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Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 46% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 770
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 20h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 46% 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 778 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 16.9h for positive, 11.9h 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 (46.4% 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 (24)
- Riding the Crab Ride the crustacean in the tutorial 100%
- The Nightmoon Rises Experience the Dead of Night 56%
- Best Friends For Now Become fully allied with a neighbor 50%
- Archipelago Visit the archipelago in The Pebbles 47%
- Metropolis Grow a village to a city with a population of 60 40%
- Canyonlands Visit the grassy cliffs in The Edges 40%
- The Wildlife of Kainga See every beast in Kainga 30%
- Across the Lands Complete the landmarks challenge 5 times 30%
- The Whisperer Play as Achiote and the bodyguard 29%
- The Woodcarver Play as Garam the swift 28%
- A Fight to the Death Complete the arena challenge 5 times 28%
- A Friend in Need Successfully rescue a Thinker in the rescue challenge 5 times 22%
- Mountain of Ice Visit the great ice mountain known as Ice Ridge 22%
- Pillars of Stone Visit the unreal lands known as The Towers 22%
- Smoke in a Bottle Play as Ajowan, the appreciator of ceramics 17%
- Amongst the Trees Visit the massive trees of Darkwood 17%
- Lowland Swamps Visit the lush lands of Greenleaf 17%
- Bear the Burden Play as the noble Thinker Charnushka 16%
- Feasts and Beasts Play as Galanga, the master of food 12%
- The Dynamic Duo Play as the Thinker duo known as Kala and Jeera 11%
- Master of Kainga Play as Serrano, the author of forbidden knowledge 9.9%
- Master of Knowledge Purchase all the basic technologies from the karma shop 9.7%
- Master of Parties Try every festival in Kainga at least once 4.5%
- The People of Kainga Try every unit in Kainga 4.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.