Spirit Island

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 1,722 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 18.5h for positive, 7.1h 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 (60.9% 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 (54)

• Save Your Island Win a game (reduced difficulty options permitted). 100%
• The Spirits Awaken Study under Rae's guidance and complete the tutorial. 70%
• The Real Deal Win a game with a Blight card and Adversary (other reduced difficulty options permitted). 60%
• Fear Unending Win a game by reaching Terror Level Victory! 55%
• Choose Your Path Play without Power Progression using the 4 low-complexity Spirits in the core game. 40%
• Vigor Win a game with a difficulty rating of 4 or higher. 38%
• Puissance Win a game with a difficulty rating of 6 or higher. 28%
• European Repulsion Defeat all core game Adversaries. 25%
• Swift Response Win a game by clearing the island of Invaders at Terror Level I. 22%
• Unanticipated Ways Experience all of the 22 Events in Branch & Claw. 21%
• Expertise Win a game with a difficulty rating of 8 or higher. 17%
• Canonical Geography Win a game on the thematic map. 17%
• The First Spirits Rise Win at least one game with each core game Spirit. 15%
• Expanding Horizons Use each of the 25 Innate and Unique Powers available in Horizons of Spirit Island. 12%
• Red in Tooth and Claw Win at least one game with each Spirit from Branch & Claw and Promo Pack 1: Flame. 12%
• New Beginnings Win at least one game with each Spirit from Horizons of Spirit Island. 11%
• Bittersweet Triumph Win a sacrifice victory (win and lose at the same time). 11%
• Unforeseen Circumstances Experience all of the 30 Events in Jagged Earth. 9.9%
• Partnership Shunned Defeat two Adversaries combined in one game. 5.9%
• The Spice of Life Prevail in all core game Scenarios. 5.7%
• Empires Rejected Defeat all core game Adversaries on Level 6. 5.6%
• Incidents and Omens Experience all of the 9 Events in Nature Incarnate. 5.1%
• One With the Land Attune yourself with the natural ways of Spirit Island. 3.8%
• Over the Rainbow Reach all 20 Innate Elemental Thresholds available in Horizons of Spirit Island. 3.8%
• Diversify Defeat the Adversary and all Scenarios in Branch & Claw. 3.4%
• Powers Awakened Use each of the 102 Powers available in the core game. 3.3%
• Harness Chaos and Danger Win at least one game with each of the 10 Spirits from Jagged Earth. 3.1%
• All Hands on Deck Win using 12 Spirits in a series of Second Wave games. 2.8%
• Everything Old is New Again Win at least one game with each of the 6 Aspects from Jagged Earth. 2.6%
• Against All Odds Win a game with a difficulty rating of 17 or higher. 2.6%
• Embrace Metamorphosis Use each of the 76 Powers available in Branch & Claw and Promo Pack 1: Flame. 2.3%
• Colonies Expunged Defeat all Branch & Claw and Jagged Earth Adversaries on Level 6. 2.0%
• Let us not Falter Defeat both Adversaries and all 3 Scenarios in Jagged Earth. 2.0%
• Return to the Roots Win at least one game with each of the 5 Aspects from Promo Pack 2: Feather. 1.8%
• Hazardous Territory Place 2 of each kind of Spirit Token in a single land. 1.5%
• Elemental Mastery Reach all 64 Elemental Thresholds available in the core game. 1.5%
• Unlock the Gates Reach all 52 Elemental Thresholds available in Branch & Claw and Promo Pack 1: Flame. 1.3%
• Alliance Forsaken Defeat two Level 6 Adversaries combined in one game. 1.3%
• Plenary Cartography Win a game with 6 Spirits on the thematic map. 1.3%
• Poisons and Perils Place Badlands and/or Disease in every land (min. 3 of each). 1.1%
• Guard the Untouched Land Win a game with an extra Island Board as its own islet in an archipelago. 1.0%
• Exploitation Denied Defeat both Adversaries from Nature Incarnate and Promo Pack 2: Feather on Level 6. 1.0%
• Know not the Odds Win a game with a difficulty rating of 25 or higher. 0.8%
• Our Unyielding Intent Use each of the 123 Powers available in Jagged Earth. 0.7%
• Reshape the Earth Itself Win a game where the one remaining board was not there to begin with. 0.7%
• Dream Firmly to Become Real Reach all 108 Elemental Thresholds available in Jagged Earth. 0.5%
• Wax or Wane Win a series of Second Wave games in which there are games with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Spirits (in any order). 0.5%
• No Steps Shall Fall In a game with at least 2 boards, mark every printed land on a single board with Bargain of Coursing Paths. 0.3%
• Unearth a Merciless Horde Add Marked Beasts in at least 3 different lands on a single turn. 0.3%
• Inexorable Cataclysms Reach all 142 Elemental Thresholds available in Nature Incarnate and Promo Pack 2: Feather. 0.2%
• Power Unimaginable Use each of the 95 Powers available in Nature Incarnate and Promo Pack 2: Feather. 0.2%
• Transformations of Nature Win at least one game with each of the 20 Aspects from Nature Incarnate. 0.2%
• Nature in All Its Forms Defeat both Adversaries and all 4 Scenarios in Nature Incarnate and Promo Pack 2: Feather. 0.2%
• Myth and Legend Win at least one game with each of the 10 Spirits from Nature Incarnate and Promo Pack 2: Feather. 0.2%