Echoes of the Plum Grove
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 15h it's 1 in 13 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 3% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Plum Grove” (Successfully heal Limbo): only 3% of starters get there.
- 90% 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 3,175 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 28.9h for positive, 6.5h 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 (89.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Plum Grove Successfully heal Limbo. Most players quit here 3% −97
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Sign the Deed Sign for your new farm with the mayor. 100%
- It Never Ends Pay your taxes for the first time. 73%
- Fisherman Catch 10 different fish. 48%
- Lore of the Lagoon Discover the mermaid lagoon. 43%
- Spring Season Complete the spring season. 41%
- Beyond the Grave Discover Limbo world. 40%
- Artisan's Touch Learn 30 crafted blueprints. 40%
- Tying the Knot Propose and get married. 34%
- Legacy Builder Have a child. 32%
- Summer Season Complete the summer season. 28%
- Jewels Discover and mine a jewel. 23%
- Home Sweet Home Upgrade your house. 23%
- Mans Best Friend Adopt a dog. 22%
- Social Pillar Complete the social pillar. 21%
- Purrfect Feline Adopt a cat. 19%
- Fall Season Complete the autumn season. 19%
- The Great Outdoors Spend a night outside without returning to your farm. 18%
- Blood Moon See the blood moon. 15%
- Survivor Play for a full year. 13%
- Social Butterfly Achieve the highest friendship level with 50 villagers in a single game. 13%
- Eternal Rest Pass away. 13%
- Sorcerous Sisters Successfully join a witch coven. 12%
- Moneybags Carry 10k gold. 12%
- Bake Off Get first place at the baking event. 12%
- Carnivore Butcher a farm animal for the first time. 11%
- Grim Gifts Successfully poison another villager. 11%
- Homemade Dairy Produce and collect milk, cheese, and butter. 8.7%
- Forage Pillar Complete the forage pillar. 7.5%
- Homesteading Fully upgrade your house. 7.4%
- Farm Pillar Complete the farm pillar. 6.7%
- Fishing Pillar Complete the fishing pillar. 5.7%
- Merchant Mogul Earn over 100,000 coins from selling. 5.0%
- Crafting Pillar Complete the crafting pillar. 4.4%
- Cooking Pillar Complete the cooking pillar. 4.1%
- The Plum Grove Successfully heal Limbo. 3.4%
- Bountiful Barn Have every type of farm animal at least once. 3.1%
- Green Thumb Grow and harvest every crop. 2.2%
- Fashion Icon Dye 5 items of clothing. 2.0%
- Animal Whisperer Pet every type of animal once. 2.0%
- Enemies Make an enemy. 1.9%
- Marine Master Catch every fish. 0.9%
- Dye Master Craft all dye colors. 0.8%
- Festival Champion Get the best outcome in every festival event. 0.8%
- Skillful Legacy Achieve the maximum levels in all skills. 0.7%
- Master Chef Cook every recipe. 0.4%