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PEAK
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 37% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 380,104
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- 37% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Beachcomber Badge” (Climb past the SHORE) and “Volcanology Badge” (Climb past the CALDERA): from 100% to 52% of starters.
- 89% 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 383,261 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 18.9h for positive, 5.8h 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 (89% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beachcomber Badge Climb past the SHORE. 100%
- Volcanology Badge Climb past the CALDERA. Most players quit here 52% −48
- Peak Badge Reach the PEAK. 37% −15
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (64)
story milestone ending side
- Beachcomber Badge Climb past the SHORE. 100%
- Esoterica Badge Obtain a mystical item. 83%
- Trailblazer Badge Climb past the TROPICS. 70%
- Happy Camper Badge Receive 5 Morale Boosts from campfires. 67%
- High Altitude Badge Climb 5000m total. 54%
- Volcanology Badge Climb past the CALDERA. 52%
- Alpinist Badge Climb past the ALPINE. 50%
- First Aid Badge Heal your friends for 100 points of injury in a single expedition. 47%
- Plunderer Badge Open 15 luggages in a single expedition. 45%
- Cooking Badge Cook 20 meals at campfires. 41%
- Foraging Badge Eat 5 different berries in a single expedition. 41%
- Nomad Badge Climb past the MESA. 40%
- Peak Badge Reach the PEAK. 37%
- Forestry Badge Climb past the ROOTS. 36%
- Arborist Badge Reach the top of a really big tree. 35%
- Emergency Preparedness Badge Heal an unconscious friend with an item to save them from death. 32%
- Endurance Badge Climb 50m upwards without touching the ground. 31%
- Participation Badge Have a friend escape the island without you. 30%
- Web Security Badge Escape a spider's web and survive. 29%
- Clutch Badge Resurrect 3 scouts in a single expedition. 25%
- Mentorship Badge Have a 1-on-1 with the Scoutmaster. 24%
- Survivalist Badge Escape the island without ever losing consciousness. 21%
- Tread Lightly Badge Climb past the ROOTS without ever having more than 25% spores. 20%
- Bing Bong Badge Help Bing Bong escape the island. 18%
- Animal Serenading Badge Play the bugle for a capybara. 17%
- Undead Encounter Badge Cure yourself from a zombie bite. 16%
- Toxicology Badge Restore 200 total poison by using items. 16%
- Wanderer Badge Climb past the GLOOM. 16%
- Cool Cucumber Badge Climb past the MESA without ever having more than 10% Heat. 14%
- Bouldering Badge Place 10 pitons. 14%
- Calcium Intake Badge Block 100 total damage with the Fortified Milk. 12%
- Lone Wolf Badge Escape the island in a solo expedition. 12%
- Aeronautics Badge Achieve flight. 12%
- Daredevil Badge Shoot across the MESA canyon in a Scout Cannon. 11%
- Mycology Badge Eat four different non-toxic mushrooms in a single expedition. 11%
- Mycoacrobatics Badge Bounce up 40m off a mushroom. 10%
- Bookworm Badge Read the Scoutmaster’s final journal entry. 10%
- Hasty Badge Escape the island in under an hour. 10%
- Balloon Badge Escape the island without taking fall damage. 9.3%
- Naturalist Badge Escape the island without eating any packaged food. 9.2%
- Astronomy Badge Look a little too closely at the blazing sun. 8.4%
- Bundled Up Badge Climb past the ALPINE without ever having more than 20% Cold. 7.8%
- Ultimate Badge Catch a Flying Disc from 100m away. 7.8%
- Megaentomology Badge Survive an Antlion attack. 7.6%
- Resourcefulness Badge Give in to your hunger. 7.4%
- Rule Zero Badge Free the Scoutmaster's soul. 7.2%
- Leave No Trace Badge Escape the island without placing anything on the mountain. 7.1%
- Advanced Mycology Badge Try all 5 types of Shroomberry in a single expedition. 6.0%
- Needlepoint Badge Have a lot of cactuses stuck to you. 5.8%
- 24 Karat Badge Offer The Kiln a worthy sacrifice. 5.8%
- Hang Gliding Badge Fly 100m with the Glider without touching the ground. 5.7%
- Gourmand Badge Escape the island after cooking and eating a coconut half, a honeycomb, a yellow winterberry, and an egg. 5.4%
- Competitive Eating Badge Eat 3 Hot Dogs in 5 seconds or less. 5.3%
- Jester Badge Open 2 Clown Luggage in a single expedition. 5.2%
- Well Rested Badge Consume The Early Worm. 5.2%
- Knot Tying Badge Place 100m of rope in a single expedition. 4.7%
- Exorcist Badge Burn up the Ghost. 4.3%
- Disaster Response Badge Pull an unconscious friend 30m with the Rescue Claw. 4.0%
- Medieval History Badge Climb past THE CITADEL without being hit by any traps. 4.0%
- Cryptogastronomy Badge Cook and eat a Mandrake. 3.7%
- Applied Esoterica Badge Resurrect a friend using unholy means. 3.5%
- Bellringer Badge Ring 5 Belltowers in the GLOOM in a single expedition. 2.7%
- Archery Badge Remove 10 arrows from yourself in a single expedition. 2.0%
- Last Resort Badge Heal over 75% damage at once by using the Ritual Dagger. 1.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.