Natural Instincts: European Forest

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 302 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 286 reviews: 2h for positive, 1.2h 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 (97.1% 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 (46)

• First Steps Start the tutorial 100%
• Entering Adulthood Complete the tutorial 77%
• Chow Down Order any predator to hunt for the first time 77%
• Animal Lover Fill all three of any animal's needs to a minimum of 90% for the first time 67%
• King of the Beasts Choose the strongest wolf in the pack to become the alpha. Required traits: fertile, long-living 64%
• Dog Person Complete 10 successful wolf hunts 55%
• All you can eat day Lead animals to a source of food 25 times 53%
• Auuuuuuu! Finish the wolves campaign 37%
• Know it All Spend an hour in the game 29%
• What’s up, doc? Breed a rabbit to have the speed trait at maximum 27%
• Austin Powers, Johnny Bravo, Love god Complete 10 animal matings 25%
• King of the Forest Breed an animal with at least two positive traits (for example: “fertile”, “long-living”, “agile”, “very-fast regeneration”) 24%
• Somebunny Special Finish the rabbits campaign 23%
• Hey there, hop stuff! Fill all three needs to a minimum of 90% of all rabbits in a herd 18%
• Hip-HOP Rabbits Have at least 4 bunnies with the “agile” trait at the same time 17%
• Society of the Ordinary Species (SOS) Name all of the animals in the forest 16%
• Boar With Me Finish the boars campaign 13%
• It's ain't much but it's honest work Increase the number of animals to 25 12%
• You Never Boar Me Fill all three needs to a minimum of 90% of all boars in a herd 11%
• Hero of the Day Save a species from extinction 9.0%
• Happy Wolfie Family Fill all three needs to a minimum of 90% of all wolves in a pack 7.8%
• Strength in numbers Increase the number of animals to 50 6.8%
• No more Babysitting Witness 50 animals becoming adult 6.8%
• Baby, Baby, Baby, Oh Yeah Have at least one female with litter in each of the 5 animal species at the same time 6.6%
• The Deerly Departed Witness 25 deaths of old age 5.6%
• Horn of plenty Finish all quests with deers 3.8%
• Don’t Be Boaring Get the sick wild boars out of the forest before the poachers come 3.7%
• A little boared Finish all quests with boars 2.7%
• What A Deer Life! Fill all three needs to a minimum of 90% of all deer in a herd 2.6%
• Bearly Lived Have at least 1 animal with the "long-living" trait in each species at the same time 2.4%
• Bambi, come back! Hunt a deer that has offspring 2.2%
• White Wolf Finish all quests with wolfs 2.2%
• Born to Run Have at least 1 animal with the "fast regeneration" trait in each species at the same time 1.8%
• March hare Finish all quests with rabbits 1.5%
• Bear Necessities Fill all three needs to a minimum of 90% of all bears in a forest 1.3%
• Bunnymoon Have at least 10 pregnant female rabbits at the same time 1.3%
• It’s in the D.N.A. Create a pack with at least 4 wolves with the "Strong Health" trait 1.3%
• Oh Honey Finish all quests with bears 1.1%
• The Hunger Games Witness 10 deaths from hunger 1.1%
• Fast and Furr-ious Breed a wolf to have the speed trait at maximum 1.0%
• Veteran Spend a total of 10 hours in the game 1.0%
• Blood, fur, and claws Complete 10 successful bear hunts 0.7%
• This is a Wild Life Breed every species to at least 20 animals living in the forest at the same time 0.7%
• Run, Forest, Run! Don’t allow hunters to kill any of the animals in your forest 0.6%
• Carmageddon Witness 25 deaths caused by a car crash 0.5%
• Boared to Death Allow at least 4 boars to eat garbage out of the dumpsite 0.4%