CasualIndieStrategyFree To Play
Black Forest
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 30% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 410
What the data shows
- 59% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (59%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 30% 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 413 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 27 reviews: 4.1h for positive, 2.8h 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 (30.3% 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 (27)
- Wolf Victim you have seen a wolf attack 100%
- Safe Haven you have taken in a family of refugees 48%
- rabbit's foot brutally murdered a soft and furry creature 34%
- Werewolf Victim you have been attacked by a werewolf 32%
- Victory (easy) won a game on easy 22%
- Good Reserves won a game with over 100 food in storage 19%
- Illuminati have 10 lamp posts in the village 13%
- Builder (bronze) built 20 buildings in one game 12%
- Great Reserves won a game with over 200 food in storage 11%
- The Trees Have Eyes you have seen a walking tree 8.9%
- leisure time won a game with more than 50% of idle time 8.6%
- Oasis have 3 wells in the village 8.6%
- Victory (normal) won a game on normal 7.3%
- Victory (Story) won a game in story mode 7.3%
- Amazing Reserves won a game with over 400 food in storage 6.9%
- Architect (bronze) built a total of 100 buildings 6.6%
- prussian attitude won a game with less than 5% idle time 5.0%
- Architect (silver) built a total of 1000 buildings 4.3%
- Architect (gold) built a total of 10,000 buildings 4.3%
- Builder (silver) built 50 buildings in one game 4.3%
- Health Potion win a game on medium or higher difficulty with no deaths 4.3%
- Victory (hard) won a game on hard 4.3%
- Builder (gold) built 100 buildings in one game 4.0%
- Lone Survivor won a game with exactly one surviving peasant 4.0%
- What Was That ? Your village has been torched by a dragon. A DRAGON! 3.6%
- Majestic Beast You have been attacked by a Griffin 3.6%
- Victory (doomed) won a game on doomed - amazing! 3.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.