The Oregon Trail

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 1,320 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 9.6h for positive, 3.6h 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 (90.8% 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 (83)

• Independence Reach Independence 100%
• Big Blue River Cross the Blue River safely 76%
• Fort Laramie Discover Fort Laramie 63%
• Independence Rock Reach Independence Rock before July 4 55%
• Trail Food Consume 1,000 pounds of food 52%
• Fort Hall Discover Fort Hall 50%
• Making Her Mark Help Little Mary carve her name at Independence Rock 48%
• Marcus Whitman Complete 20 Route Challenges 46%
• Fort Boise Discover Fort Boise 43%
• Television Obtain a score of 15,000 40%
• Oregon City Reach Oregon 40%
• Peppard's Folly Successfully fund Samuel Peppard's wind wagon 36%
• Frail Monument Make sure Little Mary gets a doll for her birthday 35%
• Pawnee Villages Complete "Winter Migration" 30%
• Douse the Fire Talk the Gunslinger out of his quest for vengeance 24%
• You have died of dysentery Lose a character to dysentery 23%
• Performing Sturgery Catch a Lake Sturgeon 22%
• Winter Complete "Bitter Winter" 22%
• That's a Paddlin' Catch a Paddlefish 21%
• Slippery as an Eel Catch a Pacific Lamprey 20%
• Gold in the Veins Have the party activate Gold Fever 19%
• Thief in the Night Have some supplies stolen 17%
• A Fistful of Greenbacks Win $100 or more in total from the Gunslinger's challenges 16%
• Give a Man a Fish Trade away a total of 500 pounds of fish 16%
• Play Right Complete Chauncey's play without making a single mistake 16%
• Golden Sunset Arrive at Sutters Mill in California 16%
• Putting the Band Together Hear Lewis Southworth perform with a full backing band 15%
• You Can't Eat It Trade 5 or more gold nuggets for supplies 15%
• Bison Collect 1,000 animals 15%
• Midas Touch Collect more than 40 gold nuggets on the California Trail 13%
• Skillful Discover all of your party's skills in "The Oregon Trail" 13%
• Chasing Rainbows Catch a Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout 12%
• Wagons Complete a Journey with 3 different wagons 12%
• Peperony and Chease Leave an epitaph for a character with a custom name 11%
• Trail Wildlife Complete "The Nature Trail" 11%
• Fettuccine Western Win at all 5 of the Gunslinger's challenges 9.5%
• Sing-along Have a musician play for the rest of the party at a campsite 8.1%
• Cashing In Sell at least 25 gold nuggets to an Assayer 7.9%
• Rendezvous Complete "Rendezvous" 7.9%
• Lewis and Clark Travel 8,000 miles 7.5%
• Take Your Chances Successfully complete 5 salvage events in a row 7.2%
• A Good Cause Make sure Lewis Southworth keeps all the money from his performance 6.9%
• James Beckwourth Win against Beckwourth in "Tall Tales" 6.7%
• Behind the Name Meet Jesse Chisholm 5.9%
• In Good Taste Cook a cowboy's favorite dish 5.9%
• Follow the Stars Listen to John Evans's story 5.8%
• Sail On! Travel 500 miles using a wind wagon 5.8%
• The Peoria Party Reunite the Dragoons 5.7%
• Meek as Moses Survive Lost Hollow 5.4%
• Texas Fever Arrive at Abilene in Kansas 5.3%
• Columbia River Earn 10,000 points in "White Water Rapids" 4.7%
• Trail Mortality Complete "Oregon or Bust" 4.5%
• Taking Credit Complete your Individual Goal for the week 3.7%
• In the Pursuit of Knowledge Make a donation to the museum 3.4%
• Count Your Fingers Use Nitro at least 12 times on the California Trail 3.2%
• Back And Forth Witness a filla-ma-loo bird 2.6%
• Fish Story Witness a Flambeau ambler 2.6%
• The Last Spike Help your chosen railroad company claim victory 2.6%
• Sob Story Witness a squonk 2.6%
• Shooting Hoops Witness a hoop snake 2.5%
• Bet the Ranch Reach Abilene with excellent cattle condition 2.4%
• Spice of Life Have a Cook character make a perfect dish 2.2%
• The Real Work Begins Have a Prospector character make it to California 2.0%
• Antiques Deliver an antique to Oregon 1.8%
• Flying Like a Bird Have a unique encounter while traveling with a wind wagon 1.7%
• Cooling Down Use medicine to heal a Burned character completely 1.5%
• Smithereens Have the wagon break down as a result of a nitro explosion 1.5%
• Pacific Railroad Complete all Journeys 1.4%
• Robert Newell Complete 1,000 events 1.3%
• John Jacob Astor Spend a total of $20,000 1.0%
• Fact or Fiction Become lost while searching for the meteorite 1.0%
• Going for Gold Collect all 10 Dragoon medallions 0.8%
• The Oregon Trail (2009) Complete 75% of all Journal Challenges 0.7%
• Gold-Fashioned Trade supplies for gold nuggets 3 times on the trail 0.4%
• Dare Go Hollow Complete Lost Hollow in fewer than 15 days 0.4%
• Sky High Have a party member killed by a nitro explosion 0.3%
• Sager Orphans Collect 25 Gallery items 0.3%
• Abigail Scott Duniway Collect 50 Gallery items 0.2%
• Fool Me Twice Get swindled with Fool's Gold twice 0.2%
• Living Despite It All Complete Lost Hollow with more than 80 survivors 0.2%
• Rufus Porter Complete 15 Contracts 0.2%
• All Your Fish in a Roe Catch every trophy fish 0.1%
• The Oregon Trail (2021) Complete 100% of Journal Achievements 0.1%