AdventureIndie
South of the Circle
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 76% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 1,764
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 3h it's 1 in 7 (13%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 76% of owners got the first achievement.
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 1,782 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 3.8h for positive, 3.8h 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 (76.4% 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 (10)
- Onto The Ice Begin the search for help 100%
- Diplomatic Relations Start Act 2 of the story 63%
- Cartographer Study all the maps 57%
- Toy General Play a game of toy soldiers 56%
- Wake up Start Act 3 of the story 50%
- Survivor Deciding to live 49%
- Sleuth Discover all the items in the British Base 48%
- Fin Finish the game 47%
- Pilot Fly Peter's toy plane 45%
- Scholar Study every object in the game 21%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.