Wurm Online
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 27% 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 2,599 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 67.8h for positive, 1.8h 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 (27.1% 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 (80)
story milestone ending side
- Wurmian Finish the tutorial 100%
- For the greater good Slay any creature 31%
- Building communities Join a village 18%
- Architect Plan a structure 17%
- Surface scratched Raise a skill to 20 16%
- Waiting game Plant a crop 15%
- Burrowing varmint! Destroy a cave wall 14%
- Heartbreaker Examine a beating heart 14%
- Builder Complete a house 14%
- Siesta Sleep in a bed 14%
- Bug squisher Slay a huge spider 13%
- Much bigger pockets Create a small cart 13%
- Bringing home the bacon Slay a pig 12%
- Early bird catches the wurm Search for a wurm 12%
- Trollslayer Slay a troll 12%
- Man's best friend Tame a creature 12%
- Heard a higher calling Become a follower of a deity 11%
- Forest dweller Pick a mushroom 11%
- Portable handbag Create a large cart 11%
- Can you dig it? Create a tunnel in a rock face 10%
- Faux knight Ride a cow 10%
- Forestry department? We don't need no stinking forestry department! Cut down 100 trees 8.9%
- You're not so green Slay a greenish creature 8.9%
- A really slow chase Slay a slow creature 8.9%
- Champion amongst creatures Slay a champion creature 8.5%
- Eating for at least a day Catch a fish 8.1%
- Ploughing the ocean waves Pilot a boat. Or a ship! 8.1%
- Brave knight Ride a horse 7.7%
- Every day, in every way... Improve items 1000 times 7.4%
- Are you sure that's what animal husbandry means? Breed a creature 7.4%
- Pucker up! Kiss someone 7.4%
- ...is my hand supposed to glow as well? Equip an enchanted weapon 7.4%
- Ecological disaster underway Slay 100 creatures 7.4%
- Going strong Raise a skill to 50 7.0%
- It takes a village Participate in a mission 7.0%
- It will only hurt for a little while... Brand an animal 6.3%
- Ting-a-ling Ring a bell 6.3%
- Undertaker Bury 100 corpses 5.9%
- Blackest heart in the land Slay a unicorn 5.9%
- All the colours of the rainbow Dye any item 5.5%
- Celestial trash compactor Sacrifice 50 items 5.5%
- Really getting stuck in Raise a skill to 70 5.2%
- If looks could kill Dye a piece of armor 5.2%
- Absolutely divine! Find an underground source of water using a pendulum 5.2%
- Forestry department recruit Plant 100 trees 5.2%
- I'm not as think as you drunk I am! Get really drunk 4.8%
- Rower with boat, seeks stream for merriness Create a rowing boat 4.8%
- Rift Master Participate in a rift 4.8%
- They don't like it up 'em! Taunt a creature in combat 4.8%
- Some Unique Blood Get the blood of a unique creature 4.4%
- Snowball fight! Throw a snowball 4.4%
- Wildlife? I've seen some... Raise Fighting skill to 70 4.1%
- Town Planner Complete 10 houses 4.1%
- For the good of the land! Slay a dragon 4.1%
- No archeologists inside Create a larder 4.1%
- Bee whisperer Open a beehive 4.1%
- Don't make me turn this wagon around! Win a spar against another player 4.1%
- Dude, sweeeeeeet! Collect some honey 3.7%
- I spy, with my little eye Look at an eyeball 3.7%
- Quick, trouble the waters! Plan a bridge 3.7%
- Just 10 more minutes... Raise a skill to 90 3.3%
- Red goes faster Paint a vehicle 3.3%
- Jaws Slay a shark 3.3%
- Hangover is now in pre-production Make some wine 3.3%
- Born to rune! Use a rune 3.3%
- Ratalicious! Cook a rat-on-a-stick 3.0%
- Drunken Sailor What shall we do with you? 3.0%
- Treasures of the sea Find a pearl 3.0%
- Puppeteer Hold a puppet show 3.0%
- Really brave knight Ride a brown bear 3.0%
- Beary good! Create a bear rug 2.6%
- Charlie Mops Brew some beer 2.6%
- Incoming! Slay a creature with a catapult 2.6%
- Now we're cooking with tar! Learn 250 cooking recipes 2.6%
- I scream, you scream Make some ice cream 2.6%
- When life gives you lemons... Make some lemonade 2.6%
- Lounge Lizard Create a royal lounge chaise 2.6%
- Yo ho ho and a bottle of whatever this is Make some rum 2.6%
- World famous author Write a book 2.6%
- Goblin slayer Make a skull cup 2.2%