The Last Campfire
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 5h it's 1 in 75 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Little Ember” (It had once been a Campfire…) and “The First Campfire” (The Forest Campfire flickers to life…): from 95% to 52% of starters.
- 90% 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 21,183 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.9h for positive, 1h 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 (90% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Journey Begins Step into an in-between place… 100%
- A Little Ember It had once been a Campfire… 95% −5
- The First Campfire The Forest Campfire flickers to life… Most players quit here 52% −43
- Smoke and Mist In a swirling fog, a Campfire turned ash… 39% −12
- Campfire of the Marsh Embers huddle by a fragile Campfire… 34% −5
- Glowing Cinders In a gloomy cavern, the promise of warmth… 31% −3
- Campfire of the Caves A modest flame in the darkness… 28% −3
- Final Awakening Their path was not so straight as yours… 29% +1
- A Journey Concludes Find a way home… 29%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (22)
story milestone ending side
- A Journey Begins Step into an in-between place… 100%
- The Forlorn: I Those who dwell too long… 97%
- A Little Ember It had once been a Campfire… 95%
- Fisherman's Awakening A discouraged fisherman slumbers… 74%
- A Pond Devoured A greedy amphibian extends their tongue… 59%
- The Forlorn: V Others are lost along their path… 59%
- Making Reparations A fishing net shredded… 57%
- The First Campfire The Forest Campfire flickers to life… 52%
- A Piggish Gullet FEED ME! 44%
- Cook's Awakening Stir a latent hunger… 40%
- Smoke and Mist In a swirling fog, a Campfire turned ash… 39%
- The Forlorn: X Shades of sorrow unresolved… 39%
- Campfire of the Marsh Embers huddle by a fragile Campfire… 34%
- The Forlorn: XV Embers straying into the dark… 32%
- Builder's Awakening Rekindle a dim light… 31%
- Reconstruction A beloved possession wrecked… 31%
- Glowing Cinders In a gloomy cavern, the promise of warmth… 31%
- A Serpent's Calling We are all drawn to the light… 31%
- Final Awakening Their path was not so straight as yours… 29%
- A Journey Concludes Find a way home… 29%
- Campfire of the Caves A modest flame in the darkness… 28%
- Those Left Behind There are others to help if you wish to find them… 28%