AdventureCasualFree To PlayIndieStrategy
Ever Forward Prologue
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 64% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 414
What the data shows
- 81% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (86%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.
- Only 64% 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 427 Steam reviews in every language. 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 (63.6% 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 (10)
- Queen of the Swings It’s good to be queen? 100%
- Once the greatest of concerns It’s all relative. 88%
- Adieu, my little tree! We hardly knew ye. 77%
- Change the channel! How come nothing good is on? 46%
- This is how it begins Not with a whimper, but with a “Eureka!” 38%
- Lobel Prize! Bah!It should be Nobel! 31%
- Heard it all before Say something once, why say it again? 28%
- Shut down,Roundybot. … 18%
- I found a bug! No,you didn't. 6.3%
- They move now? Finished the first challenge puzzle 5.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.