Dawnfolk

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 742 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 5.2h for positive, 1.8h 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 (74.7% 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 (99)

• Storm Chaser Destroy a Dark Storm on the day it appears 100%
• Finally, it was time! Have animals breed naturally after falling in love 96%
• Is the world flat after all? Get to the edge of the world 93%
• Flawless Complete 9 perfect mini-games in a row 72%
• Automation Build a Light Well on every Light Breach of a level 70%
• Curious Find all the curiosities of a level 69%
• An unfortunate mistake Destroy 9 buildings 62%
• Cozy Home Upgrade 9 Tents to Houses 57%
• The Orchestra Make peace with all the Orc Camps in “Badlands” 53%
• A little bit of everything Raise sheep, cows and horses in a single game 51%
• Quick Learner Build the Town Hall in less 30 days in “Last Hope” 50%
• AFK Complete 9 actions without playing the mini-games in a single game 45%
• No stone left unturned Illuminate the whole map on any story level 45%
• The secret formula Use a magic potion 44%
• Scam Trade 5 times with the Wandering Trader in a single game 43%
• Payback Reclaim a treasure from the pirates. 43%
• Perfect! Get 99 perfects during mini-games 41%
• Hunter Kill 99 animals by hunting or fishing 40%
• Steve mined all the diamonds Find a Crystal Mine 40%
• Wololo Gather 99 lights from prayers and Light Breaches 38%
• Cobblestone Generator See a volcano erupt and create new lands 36%
• No one left behind Save the fisherman 35%
• To Arms! Destroy a Monolith with the Barracks patrol 32%
• That’s a deal Trade 3 times at the market 31%
• YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Witness a fight of legend 30%
• Heart of Darkness Have an Observatory completely surrounded by darkness 25%
• A risky choice Tame the mother bear 25%
• Obliterate! Destroy a Flying Monolith with the help of a Dragon 24%
• Did that rock just move? Witness a golem awake 24%
• The end? Complete the Story Mode 22%
• Hoarder Have 999 of stock for every resource (except science) in a single game 22%
• Glow in the dark Have 9 Wisps in a single city 21%
• Break the ice Destroy 3 Icebergs 21%
• Lumberjack Chop down 99 trees 18%
• Eager to Save the World Illuminate 99 Storms and Dark Gusts 18%
• Green Light, Red Light Stun the same Monolith 3 times in a row 16%
• Apple Collect 99 fruits 15%
• Something smells rotten Have 5 corrupted buildings at the same time 15%
• Best Friends Forever Save Lueur 15%
• Mushrooms? Find a way to produce food on mountains 14%
• Terraformer Produce 40 food per day in “Badlands” 13%
• Rock and stone! Produce 40 materials per day in “A New Threat” 12%
• Friend Zone Trade with 8 Elf Villages at the same time 9.1%
• The Power of Friendship Get help from the orcs, dwarves and elves in “Tower of Light” 8.4%
• Saving Account Gain a total of 999 blue light points 8.4%
• Okay that’s a good start Survive 100 days in “Endless” mode 7.8%
• City Builder Build all the buildings at least once 7.5%
• No time to waste Send the first supplies before day one in “Urgent Delivery” 7.5%
• Let there be light! Illuminate 999 squares 7.2%
• Last Hope Speedrun Beat “Last Hope” in less than 120 days on Hard difficulty 6.6%
• The end of time Reach 999 days in any level 6.6%
• Sea Worker Produce 50 materials per day in “Treasure Hunt” 6.4%
• Promised Land Have 99 of Light production in a single game 6.0%
• Happy little accidents Raise the dead by accident 6.0%
• Bullied Lose 4 buildings to the orcs, elves or pirates in a single game 5.8%
• People of the Forest Produce 50 workforce per day in “Enchanted Forest” 5.5%
• Minimalist Beat a level without building anything 5.4%
• Green Peace Beat “Enchanted Forest” while keeping peace with the elves on Hard difficulty 5.0%
• Nature's friend Beat the level without chopping down trees in “Enchanted Forest” 4.8%
• Let’s get serious now Survive 250 days in “Endless” mode 4.7%
• Not so endless after all Reach the edge of the world in “Endless” 4.7%
• I don't have a green thumb Kill all the orcs in “Badlands” on Hard difficulty 3.9%
• You’ve seen everything Encounter 100 different events 3.5%
• Wow you’re still there? Survive 500 days in “Endless” mode 3.5%
• Champion of the Dwarves Save all the dwarves in “A New Threat” on Hard difficulty 2.5%
• You just ended the endless Survive 999 days in “Endless” mode 2.3%
• Neighborhood problems Have 5 hostile orcs or pirates at the same time 2.3%
• Conservator Beat “Dark Cult” without destroying any of your buildings 2.1%
• An Empire in Itself Illuminate 99 different areas in a single game in “Endless” mode 2.1%
• Random Beat the “Tower of Light” by exploring only with the tower’s power 2.0%
• At least you tried Get at least the Bronze medal in every puzzle 2.0%
• Treasure Hunter Speedrun Beat “Treasure Hunt” in less than 160 days on Hard difficulty 2.0%
• Castle Blitz Build a Castle in less than 99 days in “Endless” mode 2.0%
• That’s science! Build all the science buildings in a single city 1.9%
• Space Odyssey Destroy 99 Monoliths 1.9%
• Not on My Watch Beat “Treasure Hunter” without being stolen from a single time 1.9%
• You know everything Buy all the pages of the encyclopedia 1.5%
• Darkness Slayer Destroy a Dark Storm for 999 lights 1.5%
• Witch Hunt Burn a Witch “by accident” 1.5%
• Urgent Delivery Speedrun Beat “Urgent Delivery” in less than 88 days on Hard difficulty 1.2%
• Is it even possible? Have a Home adjacent to 4 Mountains 0.9%
• Easy Complete all the curious expeditions at least once 0.9%
• Badlands Speedrun Beat “Badlands” in less than 97 days on Hard difficulty 0.9%
• Just having fun Buy all the cheats 0.8%
• Only gold will do Get the Gold medal in every puzzle 0.8%
• Tower of Light Speedrun Beat “Tower Of Light” in less than 99 days on Hard difficulty 0.8%
• Vegan Beat “Urgent Delivery” without exploiting or killing animals on Hard difficulty 0.7%
• Dark Cult Speedrun Beat “Dark Cult” in less than 98 days on Hard difficulty 0.7%
• Daily Puzzler Get the gold medal on 9 different daily puzzles 0.7%
• Survivalist Survive 250 days without upgrading your home in “Endless” mode 0.7%
• Enchanted Forest Speedrun Beat “Enchanted Forest” in less than 97 days on Hard difficulty 0.5%
• Daily Challenger Beat 9 different daily expedition 0.5%
• Why do this to yourself? Beat a story level with all maluses activated on Impossible difficulty 0.4%
• Around the world Survive 250 days on each map type in 'Endless' mode 0.4%
• Who said it was impossible? Beat all the story levels in Impossible difficulty 0.4%
• A New Threat Speedrun Beat “A New Threat” in less than 120 days on Hard difficulty 0.4%
• Masochist Survive 250 days with all maluses activated in “Endless” mode 0.4%
• A strange game menu Illuminate the whole menu 0.4%
• Thank you <3 Complete all the achievements 0.3%