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Roots of Pacha
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 4,577
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 93% 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 4,593 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 42.9h for positive, 27.9h 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 (93% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (62)
story milestone ending side
- Make Igrork Proud Discover 1 plant 100%
- Make Frer Proud Catch 1 fish 96%
- The First Spark Complete 1 Idea 89%
- Lasting Food Process 1 product 84%
- A Glyptodon Gathering Complete the glyptodons cave challenge 77%
- A Person Of Note Gain 1000 Contribution 76%
- Green Thumb Get to level 2 knowledge of any plant 75%
- Animal Friend Tame 1 animal 70%
- Delightful Dish Cook 1 dish 69%
- Your Place In The World Build your own house 67%
- A Wise Flight Complete Owl's cave challenge 61%
- Uncover The Mysteries Raise the pyramid once 58%
- Fur Friend Have a pet 58%
- Make Inza Proud Catch 10 fish 55%
- A Bonfire Complete 10 Ideas 54%
- Make Ada Proud Discover 12 plants 53%
- A Passing Tale Gain 10000 Contribution 51%
- Start The Party Dance with one NPC 50%
- Meals Until Next Season Process 10 different types of products 48%
- Your Bigger Place In The World Upgrade your house once 38%
- Playing With Platforms Complete Monkey's cave challenge 38%
- Chef Of The Ages Cook 10 dishes 34%
- Animal Hangout Tame 10 animals 34%
- Green Hand Get to level 5 knowledge of any plant 34%
- An Ancient Bond Harness the full power of jewelry 33%
- Navigate The Unknown Raise the pyramid twice 32%
- A Friend Indeed Gain 5 flowers with one NPC 31%
- Crushing Riddles Complete Bear's cave challenge 30%
- Your Big Place In The World Fully upgrade your house 25%
- Investigate The Meaning Raise the pyramid three times 23%
- Totem Rite Of Passage Complete the final cave challenge 23%
- Stories Will Be Told Gain 100000 Contribution 22%
- Besties For Life Gain 10 flowers with one NPC 17%
- Light The Way Complete all Ideas 15%
- Think A Little Deeper Raise the pyramid four times 15%
- Ancestral Guides Make your mark in all dark rooms 14%
- Explore The Lessons Fully raise the pyramid 14%
- Great Ideas Produce 1 of every product type 9.9%
- Animal Herd Tame 30 animals 9.5%
- Generations Form a union and have a baby 9.4%
- A Rare Friend Tame a rare animal 8.7%
- Make The Clan Proud Discover all plants 7.0%
- Social Butterfly Gain 5 flowers with one NPC of each clan 6.3%
- It's a bug Catch 1 bug 6.2%
- Bugged out Catch 10 bugs 5.8%
- Seal of approval Restore the Sun and Moon trees 5.4%
- House Guest Accidentally passout in a strange place 5.1%
- Legend Of The Land Tame a legendary animal 4.4%
- Best In Show Breed an animal to max stats 4.4%
- Future flora Harvest one evolved plant 4.1%
- Party Animal Dance with all NPCs 3.5%
- A Legend Of Old Gain 1000000 Contribution 3.3%
- Talk Of The Town Gain 10 flowers with one NPC from each clan 2.9%
- Future fauna Breed one evolved animal 2.7%
- Culinary Innovator Cook all dishes 2.5%
- Howling Good Time Stepping with the pack 2.5%
- QA Catch all the bugs 2.2%
- Make Tetih Proud Catch all fish 2.0%
- Green Arm Get to level 5 knowledge for all plants 1.9%
- Threads tied Restore all time threads 1.6%
- Pro gamer Beat everyone at dice 1.4%
- Performer Play all songs in the amphitheater 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.