Botanicula
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 4h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Level 1” and “Level 2”: from 100% to 70% of starters.
- 79% 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 6,819 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 4.2h for positive, 3.1h 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 (79.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Level 1 Finished level 1 100%
- Level 2 Finished level 2 Most players quit here 71% −29
- Level 3 Finished level 3 57% −14
- Level 4 Finished level 4 49% −8
- Level 5 Finished level 5 39% −10
- Level 6 Finished level 6 38% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (53)
story milestone ending side
- Brambora 100%
- Level 1 Finished level 1 100%
- Strasilka 78%
- Nosal 77%
- Tykvovec 74%
- Soukac 73%
- Parazit 72%
- Dzin 72%
- Level 2 Finished level 2 71%
- Zlo A 70%
- Bzukavec 68%
- Brouk 65%
- Zaba 63%
- Orchestrion 63%
- Balonek 60%
- Level 3 Finished level 3 57%
- Hopik 56%
- Skakavec 55%
- Jepice 55%
- Kukacka 51%
- Mesto 49%
- Zlo B 49%
- Level 4 Finished level 4 49%
- Hlavouni 45%
- Loutky 43%
- Jelen 43%
- Vesmir 41%
- Ulita 40%
- Zelva 40%
- Hrouda 39%
- Nosatec 39%
- Zlo C 39%
- Level 5 Finished level 5 39%
- Zavod 39%
- Tucnak 38%
- Zaba 38%
- Burak 38%
- Krabicka 38%
- Level 6 Finished level 6 38%
- Krotitel 37%
- Krava 36%
- Snek 36%
- Pidalka 35%
- Jepice 35%
- Cap 35%
- Mythology Collected complete tree mythology 34%
- Chameleon 32%
- Zarovka 29%
- Skritci 27%
- Mura 26%
- Zrout 23%
- Kedlubny 22%
- Svolavac 18%