When does Shape of the World get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 3h it's 1 in 4 (28%). Only 58% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Shape of the World

Jun 5, 2018 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 58% of owners

Steam reviews 77% positive of 427

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 3h it's 1 in 4 (28%).
Only 58% 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 435 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 1.4h for positive, 0.6h 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 (57.6% 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 (26)

Gardener Destroy 50 trees 100%
Creator Plant 100 trees 76%
Head in the clouds Fly 150m before touching down 64%
Adventurer Walk a total of 7,500m 63%
Seed Finder Collect 7 seeds 62%
Completionist 1 Complete the game 44%
Launch upwards with the help of an urchin Urchin Jump ! 42%
Explorer Walk a total of 15,000m 34%
Dreamer Fly 300m before touching down 29%
Rainforest Explorer Touch all Rainforest monuments 28%
Stunt Gardener Destroy 500 trees 28%
Seed Collector Collect half of the seeds 27%
Mountain Explorer Touch all Mountain monuments 24%
Fearless Fly 600m before touching down 19%
Road Less Traveled Take a side route through the swamp cave 15%
Speedrun Do a fast complete playthrough of the game 13%
Fast Swimmer Launch toward 15 different cave pots 12%
Leave no Stone Unturned Walk a total of 30,000m 11%
Secret Monument Find an unmarked monument near the shore 10%
Seed Obsessed Collect 3/4 of the seeds 9.7%
Mother Nature Plant 1,000 trees 8.5%
Completionist 2 Complete the game a second time 8.3%
Time for New Shoes Walk a total of 50,000m 7.5%
Completionist 3 Complete the game three times 6.8%
Seeds Complete ! Collect all 28 seeds 6.6%
Slowrun Do a slow complete playthrough of the game 6.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.