When does Savage Lands get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (69%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (29%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

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Savage Lands

Dec 16, 2021 Steam: Mixed

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 70% of owners

Steam reviews 54% positive of 6,690

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (69%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (29%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 70% 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 6,703 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 14.1h for positive, 4.6h 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 (69.9% 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 (20)

story milestone ending side

First Blood Kill 1 creature. 100%
FIRE! Build your first campfire. 81%
Clobbering Time Craft your first weapon. 77%
The Basics Build a Leanto. 68%
Prospector Mine 25 items from any rock. 61%
Brittle Bones Kill 5 Skeletons. 55%
Lumberjack That! Chop down 10 trees. 55%
Entering the Unknown Join any Hostile or Friendly Server. 52%
Task Master Complete all Day 1 Tasks. 47%
Die Hard the Hunter Kill 25 creatures. 41%
4 Walls and a Roof Build a Wooden Shack. 37%
Oh Deer! Kill 5 Deer. 36%
Canine Conundrum Kill 5 Wolves. 35%
Master Craftsman Build a Forge. 28%
Which Way is North? Craft a compass. 20%
Plagued by Wolves Kill 3 Large Dire Wolves. 17%
A Wolf's Bane Craft Wolfsbane Sword. 9.3%
Who Runs Barter Town? Build a Town Hall. 7.9%
Guardian of the Isle Kill 4 Forest Giants. 6.2%
They Mostly Come at Night... Mostly. Kill 10 Undead Furies. 4.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.