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Terra Nil
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 19% of players who started
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 8,970
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (38%); after 10h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 19% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Global Rejuvenation” (Completely restore the planet): only 19% of starters get there.
- 75% 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 9,048 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 13.3h for positive, 4.7h 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 (75.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Global Rejuvenation Completely restore the planet Most players quit here 19% −81
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- Valley of the Wind Restore the River Valley 100%
- Wildfire Burn down 25 buildings with a single fire 88%
- Minecraft Rocks! Create rock by causing lava and river to meet 55%
- Greenleaf Vale Restore the Hill and Dale 48%
- Coral Renewal Restore the Desolate Island 42%
- Open-cast Reclamation Restore the Abandoned Quarry 39%
- Riverside Restoration Restore the Polluted Bay 39%
- Abundant Life In the tropical region, fully restore all biomes and climate conditions and have 3 gold photos per mission 37%
- Feeling Frosty Restore the Volcanic Glacier 35%
- Caught in the Act Take an action shot of an animal 35%
- Screensaver Appreciate the beauty of nature for at least 60 seconds 31%
- Fauna Utopia Complete a mission with all the animal groups ideally satisfied 30%
- Beneath the Snow In the polar region, fully restore all biomes and climate conditions and have 3 gold photos per mission 29%
- Oryx and Crake In the continental region, fully restore all biomes and climate conditions and have 3 gold photos per mission 29%
- Northern Glaciation Restore the Polluted Fjord 29%
- Flooded Isles Restore the Archipelago 29%
- Urban Renewal Restore the Irradiated Sprawl 26%
- Reduce Reuse Recycle Restore the Continental Outskirts 25%
- Final Countdown Restore the Flooded City 25%
- Nature Finds a Way Restore the Scorched Caldera 24%
- Marine Haven Restore the tropical archipelago with at least 40% of the map being underwater 23%
- Rock and Stone Restore the Subpolar River 20%
- Goldilocks Have 3 different groups of bears that are fully satisfied in the River Valley 20%
- Antarctic Oasis Restore the Volcanic Glacier while still having at least 15 lava tiles 20%
- Global Rejuvenation Completely restore the planet 19%
- Perfectly Pleasant In the temperate region, fully restore all biomes and climate conditions and have 3 gold photos per mission 15%
- Aerial View Use screenshot mode to take a full map screenshot 12%
- Okavango Delta Restore the Parched Dunes 11%
- I Would Drive 500 Tiles Drive 500 tiles with ERW1N 9.3%
- Grand Canyon Restore the Canyon Peaks 9.0%
- Green Energy Restore the Fracked Floodplain 7.4%
- Perfect Location Construct an Animal Observatory at the intersection of 4 different tier 2 biomes 6.5%
- Everything the Light Touches In the arid region, fully restore all biomes and climate conditions and have 3 gold photos per mission 5.3%
- Better than 4k Take a photo worth 5000 or more 4.5%
- Wildlife Safari Take a photo of ERW1N and at least 3 different animal species 2.4%
- Call of the Void Use a rock hopper to fire a rock over the canyon 2.3%
- Great Migration Create a bird migration between sanctuaries that is more than 60 tiles long 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.