AdventureCasualFree To Play
Ylands
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 14% of owners
Steam reviews 64% positive of 8,451
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (26%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 14% 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 8,513 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 12.7h for positive, 1.7h 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 (14.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- Captain Claim your first ship 100%
- It's a whole book!? Read a book 28%
- Explorer Collect 100 exploration points 25%
- Gardener Plant 100 plants 19%
- Sailor Sail to 10 Ylands 19%
- Veteran Explorer Collect 200 exploration points 18%
- Eureka! Learn 100 new recipes from random encounters 16%
- Feeling Blue Complete your first blueprint 15%
- Qualified Ylander Complete Ylands tutorial 14%
- Sharpshooter Kill an enemy that's further than 50 meters with a ranged weapon 13%
- Architect Place 1000 building blocks 12%
- Master Explorer Collect 500 exploration points 11%
- Veteran Gardener Plant 500 plants 11%
- Green Thumb Plant 10 types of plant 9.1%
- Dodgeball Champion Complete the "Jagged Jaw" Mystery Yland 8.4%
- Master Gardener Plant 1000 plants 8.4%
- Globetrotter Visit 5 different biomes 8.4%
- Spirited Elsewhere Complete the "Forest Spirits" Mystery Yland 8.4%
- Talent Agent Place a Vendor Banner 8.4%
- Memory Closer Complete the "Distant Memory" Mystery Yland 7.7%
- Mutant Slayer Kill 100 mutated enemies 7.7%
- Animal Whisperer Tame 10 animals 7.0%
- Art Critic Complete the "Imaginarium" Mystery Yland 7.0%
- Oops! Blow yourself up with your own grenade 7.0%
- Veteran Sailor Sail to 50 Ylands 7.0%
- Sightseer Visit 100 unique encounters 7.0%
- Unlimited Power Craft an energy generator 5.6%
- Veteran Architect Place 5000 building blocks 4.9%
- Ylander's Ark Tame 10 types of animal 4.9%
- Veteran Animal Whisperer Tame 20 animals 4.2%
- Master Architect Place 10000 building blocks 4.2%
- Extinguisher Complete the "Ember Yland" Mystery Yland 4.2%
- Good Friend Send an item to a friend 4.2%
- I Got a Gift Get an item from a friend 4.2%
- Lightbringer Complete the "Lost Light" Mystery Yland 4.2%
- Little Hoarder Collect all the stolen toys 4.2%
- Mechanic Assemble your first car 4.2%
- Mystery Solver Complete 5 Mystery Ylands 4.2%
- Master Sailor Sail to 100 Ylands 4.2%
- Takeoff! Craft a Propeller Pack 4.2%
- Chef Cook 20 different meals in a workstation 3.5%
- Free Man Kill an enemy with the crowbar 3.5%
- It's a trap! Complete the "Distress Signal" Mystery Yland 3.5%
- Veteran Mutant Slayer Kill 500 mutated enemies 3.5%
- Steely Fellow Find all the pieces of Mk. I Armor 3.5%
- Ventihilator Complete the "Far Reaches" Mystery Yland 3.5%
- Alchemist Craft 10 types of potions 2.8%
- Master Animal Whisperer Tame 50 animals 2.8%
- Cryptozoologist Tame 10 mythical animals 2.8%
- Master Mutant Slayer Kill 1000 mutated enemies 2.8%
- Veteran Cryptozoologist Tame 20 mythical animals 2.1%
- Master Cryptozoologist Tame 30 mythical animals 2.1%
- Friend of the Elves Complete story chapter 3 2.1%
- Having a Snowball Hit others with snowballs 2.1%
- Little Herder Tame all the escaped draft animals 1.4%
- Moons and Mushrooms Read all 26 lore entries on Luring Lighthouse 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.