Professional Farmer: Cattle and Crops
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (28%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- Only 37% 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 1,783 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 12.2h for positive, 6.8h 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 (37.2% 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 (22)
- More exercise! You've almost walked 1,001 m. 100%
- Baby Steps You've driven your first 10 km (6.2 mi). 73%
- The Fruits of your Labor You've harvested your first 10 ha (25 acres). 39%
- From a small seed… The first seed has been planted. 26%
- Feed the Soil You've fertilized your first 10 ha (25 acres). 13%
- Experienced jogger You've walked 10 km. Not bad! 8.6%
- As you sow so shall you reap You've sown more than 500 ha (1,235 acres). 4.0%
- Loose Beginnings You've cultivated your first 10 ha (25 acres). 3.8%
- Spray away You've fertilized more than 500 ha (1,235 acres). 3.2%
- From Here to the End of the World You've driven 1,000 km (620 mi). 1.9%
- Breaking Ground You've plowed your first 10 ha (25 acres). 1.9%
- The Reaper You've harvested 500 ha (1,235 acres). 1.6%
- Marathon Man 42 km. Haile Gebrselassie would be so proud of you! 1.6%
- 700 Soccer Fields You've cultivated more than 500 ha (1,235 acres). 1.1%
- Cardio Junkie 1,000 km. Got nothing else to do? 0.8%
- Till Eulenspiegel You've cultivated more than 10,000 ha (24,700 acres). Also, sorry for the pun. 0.5%
- Long-distance Trucker You've driven 10,000 km (6,200 mi). 0.5%
- [Insert funny fertilizer title here. Great job, awesome, well done!] Failure is a great fertilizer. But so is fertilizer. You've sprayed more than 10,000 ha (24,700 acres). 0.5%
- Captain of the Harvest Army You've harvested 10,000 ha (24,700 acres). 0.5%
- As Straight as an Arrow You've plowed more than 500 ha (1,235 acres). 0.5%
- Turn it over You've plowed more than 10'000 ha (24,700 acres). 0.5%
- King Corn You really want to leave your mark, don't you? 10,000 ha (24,700 acres) sown and counting. 0.5%