Grow: Song of the Evertree
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “It's in a Book” (Unlock Book) and “Plain Sailing” (Unlock the Plains District): from 100% to 41% of starters.
- 74% 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 2,605 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 25h for positive, 5.9h 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 (74.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- It's in a Book Unlock Book 100%
- Plain Sailing Unlock the Plains District Most players quit here 41% −59
- Wood if I Could Unlock the Forest Region 29% −12
- Get with the Flow Unlock the River Precinct 17% −12
- Right up Your Valley Unlock the Valley Province 14% −3
- You've Peaked Unlock the Mountainside Ward 12% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (22)
story milestone ending side
- It's in a Book Unlock Book 100%
- Walk 500 Miles Walk 500 miles 72%
- Won't You Be My Neighbor? Assign first villager to a house 69%
- Walk 500 More Walk a total of 1,000 miles 60%
- Can You Tell Me How to Get? Talk to 20 villagers 56%
- Making the Most of Everything Turn 100 items into Essences 50%
- The Atmosphere Is Great Complete first district requests 50%
- Yeah-Nah Have 10 residents leave town 48%
- Love them, and hug them Befriend 5 critters 43%
- Plain Sailing Unlock the Plains District 41%
- Work Your Cares Away Build 20 buildings 39%
- Best Friends Everywhere Complete a relationship character to the "Friend Ending" 31%
- Wood if I Could Unlock the Forest Region 29%
- Just for Kicks Kick around items in the Gnome House 24%
- Blueprint Bonanza Unlock all building blueprints 24%
- Get with the Flow Unlock the River Precinct 17%
- Happy Accident First Accident World Seed created 16%
- Wet the Bed Use the Watering Can on a bed 14%
- Right up Your Valley Unlock the Valley Province 14%
- Take a Look Inspect 20 villagers 14%
- You've Peaked Unlock the Mountainside Ward 12%
- Pure Perfection Create a Perfect World Seed for each World type 10%