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The Pathless
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 2,244
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 73% 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 2,256 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 2.9h 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 (73.1% 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 (43)
- The Adventure Begins Reach the mainland. 100%
- Acrobat Shoot 5 talismans while airborne before touching the ground. 78%
- Cleanse the Elk Cleanse the Forest Plateau. 71%
- Eagle's Companion Pet the eagle 4 times. 70%
- Ancient Whispers Discover 15 lore messages. 64%
- Trick Shot Bounce an arrow off two mirrors. 57%
- Cleanse the Lizard Cleanse the Redwood Steppe. 54%
- 1000 Talismans Shot Shoot 1,000 talismans. 53%
- Monastery Complete the puzzle at the Monastery. 53%
- Epic Landing Fall 150 meters without gliding and land hard. 51%
- Echoes of the Past Discover 30 lore messages. 49%
- Cleanse the Snake Cleanse the Great Plains. 47%
- Secret Seeker Discover 15 lanterns. 45%
- Textile Workshop Complete the puzzle at the Textile Workshop. 43%
- Storm Survivor Survive 3 storm encounters unscathed. 42%
- Cleanse the Bear Cleanse the Mountain Tundra. 42%
- The Truth is a Pathless Land Complete the game and view the credits. 40%
- Wisdom of the Ancients Discover 45 lore messages. 39%
- Bathhouse Complete the puzzle at the Bathhouse. 38%
- Cold Hike Reach the old fortress. 35%
- Light of Cernos Collect all the Elk lightstones. 35%
- Gift of the Elk Spirit Obtain the Gift of the Elk Spirit. 34%
- Great Secret Seeker Discover 30 lanterns. 33%
- Epic Flight Fly for over a minute without touching an updraft. 32%
- Light of Sauro Collect all the Lizard lightstones. 31%
- Gift of the Lizard Spirit Obtain the Gift of the Lizard Spirit. 30%
- Light of Nimue Collect all the Snake lightstones. 29%
- Gift of the Snake Spirit Obtain the Gift of the Snake Spirit. 28%
- Expert Secret Seeker Discover 45 lanterns. 28%
- Observer Reach the observatory. 28%
- Light of Kumo Collect all the Bear lightstones. 26%
- Sky Master Get 10 flaps. 26%
- Gift of the Bear Spirit Obtain the Gift of the Bear Spirit. 25%
- Hunter of the Light Collect all the lightstones. 25%
- Gifts of the Tall Ones Collect the gift from every spirit. 25%
- A New Path Awaits Witness the extended ending. 24%
- Super Slide Slide 400 meters down a steep slope. 20%
- Skill Shot Master Chain 10 skill shots in a row. 17%
- High Flyer Reach the highest updraft above the mountain. 15%
- River Rider Drift 300 meters down a river. 14%
- The Pathfinder's Tale Find all the lore of the Pathfinder's story. 13%
- Forest Whisperer Run with 6 animals. 10%
- No Path Untraveled Collect all achievements. 8.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.