Spirit of the North
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 5h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Infused with Light” (Become Infused with Pure Ancient Energy) and “Spirited Away” (Make it out of the Spirit World): from 76% to 20% of starters.
- 81% 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 6,739 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.5h for positive, 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 (81.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Guardian Forgotten Awaken the Spirit of the North 100%
- Infused with Light Become Infused with Pure Ancient Energy 76% −24
- Spirited Away Make it out of the Spirit World Most players quit here 20% −56
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- A Guardian Forgotten Awaken the Spirit of the North 100%
- Infused with Light Become Infused with Pure Ancient Energy 76%
- Fetch Carry a Shaman Staff for 3 minutes 53%
- Foxin' Around Stand still for 3 minutes 51%
- Spirit Bark Unlock Spirit Bark Ability 43%
- Blooms of Light Collect 25 Spirit Bloom 43%
- Awaken Awaken 5 Shaman Spirits 43%
- Eradicate Destroy 3 Plague Tethers 42%
- Best Friends Cause the Wisp chirp 100 times 38%
- Spirit Form Unlock Spirit Form Ability 36%
- Garden of Light Collect 50 Spirit Bloom 33%
- Uprooting Darkness Destroy 8 Plague Tethers 33%
- Written In Stone Infuse 30 Standing Stones 31%
- Weightless While in Spirit Form; step on a pressure plate, an unstable platform, and walk on water 27%
- Spirit Dash Unlock Spirit Dash Ability 27%
- Old Companion Awaken 12 Shaman Spirits 22%
- Plague Doctor Destroy 18 Plague Tethers 21%
- Spirited Away Make it out of the Spirit World 20%
- Match Maker Match 12 sets of Revolving Matching Glyphs 20%
- Northern Lights Fill the night sky with Aurora Borealis 19%
- Fox? Or Flying Squirrel? Stay airborn for more than 8 seconds using jump-gates or geysers 12%
- Ancient History Find and light all 8 types of carved Ancient Murals 10%
- None Forgotten Awaken all 28 Shaman Spirits 7.9%
- Kindred Spirits Locate and greet all Spirits in the Spirit World 5.4%