SimulationStrategy
WitchHand
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 640
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 7h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 96% 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.
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Based on all 648 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 13h for positive, 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 (95.6% 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 (38)
- Academic Learn a spell. 100%
- Fated Servant Complete a quest from the Council of Fates. 99%
- Recycling Sell a letter from home. 96%
- Healing Touch Cast a healing spell. 95%
- Fated Scion Complete a golden quest from the Council of Fates. 94%
- First in the Ninth Build the First Waypoint. 90%
- Traveler Explore 100 times. 83%
- Diplomacy Befriend a Faerie City. 78%
- Exterminate Destroy a Faerie City. 77%
- Wondrous Create a Wonder. 75%
- Civilization Build 5 villages. 72%
- It's Logistics Build a Nexus. 69%
- Second in the Ninth Build the Second Waypoint. 69%
- Extended Reach Pay the Fortune Teller's fee. 65%
- Wealthy Earn 500 Stardrop Coins. 65%
- Fated Devotee Complete a silver quest from the Council of Fates. 64%
- Kill it with Fire Throw a fireball. 61%
- Unstoppable Force Give a Familiar a sword. 59%
- Invoker Perform a rite. 58%
- So Many Friends Summon 10 Familiars. 57%
- Cold as Ice Freeze an enemy. 55%
- Linked Link two villages as the Celestial Witch. 53%
- Prosperity Earn 1000 Stardrop Coins. 52%
- Third in the Ninth Build the Third Waypoint. 49%
- Correspondence Read the final letter. 49%
- Welcome Home Revive a Familiar. 45%
- Immovable Object Give a Familiar a shield. 44%
- Thick Spellbook Learn 50 spells. 42%
- Oldest in the Ninth Build the Ancient Waypoint. 41%
- Potion Master Have 4 active Alchemists. 39%
- Silenced Defeat the Void Herald 39%
- Riches Aplenty Earn 2000 Stardrop Coins. 39%
- Defy Fate Defeat the Lord of the Ninth. 39%
- Cuisine Cook a meal as the Culinary Witch. 31%
- Adventurer Explore 500 times. 28%
- Chaos Enthusiast Create the Chaos Gateway as the Chaos Witch. 24%
- Customized Start a new game with custom advanced settings. 23%
- Bird Seed Give a Phoenix a treat as the Phoenix Witch. 21%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.