NAIAD

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 755 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 8.4h 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 (92.6% 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 (53)

• Under the Cloud’s Protection Meet the Little Cloud. 100%
• Fish’s Apprentice Learn to flow like a fish. 99%
• Friend of the Frogs Have a frog follow Naiad for a short while. 96%
• Bird’s Apprentice Learn to sing different notes. 93%
• Poem Discoverer Find your first poem. 92%
• Helping the Fauna Gather the first duckling. 90%
• Duck’s Apprentice Learn to swim like a duck. 87%
• Caring for the Flora Make the first plant sprout. 86%
• Duck Master Swim like a duck for more than 10 minutes. 76%
• Friend of the Fish Have 15 or more fish follow Naiad for a short while. 73%
• Essence Discoverer Find your first essence. 69%
• Test of Courage Naiad goes into the darkness alone. 62%
• Illuminating the Darkness Make some of the mushrooms in the caves glow. 60%
• Hide-and-Seek Play hide-and-seek with the Cloud. 59%
• Flute Music Take the flute to the child. 57%
• Friend of the Ducks Have 3 or more ducks follow Naiad for a short while. 56%
• Exploring the Darkness Find 7 secret passages. 54%
• Hibernation Get the miner to stop making noise. 54%
• Zen Mode Pause for a short while to discover Zen Mode and focus on nearby details. 54%
• A Bite for a Bite Get the loggers to stop cutting down trees. 53%
• Bird’s Nest Find a bird’s nest. 52%
• Frog’s Apprentice Learn to dash like a frog. 51%
• Poem Collector Find 16 poems. 37%
• Fish Master Flow like a fish for more than 10 minutes. 31%
• Floral Chant Sing the Aria of Flower to make it rain petals. 27%
• The Storm’s Sacrifice Naiad says goodbye to the Little Cloud. 23%
• Essence Collector Find 7 essences. 22%
• Frog Master Dash like a frog more than 100 times. 21%
• Sleeping Giant Get the factory to stop working. 21%
• Oceanid Play as the little mermaid in the sea. 20%
• Dragon’s Nest Find the dragon’s nest. 20%
• Home to Note E Find the secret cave where Note E lies. 19%
• Flight of the Raven Flow for a moment alongside the raven as it flies. 19%
• The Circle is closed Naiad becomes the new Cloud. 19%
• Home to Note D Find the secret cave where Note D lies. 17%
• Message in a bottle Take the message in the bottle to the child on the island. 16%
• Home to Note A Find the secret cave where Note A lies. 16%
• Flight of the Flamingo Flow for a moment alongside the flamingos as they fly. 15%
• Home to Note C Find the secret cave where Note C lies. 15%
• Flight of the Hawk Flow for a moment alongside the hawk as it flies. 14%
• Home to Note F Find the secret cave where Note F lies. 14%
• Flight of the Seagull Flow for a moment alongside the seagulls as they fly. 13%
• Postcard Mode Pause underwater for a short while to discover Postcard Mode and watch the river become pixelated. 12%
• Home to Note G Find the secret cave where Note G lies. 12%
• Home to Note B Find the secret cave where Note B lies. 11%
• Flight of the Phoenix Flow for a moment alongside the phoenix as it flies. 11%
• Flight of the Vulture Flow for a moment alongside the vulture as it flies. 9.9%
• Flight of the Owl Flow for a moment alongside the owl as it flies. 9.1%
• Flight of the Pigeon Flow for a moment alongside the pigeons as they fly. 8.5%
• The Final Note Sing for the darkness to break the Circle. 7.2%
• Essence Master Find all the essences. 7.1%
• Poem Master Find all the poems. 7.0%
• Guardian of the River Discover all the essences and secrets of the river. 5.1%