Thea: The Awakening
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 35h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 57% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Saving Hand” (Win the game): only 57% of starters get there.
- Only 54% 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 3,782 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 58h for positive, 12.7h 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 (54.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Saving Hand Win the game. Most players quit here 57% −43
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Workshop Complete 10 non-food crafting recipes. 100%
- You Have My Sword Attract a Human by constructing the appropriate building. 97%
- Local Hero Win a 5-skull challenge. 69%
- Awakened Unlock a god. 65%
- Saving Hand Win the game. 57%
- Factory Complete 100 non-food crafting recipes. 53%
- Animal Planet Attract a Beast by constructing the appropriate building. 51%
- Long Days, Long Nights Play for a total of 1000 turns. 40%
- Divine Army Have population of 40 or more. 32%
- Goblin Cave Attract a Goblin by constructing the appropriate building. 30%
- You Have My Bow Attract an Elf by constructing the appropriate building. 28%
- Storyteller Finish Divine Quest, Cosmic Tree Quest and Giants Quest in one game. 28%
- Diplomat Finish Giants Quest with the help of the Weatherer. 25%
- Legendary Craftsman Craft 20 Good Quality items. 25%
- Master Builder Unlock all construction recipes. 24%
- Overlord. Win by Domination Victory. 22%
- Demon Symbol Attract a Demon by constructing the appropriate building. 21%
- You Have My Axe Attract a dwarf by constructing the appropriate building. 21%
- Full Pantheon Unlock all gods. 20%
- Master Craftsman Unlock all crafting recipes. 18%
- Dragon Slayer Win 50 5-skull challenges. 17%
- Supreme Deity Unlock all levels on a god. 16%
- Master Gatherer Unlock all gathering resources. 15%
- Orc Blood Attract an Orc by constructing the appropriate building. 14%
- Baby Boom Have 30 or more kids. 11%
- No Easy Tasks Win the game on 210% difficulty or more. 9.2%
- Warmonger Finish Giants Quest by killing the giants. 8.3%
- Every Decision Counts Survive 300 turns on Lord of Thea difficulty (250%+). 7.2%
- Whoa, where's the fire? Win the game in less than 100 turns. 5.5%
- Piece of Cake Beat the game on True God of Thea difficulty (300%+). 3.7%
- Absolute Power Unlock all levels on all gods. 3.5%