Action
Ori and the Blind Forest
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 32% of players who started
Started playing 81% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 60,320
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Ancient Being ” (Meet the Ancient Being) and “Rotten Inside” (Enter the Ginso Tree): from 78% to 53% of starters.
- 81% 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 60,635 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11h for positive, 8.4h 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 (81.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Journey Begins Complete the Prologue 87% −13
- The Ancient Being Meet the Ancient Being 78% −8
- Rotten Inside Enter the Ginso Tree Most players quit here 53% −25
- Run for Your Life Cleanse the Ginso Tree's Heart 50% −4
- Obtaining Clarity Clear the haze from the Misty Woods 41% −8
- Solid Ground Restore the winds of Nibel 38% −3
- Top of the world Climb to the top of Nibel 36% −3
- Into the Fire Enter Mt. Horu 35% −1
- Rekindle Fan the flames 34% −1
- The Journey Ends Complete the game 32% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- So Many Secrets Find your first secret 100%
- Choices Choices Use your first ability point 95%
- The Journey Begins Complete the Prologue 87%
- Marking the way Restore your first Map Stone 84%
- The Ancient Being Meet the Ancient Being 78%
- Get Back Here! Discover the character in the shadows 63%
- A New Path Break open 5 shortcuts using the Charge Flame 63%
- Flying Fury Kill 3 enemies without touching the ground 61%
- Self Destruction Cause an enemy to destroy itself 56%
- Let's be Friends Make an unexpected friend 54%
- Rotten Inside Enter the Ginso Tree 53%
- Halfway There Restore 50% of all Map Stones 50%
- Run for Your Life Cleanse the Ginso Tree's Heart 50%
- Close Call Escape a dangerous situation 48%
- Life Saver Create 50 Soul Links 48%
- Deadly Detonation Kill 4 enemies simultaneously using Charge Flame. 46%
- Deadly Deflection Kill 25 enemies using Bash to reflect projectiles 42%
- Deadly Dodge Trick 5 enemies into killing another enemy 42%
- Obtaining Clarity Clear the haze from the Misty Woods 41%
- Crushing Blow Crush a Ram with a Stomper 41%
- Solid Ground Restore the winds of Nibel 38%
- Fight to Live Another Day Have a close encounter 37%
- Power Player Collect 200 Energy Shards 36%
- Top of the world Climb to the top of Nibel 36%
- Into the Fire Enter Mt. Horu 35%
- Airborne Double Jump 5 times consecutively without touching the ground 34%
- Rekindle Fan the flames 34%
- Love A beloved bond 33%
- The Journey Ends Complete the game 32%
- Flame Master Kill 500 enemies with Spirit Flame 31%
- Safe and Sound Save at every Spirit Portal 30%
- Soul Master Earn all Efficiency Skills in the Ability Tree 28%
- Seasoned Explorer Find 50% of all secrets 28%
- Stomp Master Kill 50 enemies with Stomp 24%
- World at Your Feet Restore all Map Stones 21%
- Good Eye Find the lost corridor in the Misty Woods 20%
- Blast Master Kill 100 enemies with Charge Flame 20%
- Utility Master Earn all Utility Skills in the Ability Tree 20%
- Combat Master Earn all Combat Skills in the Ability Tree 17%
- Juggle Master Juggle a rock 5 times without it hitting the ground 14%
- Phenom Earn all skills in the Ability Tree 9.3%
- Master Guardian Collect all Health Cells 8.8%
- Deadly Dash Kill 5 enemies with Charge Jump 6.4%
- Powerhouse Collect all Energy Cells 6.4%
- Bash Master Bash off enemies 10 times in a row without touching the ground 5.3%
- Master of the Forest Visit 100% of the map 4.3%
- No Stone Unturned Find all secrets 2.5%
- Supersonic Finish the game in under 3 hours 2.3%
- Elite Complete the whole game without using an Ability Point 2.2%
- Immortal Complete whole game without dying 2.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.