IndieSimulationStrategy
Founders' Fortune
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 45% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 2,188
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 15h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- Only 45% 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 2,206 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 17.9h for positive, 6.3h 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 (44.6% 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 (20)
- No more kicking trees Equip a villager with an axe 100%
- Survival Survive your first winter 81%
- Mastery Have a villager unlock every skill in one profession 64%
- Flawless Defense Survive a raid without anyone falling unconscious 63%
- Nirvana Increase a villager's mood until they get a motivation boost 62%
- Embracing inspiration Complete a masterpiece 53%
- Growing the family Welcome a child to the village 36%
- Just in time Save a villager from bleeding out when they have less than 10% of their health left 22%
- They grow up so quickly Celebrate a child becoming an adult 22%
- Mighty warrior Equip a villager with a weapon that does 11 damage or more 22%
- Juggernaut Equip a villager with armor that has a 17 protection rating or more 12%
- Ahoy, me hearties! Befriend the pirates 11%
- Freebies Successfully demand a tribute or present 10%
- Friends from the afterlife Accept a ghost as a new member of the village 7.8%
- Picking fights Annoy the traders until they send a raid against you 6.7%
- The ultimate farm Have at least 30 tamed animals at the same time 6.5%
- New beginnings Sail off into the sunset and start a NewGame+ 6.3%
- Jack of all trades, master of all Have a villager unlock every skill in every profession 4.5%
- Getting rich quick Earn over 10,000 coins in a single trade 3.4%
- Challenger Sail off after playing on the hardest difficulty with default world settings 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.