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Eden Rising
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 39% of owners
Steam reviews 64% positive of 1,442
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 5h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- Only 39% 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 1,452 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 5.6h for positive, 0.9h 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 (39.3% 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 (37)
- Extraction Glove Forge your first Extraction Glove. 100%
- Valley Crucible Complete a siege at the Valley Crucible. 71%
- Crucible Renovation Find a Crucible Module in the wild. 71%
- The Manticore Defeat an alpha predator of the Fungal Preserve. 33%
- Bestiary Novice Unlock 20 Bestiary Entries. 30%
- Lore Novice Unlock 10 Lore Entries. 22%
- Fungal Preserve Crucible Complete a siege at the Crucible far to the north. 22%
- The Far Corners Complete the lair in the Fungal Preserve cave complex. 18%
- The Operating Theatre Visit the Ascendant ruins nestled at the highest altitude. 12%
- Bestiary Adept Unlock 40 Bestiary Entries. 10%
- Lore Adept Unlock 20 Lore Entries. 9.4%
- The Chimera Put away one of these massive fungal creatures for good. 9.2%
- Shattered Crucible Complete a siege at the Crucible to the east. 8.9%
- The Final Lesson Complete the hidden challenge of the Ascendants. 8.4%
- Searing Coast Crucible Complete a siege at the Crucible to the west. 8.4%
- Forge Novice Unlock 75 equipment nodes in the Forge. 7.4%
- Core Novice Unlock 40 Monster Cores. 7.1%
- The Experiment Defeat a unique creature in his burrow. 6.6%
- The God Equation, Part One Acquire the first part of the God Equation 5.3%
- Forge Adept Unlock 150 equipment nodes in the Forge. 5.3%
- Challenge Novice Complete 5 sieges in one run at the Challenge Crucible 5.1%
- Masters of Eden Win the Game. 5.1%
- The Crabmaster Defeat the Crabmaster in the Challenge Crucible 4.8%
- The Ghostmaster Defeat the Ghostmaster in the Challenge Arena 4.8%
- Core Adept Unlock 80 Monster Cores. 4.8%
- Arena Novice Complete 5 sieges in one run at the Challenge Arena 4.8%
- Forge Master Unlock all equipment nodes available in the former Eden Colony. 4.8%
- Lore Master Unlock All Lore Entries in the former Eden Colony. 4.8%
- Bestiary Master Unlock All Bestiary Entries in the former Eden Colony. 4.8%
- The Elementalist Defeat the Elementalist in the Challenge Arena 4.8%
- Core Master Unlock all Monster Cores in the former Eden Colony. 4.6%
- Masochist Novice Take 6 Curses in one run at the Challenge Crucible 4.6%
- Punishment Novice Take 6 Curses in one run at the Challenge Arena 4.3%
- Masochist Master Take 11 Curses in one run at the Challenge Crucible 4.1%
- Arena Master Complete 15 sieges in one run at the Challenge Arena 4.1%
- Punishment Master Take 11 Curses in one run at the Challenge Arena 4.1%
- Challenge Master Complete 15 sieges in one run at the Challenge Crucible 4.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.