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Drova - Forsaken Kin
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending at least 16% of players who started
Started playing 74% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 9,853
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 20h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- At least 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Nice Beginning” and “I'll Find a Way!” (Find a way into Nemeton): from 82% to 50% 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 9,885 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 38.1h for positive, 12.4h 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 (73.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Nice Beginning Make sure that all of Cengiz's people are working on the bridge. 82% −18
- I'll Find a Way! Find a way into Nemeton. Most players quit here 51% −32
- My effervescent little Spark Get chosen by the Spark. 36% −15
- Only with the Rune Receive your Rune Stone. 31% −5
- In the Red Tower! Enter the Red Tower. 24% −8
- The Last Sovereign of the Bygones Defeat Drivanius. 17% −6
- New Paths You've experienced the story until its bitter end. You've mollified the Divinities and dispersed the Deathfog. ≥16% −1
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (52)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to Drova Bite the dust for the first time. 100%
- A Nice Beginning Make sure that all of Cengiz's people are working on the bridge. 82%
- Down Below Escape the Deep Mine in the Remnants' camp. 53%
- One Less Critter Take care of Olaf's Ripper problem. 51%
- I'll Find a Way! Find a way into Nemeton. 51%
- Of Fights and Foxes Help every person at Georgefarm. 46%
- Freedom! Free the prisoners. 38%
- Part of the Deal Enter into the Rustmoss Trade. 37%
- My effervescent little Spark Get chosen by the Spark. 36%
- Part of the Family Join Nemeton. 35%
- For the Underdog You helped Gra to win the battle. Ester is happy. 34%
- The Divinity is Ours! Defeat the Mighty Boar. 32%
- One with the Forest Primeval Embark on the journey to the roots of the Mother. 32%
- Only with the Rune Receive your Rune Stone. 31%
- Am I Not Entertaining You? Win your first battle in the arena. 30%
- The Legacy of the Bygones Find an ancient weapon. 30%
- I Am The Law Bring justice to the Pit in the Remnants' camp. 28%
- Bookworm Complete the Library. 28%
- Nothing Can Harm You! Receive a suit of armor of the Bygones. 26%
- Alone in the Forest Find the Divine Crystal in the Floodplain Forest. 26%
- I Had No Choice Face Diemo's revenge. 26%
- Tracking the Past Find the Divine Crystal in the Forest Primeval. 25%
- A Piglet Named Cay Give up part of yourself to save Cay. 25%
- In the Red Tower! Enter the Red Tower. 24%
- Bear Scare Kill a bear in Act 1. 23%
- Explorer Finish Drova in Explorer Mode. Does not count towards basic achievements. 23%
- Samaritan Help the bandit’s sick sister. 22%
- Gladiator Advance to the top during the arena battles in the Remnants' camp. 22%
- Classic Finish Drova in Classic Mode. Does not count towards basic achievements. 21%
- The Right Hand of Cengiz Kill the leader of the Ripper pack near the Woodcutter Camp in Act 1. 21%
- Out Of Sight But Not Out of Mind Complete the relic for the Ruin Raiders. 20%
- Scavenger Hunt Create your own talisman. 19%
- An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth Help Bertine exact her final vengeance. 18%
- The Last Sovereign of the Bygones Defeat Drivanius. 17%
- New Paths You've experienced the story until its bitter end. You've mollified the Divinities and dispersed the Deathfog. 16%
- For the Community Complete all tasks from the bulletin board. 15%
- It all began when... Receive a unique gift from Pwyll. 14%
- Joining the Remnants Join the Remnants. 14%
- Beware of the Old Blood A hunter must hunt. 12%
- Conquered the Arena Defeat Bady in a fair fight. 12%
- Everything Ends You've experienced the story until its bitter end. You've unleashed the wrath of the Divinities and dispersed the Deathfog. 12%
- That Silver Is Mine! Leave the Pit by letting Katsa pass you with more than 100 silver ore prospected in the Pit. 11%
- Utter Trust Trust Gawan and his Business Sense 10%
- Mikesch The Devourer Feed 10 fish to Mikesch. 6.8%
- Animal Whisperer Interact with every unique animal in Drova. 5.8%
- Last One Standing Be the last person standing after Eugen's baptism of fire. 5.2%
- Waste Not, Want Not Get high on every drug in Drova. 4.2%
- Free the Divinity in the Knawd Moor Make sure that the Knawd Moor can recover. Doesn't count toward the base achievements. 3.3%
- Iron Finish the game with the save mode set to Iron. 2.7%
- Insane Finish Drova in "Insane" mode. Does not count towards basic achievements. 1.4%
- Drovastic! Get all basic Achievements. 0.7%
- Hardcore Finish Drova with the save mode set to "Hardcore." Does not count towards basic achievements. 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.