Valley
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 4h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 41% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Journey Begins” (Complete Wendigo Lake) and “Nowhere to Go but Up” (Complete Susurrus Valley): from 100% to 76% of starters.
- 78% 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 6,767 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5.3h for positive, 3.4h 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 (77.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Journey Begins Complete Wendigo Lake 100%
- Nowhere to Go but Up Complete Susurrus Valley Most players quit here 76% −24
- The Ascent Complete Titan Rock 60% −15
- The Madman's Hubris Complete the Soma Facility 56% −5
- The Descent Complete the Soma Reactor 54% −2
- A World in Peril Complete Camp Henday 48% −6
- The Pathfinder Finds a Way Complete the Proving Grounds 45% −3
- Breaking and Enter Complete Smoke Lake 43% −2
- Restoring the Balance Complete the Astra Facility 41% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- The Journey Begins Complete Wendigo Lake 100%
- Nowhere to Go but Up Complete Susurrus Valley 76%
- The Ascent Complete Titan Rock 60%
- The Fly Lordship Pacify 10 amrita swarms 59%
- The Madman's Hubris Complete the Soma Facility 56%
- The Descent Complete the Soma Reactor 54%
- The Plant of Heartbeat Acquire the Lifeseed 53%
- Tree Hugger Revive 100 trees 52%
- Leg Day Take 10,000 steps 51%
- A World in Peril Complete Camp Henday 48%
- Headhunter Defeat 25 dark creatures 46%
- The Pathfinder Finds a Way Complete the Proving Grounds 45%
- Breaking and Enter Complete Smoke Lake 43%
- Who's the Alpha Now? Defeat the Alpha 41%
- Redemption Stop the Astra Facility from killing the valley 41%
- Restoring the Balance Complete the Astra Facility 41%
- Immortality Complete game without the valley dying 41%
- Chipmunk Collect 100 acorns 37%
- Like an Eagle Spend 20 minutes of accumulated time in mid-air 35%
- Archaeologist Gain entry to the Sussurian Pyramid 30%
- This. Is. VALLEY. Drop down the pit located in Proving Grounds 28%
- Her Darkest Hour Find Virginia's music box 27%
- Arboricide Kill 50 trees 11%
- Pathfinder Training Discover the secret Landshark encampment 9.0%
- Carnivore Take life from 20 animals 5.9%
- Spelunker Gain entry through all the acorn doors 5.3%
- Relic Collector Collect enough medallions to access all pyramid chambers 4.9%
- Final Form Acquire all upgrades for the L.E.A.F. suit 4.9%
- Full Power Collect all energy upgrades 3.9%
- The Eight Pages Find all 8 pages 3.9%