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Cloud Gardens
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 61% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 2,311
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 5h it's 1 in 70 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.
- Only 61% 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 2,342 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.7h for positive, 1.4h 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 (61.2% 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 (11)
- Discovery Unlock a new type of seed 100%
- Big Picture Go to the the Overworld after completing the first chapter 55%
- Getting the Band Back Together Use all of the toys in one level 41%
- Halfway There Finish the Rooftops Chapter 21%
- Green Thumb Complete the credits scene 12%
- Master Gardener Complete every scene on the Overworld 10%
- Up Build a very tall contraption 7.4%
- Overgrowth Grow 120 plants in a single Overworld scene 6.7%
- Biodiversity Plant one of each seed in a single scene 4.7%
- They're Watching Place 30 gnomes in one scene 4.1%
- Reforestation Grow 10000 plants in total 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.