LOST EMBER
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 5h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 59% 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 5,245 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 5.9h for positive, 4h 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 (58.9% 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 (33)
story milestone ending side
- What's this? Found 5 relics 100%
- Who am I? Triggered 5 memories 97%
- Windy up here Spent a bunch of time in the air 86%
- Look, it's so Shiny Found a legendary animal 74%
- Splish Splash Spent a bunch of time underwater 64%
- The World is my Zoo Played 10 different animals. 56%
- Breaking the Chains Triggered 20 memories 55%
- Wrecking Ball Damaged over 20 remains from the old days 52%
- I Need More Colors! Spread spores of each mushroom kind 45%
- I'm down here! Spent a bunch of time underground 44%
- Everything Played all animals. 42%
- I Choose You Found a weird sphere-shaped thing 39%
- There's More Still? Found 25 relics 36%
- Landscaping Apprentice Found 30 mushrooms 35%
- I'm on a Roll Roll for a mile 34%
- Shine Shine Sunshine Found and possessed 3 legendaries 30%
- It's-a Me! Found a weird tube-shaped thing 30%
- Viva Piñata Found a weird... shaped thing 27%
- The Munchies Had too many berries 22%
- The Cake is a Lie Found a weird cube-shaped thing 22%
- I Remember Triggered all memories 19%
- That's a Pretty Garden Found 50 mushrooms 18%
- Behind the Waterfall Found an odd mini-game 13%
- Scarf Glider Found a weird fashion thing 12%
- Landscaping Starlet Found 70 mushrooms 10%
- This is Getting Heavy Found 50 relics 9.7%
- This is Hard! Got through the Flappy Duckling level 9.5%
- Gotta Catch'Em all Find all legendaries 7.6%
- The World is Yours Found the golden Statue 7.1%
- It's Dangerous to Go Alone Found a weird triangle-shaped thing 7.0%
- Landscaping Star Found all mushrooms 3.9%
- Inventory Limit Reached Found all relics 3.9%
- You're breathtaking! Unlock all other achievements 3.7%