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Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (71%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Chance Meeting” (Complete Chapter 2) and “An Abnormality in the Seaslight...” (Complete Chapter 3): from 78% to 40% of starters.
- 81% 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 2,581 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 58.2h for positive, 11h 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 (81.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Adventure Begins Complete Chapter 1 88% −12
- A Chance Meeting Complete Chapter 2 78% −10
- An Abnormality in the Seaslight... Complete Chapter 3 Most players quit here 40% −38
- Suppress Welt Geist Complete Chapter 4 32% −8
- Outside of Eden Complete Chapter 5 31% −1
- The Double Helix Paradox Complete Chapter 6 27% −5
- Goodbye Complete Chapter 7 25% −1
- The Moment of Decision Complete Chapter 8 23% −2
- Beyond Aporia Complete Chapter 9 23%
- A World Without Quietus Complete Chapter 10 20% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- First Harvest Harvest your first crops 100%
- The Adventure Begins Complete Chapter 1 88%
- A Chance Meeting Complete Chapter 2 78%
- Nice Catch Catch your first fish 73%
- Creative Craft 5 kinds of item 71%
- Good-Natured Complete 5 quests 56%
- Maintenance Fortify your weapons a total of 5 times 56%
- Good Communicator Improve closeness 5 times 55%
- Novice Cuisinier Cook 5 kinds of meal 54%
- KO! Defeat your first FEAR 54%
- A Dairy Story Rear your first livestock 50%
- Not Your Everyday Quotidicrab Catch a size 10 Quotidicrab 46%
- Eat Up Feed your pet for the first time 45%
- A Farm to Be Proud Of Expand the farm to level 3 44%
- Conellu Collector Collect 10 Conellu Dolls 40%
- An Abnormality in the Seaslight... Complete Chapter 3 40%
- Veteran Angler Catch 10 kinds of fish 35%
- Veteran Farmer Harvest crops a total of 1,000 times 34%
- Suppress Welt Geist Complete Chapter 4 32%
- Outside of Eden Complete Chapter 5 31%
- A Good Day for a Big Catch Catch 20 fish in a day 31%
- A Cave Full of Wells Clear 10 floors of the Karenoid 29%
- The Double Helix Paradox Complete Chapter 6 27%
- Goodbye Complete Chapter 7 25%
- Grow Big and Strong Level up your pet to its maximum level 25%
- The Moment of Decision Complete Chapter 8 23%
- Beyond Aporia Complete Chapter 9 23%
- A World Without Quietus Complete Chapter 10 20%
- Benevolent Reach maximum closeness with everyone 15%
- Prized Watermelon Harvest a high-quality Islet Watermelon 13%
- Exchanging Vows Exchange vows with a partner 13%
- Dig, Totokaku, Dig! Find all caves by digging 13%
- Wealthy Farmer Earn over 1,000,000 Grilla from shipping 12%
- Problem Solver Complete all quests 12%
- Big Landowner Expand the farm to its max size 11%
- Jack of All Trades Unlock all jobs 9.5%
- Envoy of Ruin Destroy all walls with bombs 8.0%
- Perfect Break Max out all 4 Break Gauges 8.0%
- Animal Lover Rear max livestock and max bond with all 7.3%
- Health Above Riches Cook HQ Pure Medicinal Porridge 7.3%
- Battle-Hardened Defeat every kind of FEAR 6.9%
- Star Fisher Catch every kind of fish 6.2%
- Harvest Master Harvest crops a total of 10,000 times 5.9%
- Conquering the Well Overcome the last trial of the Karenoid 5.4%
- A Dangerous Dinner Party Eat Dangerous Nitro Sautee at break time 4.8%
- Use with Caution Fortify all weapons to max strength 4.7%
- Head Chef Cook every kind of meal 4.4%
- Conellu Mania Collect all Conellu Dolls 3.6%
- The One Who Created Everything Craft every kind of item 2.6%