The Cursed Forest

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 900 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 4.7h for positive, 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 (84.4% 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 (56)

• Rise and shine Great things await 100%
• The Tale Find a note 95%
• Let there be light! Light the first Altar Bowl 91%
• Paleontologist Find a bone 82%
• Map I To find a map in the first section 80%
• Treat Feed an animal 76%
• Firefly Get burnt 74%
• Bait Get attacked by a giant "fish" 66%
• Mountain goat Travel through an alternate passage 59%
• Icarus Fall from a cliff 56%
• Bla-bla-bla Rudely close a note without reading it, skipping very important and enriching backstory that someone took a lot of time to craft! 55%
• Dive! Jump into the Lake from the Plank 53%
• Bricklayer Find the First Rune Stone 52%
• Map II To find a map in the second section 50%
• Who Lives Below? Drown in the Swamp 48%
• Stormy River Survive the River 47%
• Heron Get out of the Swamp 47%
• Toilet Trouble Solve the Toilet Mystery 47%
• Indy? Survive a Treacherous Encounter with a Boulder 46%
• Cleaning Activate a Buried Altar 45%
• Ancient Light Banish the Darkness from the Bone 45%
• Toilet II Spend time in toilet during second section 44%
• Toilet I Spend time in toilet during first section 43%
• Snow White Eat an Apple 43%
• Dark alley Take a walk down the alley 41%
• The Descent Fall into the cave under the field 40%
• Lost and found Return your missing friend 40%
• Map III To find a map in the third section 38%
• Fluffy protector Help Fluffy to get into the wood 37%
• Evil twin Discover a strange altar 35%
• Whirlpool Drain the lake 35%
• Map IV To find a map in the fourth section 34%
• The final map To find a map in the final section 34%
• Fifth element To find a main rune stone 34%
• Jaws Get eaten by a giant "fish" 33%
• Toilet IV Spend time in toilet during fourth section 32%
• Falling star Find the crystal 32%
• Last part The puzzle is assembled 31%
• Storm That`s all 31%
• Toilet III Spend time in toilet during third section 30%
• Wade Escape what lies in the depths 30%
• The Rubicon No turning back 29%
• Best friends forever I will not lose you again 28%
• Classical humor Someone don’t pay attention during the walk 28%
• It`s a trap! Dodge the trap 27%
• Nobody home Kept the door closed for a long time 24%
• Toilet V Spend time in toilet during fifth section 24%
• Dark way? Hello, Ball! 19%
• Man of fire Put out all campfires in the fourth section 18%
• Little fire, stop! Put out the bonfire twice 17%
• Gotcha! You didn’t watch your step! 17%
• Fire Fighter Put out all campfires in the second section 16%
• Matchstick There are things stronger than you 15%
• Extinguisher Put out all campfires in the third section 15%
• Curious Follow the Deer 12%
• Desmond? Stay on the Wooden Girder in front of the Cliff 12%