Indie
The Deer God
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 24% of owners
Steam reviews 65% positive of 476
What the data shows
- 51% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (51%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 24% 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 475 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 277 reviews: 5.4h for positive, 2.4h 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 (24.2% 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 (30)
- Hungry Jack Eat 100 plants in one game. 100%
- Family Man Raise 5 babies. 76%
- Foodie Eat 25 mushrooms. 71%
- All Grown Up Become an adult. 66%
- Train Rider Ride a train. 54%
- Eagle Eye Kill the eagle. 36%
- Statuesque Collect all relics. 35%
- Survivalist Survive for 50 days. 33%
- Choose Elder Finished the game and became an Elder. 32%
- 1 Upper Find 10 deer heads. 32%
- Blessed Soul Get full light karma bar. 31%
- Treasure Hunter Find 10 treasure boxes. 31%
- Reincarnationist Become 3 different animals. 26%
- Falconer Hatch 3 falcons. 25%
- Long John Silver Run for 50,000 meters. 25%
- Tortoise Master Ride a tortoise through spikes. 25%
- Psychopath Kill 10 deer. 24%
- Serial Killer Get full dark karma bar. 24%
- Jack of all Trades Use 3 items at the same time. 22%
- Goody Two Shoes Don't kill any creatures for 15 days. 22%
- Choose Human Finished the game and became a human. 21%
- Stinky Feet Collect 10 skunk cabbages. 20%
- Fox Fire Kill 5 foxes with fire. 19%
- Farmer Joe Find 10 turnips. 18%
- Put em on Ice Freeze 5 hunters. 17%
- Egg Collector Collect 25 eggs. 17%
- Powers that be Acquire all powers. 15%
- Deer Boss Beat all bosses. 14%
- Cow Tipper Kill 10 cows. 14%
- Completionist Finish the game with all achievements. 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.