When does A Year Of Rain get good?

Hooks you right away. 43% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (40%). The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.

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A Year Of Rain

Mar 13, 2020 Steam: Mixed

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 52% of owners

Steam reviews 44% positive of 693

What the data shows

43% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (40%).
The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
Only 52% 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 706 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 2.7h for positive, 2.1h 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 (52.1% 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 (28)

Call of the Fox Complete "Call of the Fox" on any difficulty 100%
Tutorial Complete the Basic Tutorial 98%
Exorcise Daily Break the curse of undeath 96%
Two-Torial Complete the Advanced Tutorial 78%
Beachfront Property Complete "Beachfront Property" on any difficulty 66%
I Ain't Got Time to Bleed! The Sergeant survived 37%
Flame and Shadow Complete 'Flame and Shadow' on any difficulty 36%
Life is a Beach The Unlucky Spearman survived 26%
Unearthed Complete "Unearthed" on any difficulty 26%
Coup de Grace Complete "Coup de Grace"' on any difficulty 19%
Cleaning up the Mess Complete "Cleaning up the Mess" on any difficulty 16%
Connection Terminated Free all lost Pathfinders 15%
This belongs in a Museum! Loot all treasures 14%
Under a Pale Banner Complete "Under a Pale Banner" on any difficulty 14%
Executive Override Assassinate the Lieutenant before she executes any deserters 12%
Of Monsters and Men Complete "Of Monsters and Men" on any difficulty 12%
Mercy Carries a Blade Complete "Mercy Carries a Blade" on any difficulty 10%
Tempest Complete the story campaign 10%
The Floor is Necromancy Don't lose any units to the necromantic fields 9.4%
Laser Dance Do not get hit by the Sentinel's beam 8.8%
True Power Level Gather over 9000 Anorium 8.1%
Windless Complete "Under a Pale Banner" without training any Djinnis 7.9%
Making a Point Destroy all their buildings and units before defeating a warlord 6.7%
Karma Foil the ambush indirectly 6.5%
Waste Not, Want Not Complete "Beachfront Property" using only salvaged resources 6.1%
De-Knight (Co-op) Complete "Of Monsters and Men" without training any Knights in Co-op 5.6%
Paved with Good Intentions Dispose of your enemies in a timely fashion 5.2%
Fungicide Kill the Myconid Creature without weakening it 5.0%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.