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Jack Lumber
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 26% of owners
Steam reviews 63% positive of 366
What the data shows
- 50% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (50%).
- Only 26% 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 367 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 2.2h for positive, 0.8h 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 (25.7% 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 (27)
- Flapjacks consumed! Beat World 1 100%
- Spruce things up Get a painting for for Jack's cabin 90%
- Wooden Nickels Spend 5000 Logs in the store. (Lifetime) 49%
- Lumber Stubble Beat a level with one or more beards on. 37%
- No longer bogged Beat World 2 35%
- Lovely Lady Lumberjack Read all of the letters from Jill Timber 33%
- Play it again, Sam Re-watch a cutscene 32%
- Bropaw! Click the animals in the Cabin 200 times. 31%
- Credit where credit is due Learn the names of the people that made this game 28%
- Return to Sender Read all of the letters from Ranger Bob 27%
- Hot and Sticky Use 15 Syrups 25%
- Perfected the peaks Beat World 3 22%
- Just the beginning... Beat World 4 22%
- Turns green when wet. Or is that copper? Get a bronze sash for every animal 22%
- Crazy Flapjacks Own at least one of every syrup at once. 21%
- Silver Bells... er Sashes Get a silver sash for every animal 16%
- More like "Threebeard" Beat a level with three or more beards on. 16%
- You're doing it wrong Hit 10 animals 14%
- Syrup Sycophant Use 50 Syrups 14%
- Splinter Sell Spend 50000 Logs in the store. (Lifetime) 13%
- We're going to need a bigger razor Buy all the beards 13%
- Quintpics Buy five pictures for your cabin. 13%
- All that Glitters Get a gold sash for every animal 13%
- Sap-o-holic Use 100 Syrups 11%
- Finish your errands, Jack! Finish all of your errands like a good lumberjack. 10%
- Daddy Warlogs Spend 100000 Logs in the store. (Lifetime) 10%
- Plaidtastic Get a plaid sash for every animal 8.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.