Robospider | Equip a robospider with a Storm-Bulwark Hull and a Singularity-Generator | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Research Complete | Research | Complete all possible research in a single scenario | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Steel Swarm | Robospider | Use 8 robospiders in a single city | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Trial by Fire | Story | Complete the story campaign on "Challenge" difficulty | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Reboot | Challenge | Restore the Core's integrity after its durability drops to 10% | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 | ||
| Flying Blind | Challenge | Complete a scenario without building an Intelligence Center | — | — | — | 1 independent source | 2026-11-13 |
Questions
Why 36 and not 48?
The public achievement page lists 36. Steam’s total for the app is 48, so 12 are hidden. Hidden names are not in this table.
Do the percentages update live?
No. They are the reading from 13 November 2026. A later day will be a different number.
Sources
- Steam achievement percentages API — same provider, different snapshot — checked 2026-11-13
- Steam global achievements for app 4218360 — checked 2026-11-13