Towerborne
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 5h it's 1 in 4 (28%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- Only 7% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 1,572 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 11.8h for positive, 11.5h 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 (6.6% 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 (30)
- Licensed for Danger Increase your Danger Level 100%
- New Mission, Who This? Complete 5 missions 94%
- Gosh Darn it, Umbra Like Me! Recruit 3 Umbra 61%
- It's Pronounced "GAH-bo" Defeat 500 Gobos 59%
- Pangojira Pummeler Defeat Pangojira 55%
- Not Just a Side Mission Complete 25 missions 42%
- Truffleclub Thrasher Defeat Truffleclub 30%
- I Let the Umbra Do the Work Use an Umbra ability 250 times 26%
- We Respect Your Commitment to the Mission(s) Complete 50 missions 24%
- Boofaloo in a China Shop Smash 1000 breakable items 21%
- Win Friends and Influence Umbra Recruit 6 Umbra 21%
- Yxil Exterminator Defeat Yxil 20%
- Are We the Baddies? Defeat 500 Merks 20%
- The Pango Tango Defeat 500 Pango Pups 18%
- Hero of Numbers Defeat the villain deep within the City of Numbers 11%
- Shroom and Doom Defeat 500 Mushbooms 11%
- Mama Mia! That's a Lot of Missions Complete 100 missions 11%
- Making Fletch Happen Defeat 500 Quivertails 9.1%
- The Real Lesson Was Friendship Recruit 12 Umbra 9.1%
- They Never Saw It Coming Reach Level 50 as a Shadowstriker 7.6%
- Tenderized and Flame-Broiled Reach Level 50 as a Pyroclast 6.1%
- Gnaw Dude, I'm Good Defeat 500 Gnashers 6.1%
- So I Heard You Like Bonuses Complete 50 bonus objectives in missions 4.5%
- Some Call Me the Facebreaker Reach Level 50 as a Rockbreaker 4.5%
- You Have My Shield Reach Level 50 as a Sentinel 4.5%
- Jumpin' Jehoshaphat! Defeat 500 Madpoles 3.0%
- A Little Dusk in Your Eyes Defeat 500 Duskers 3.0%
- Going Over Boar-d Defeat 500 Stoutswine 1.5%
- The Captain's Dilemma Defeat 500 Lieutenants 1.5%
- Smear Campaign Defeat 500 Smears 1.5%