ActionAdventureIndieRPG
Secrets of Grindea
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 6% of players who started
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 8,615
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 35h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Hello Evergrind!” (Reach the 2nd floor: Evergrind Forest!): only 41% of starters get there.
- 80% 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 8,635 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 29h for positive, 17.9h 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 (80.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hello Evergrind! Reach the 2nd floor: Evergrind Forest! Most players quit here 41% −59
- Hello Pumpkins! Reach the 3rd floor: Pumpkin Woods! 26% −15
- Hello Robots! Reach the 4th floor: Flying Fortress! 18% −8
- Hello Yetis! Reach the 5th floor: Snowland! 14% −4
- Hello Seasons! Reach the 6th floor: Temple of Seasons! 12% −2
- Hello Mushrooms! Reach the 7th floor: Mt Bloom! 6% −6
- Hello Ancients! Reach the 8th floor: Tai Ming! 6%
- Hello Sand! Reach the 9th floor: the Desert! 4% −2
- Hello Skeletons! Reach the 10th floor: the Ghost Ship! 3% −1
- The End? Watch the Normal Ending! 6% +3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- Initiate Item Hunter Find 50 unique items! 100%
- Coin Collector Amass a fortune of 10 000 gold! 69%
- Card Novice Collect 5 monster cards! 65%
- Hello Evergrind! Reach the 2nd floor: Evergrind Forest! 41%
- Urban Fishing Catch all the fish in and around Evergrind City! 38%
- Hallow Fishing Catch all the fish in the Pumpkin Woods! 36%
- Mountain Fishing Catch all the fish in the Pillar Mountains! 35%
- Crafting Apprentice Craft five unique items! 34%
- Ice Fishing Catch all the fish in Seasonne! 29%
- Hello Pumpkins! Reach the 3rd floor: Pumpkin Woods! 26%
- Accomplished Item Hunter Find 150 unique items! 21%
- Mountain Kid Get a floor S rank in Pillar Mountains! 19%
- Hello Robots! Reach the 4th floor: Flying Fortress! 18%
- Card Enthusiast Collect twenty monster cards! 17%
- Hello Yetis! Reach the 5th floor: Snowland! 14%
- Chicken Buddy Complete 5 different chicken herding challenges! 13%
- Crafting Journeyman Craft twenty unique items! 12%
- Hello Seasons! Reach the 6th floor: Temple of Seasons! 12%
- Cave Fishing Catch all the fish in Mt Bloom! 11%
- Dune Fishing Catch all the fish in Dragonbone Dunes! 9.7%
- Card Champion Collect ALL monster cards! 9.0%
- Ghost Collector Help Mixe gather all the ghost and get the Catalyst of Mortality! 9.0%
- Bishop's Boon Defeat Bishop and get the Catalyst of Power! 9.0%
- Full Album Collect all the cards and unlock the Catalyst of Awakening! 8.5%
- Easy Climb Complete every challenge room unique to the Pillar Mountains! 8.1%
- Green Thumb Use fertilizer to make all the green sprouts grow up! 6.7%
- Trick Phaser Beat Tannie's Personal Phase Shift Course! 6.7%
- Quick Draw Perfect guard ten attacks in a row! 6.5%
- Face the Apocalypse Defeat Zhamla and watch the True Ending! 6.4%
- The End? Watch the Normal Ending! 6.2%
- Hello Mushrooms! Reach the 7th floor: Mt Bloom! 6.2%
- Hello Ancients! Reach the 8th floor: Tai Ming! 6.0%
- Camper Get a floor S rank in Evergrind Forest! 5.4%
- Animal Lover Tame all pets in the game! 4.6%
- Well-Read Read all parts of Penn Wryte's book series "The Summoning"! 4.4%
- Crafting Master Craft every recipe at least once! 4.2%
- Hello Sand! Reach the 9th floor: the Desert! 4.1%
- Ultimate Item Hunter Find 300 unique items! 3.9%
- Hello Skeletons! Reach the 10th floor: the Ghost Ship! 3.4%
- Picnic Ace Complete every challenge room unique to the Evergrind Forest! 3.1%
- Casual Climb Unlock the first catalyst in Arcade Mode! 2.9%
- Knight of The Red Defeat the Furious Giga Slime in Arcade Mode! 2.9%
- Bug Catcher Defeat Summer and Autumn by using the Bug Net. How rude! 2.5%
- Pumpkin King Get a floor S rank in Pumpkin Woods! 2.5%
- The Machine Get a floor S rank in Flying Fortress! 2.4%
- Shiidu Unleashed Convince Shiidu to protect humanity, and join forces in the Final Battle! 2.4%
- Sit Down! Make Marino fall down by using Perfect Guards! 1.9%
- Vanilla Ice Get a floor S rank in the Snowland! 1.9%
- Master Gardener Have at least one of all the potted plants in your house! 1.7%
- Well Seasoned Get a floor S rank in the Temple of Seasons! 1.7%
- Completionist Reach 100% completion. 1.5%
- Scary Good Complete every challenge room unique to the Pumpkin Woods! 1.5%
- Uphill Battle Unlock the second catalyst in Arcade Mode! 1.2%
- Arduous Ascent Unlock the third catalyst in Arcade Mode! 0.9%
- Ice Cold Eyes Complete every challenge room unique to the Snowland! 0.9%
- Challenge Accepted Play game on Expert Mode from start to finish 0.9%
- Toxic Kid S rank Mt Bloom! 0.9%
- Computer Whiz Complete every challenge room unique to the Flying Fortress! 0.7%
- All Year 'Round Complete every challenge room unique to the Temple of Seasons! 0.7%
- Hot Stuff S rank the Desert! 0.6%
- GhostyBuster S rank the Ghost Ship! 0.6%
- Chronomancer S rank Tai Ming! 0.6%
- The Beginning Defeat the Goddess in Arcade Mode and prove your worth. 0.5%
- Sightseeing Bring Mesido along your adventure all the way from the Evergrind Festival to the True Ending! 0.5%
- Sun Burned Complete every challenge room unique to the Desert! 0.4%
- All The Time Complete every challenge room unique to Tai Ming! 0.4%
- Speedrunner [Single Player] Get to the credits from start to finish in less than 3 hours and 30 minutes (in-game time)! 0.4%
- Grave Keeper Complete every challenge room unique to the Ghost Ship! 0.2%
- Caveman Complete every challenge room unique to Mt Bloom! 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.