The Survivalists
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 7h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- 4% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Real Escapist” (Escape in the galleon): only 4% of starters get there.
- 94% 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 10,224 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 13.5h for positive, 8.2h 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 (94.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Real Escapist Escape in the galleon. Most players quit here 4% −96
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (42)
story milestone ending side
- Gone Wild Leave the safety of the starting alcove. 100%
- This Can Only End Well Train a monkey in combat! 88%
- Hands On Unlock all hand crafting recipes. 85%
- Paradise Found Sleep in a bed. 81%
- Re-QUEST Granted! Complete a treasure map. 81%
- Monkey See, Monkey Do! Teach a monkey to do something. 72%
- Harvester Harvest 500 resources. 69%
- Didn't Starve Survive for 127 hours. 67%
- Totem'ly Awesome Fulfil a totem's request. 64%
- Dear Diary Collect your first piece of lore. 60%
- Hunter Defeat 20 enemies. 59%
- Monkey Maker Have a monkey craft 5 items. 48%
- Big Spender Spend 100 doubloons. 47%
- Sail Away Use a raft for the first time. 47%
- I'm an Explorer Now! Discover another island. 46%
- Monkeying Around Gather 5 items with a monkey. 43%
- Master Huntsman Defeat 60 enemies. 43%
- Monkey Business Build 5 blueprints using monkeys. 41%
- How Did That Work? Emote while standing on an emote switch. 38%
- Just Visiting! Visit another player's island. 36%
- Better Together Complete a quest on another player's Island. 30%
- Home and Away Build a blueprint on another Player's Island. 29%
- Got Any Chips? Spear a fish. 24%
- We Didn't Need a Bigger Boat! Defeat a shark. 19%
- This is Sparta! Defeat 300 enemies. 18%
- Camping Out Unlock all campfire recipes. 15%
- Forging Ahead Unlock all furnace recipes. 14%
- Lore-man Collect 15 pieces of lore. 9.9%
- On Point! Found the compass. 9.5%
- At last! Found the storm map. 9.5%
- Heading Home! Found the figurehead. 9.4%
- Wheely Lucky! Found the galleon's wheel. 9.4%
- Structural Integrity Unlock all blueprint recipes. 9.4%
- She Chose Down Complete a labyrinth on another player's Island. 9.3%
- Overcooked! Unlock all cooking pot recipes. 8.6%
- At Your BeQUEST! Complete 30 treasure maps. 8.2%
- Totally Buff Have health, stamina and biome resistance buffs active at once. 5.5%
- Getting Crafty Unlock all craft bench recipes. 4.6%
- The Real Escapist Escape in the galleon. 4.2%
- Opulent Curio Craft a golden statue. 4.2%
- It's Elementary! Collect all elemental weapons. 2.3%
- I am the Lore! Collect 30 pieces of lore. 2.1%