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Driftland: The Magic Revival
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 2,018
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- Only 58% 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 2,038 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 280 reviews: 13.2h for positive, 4.4h 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 (58.5% 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 (40)
- Floating Village Build 10 structures (bridges not included). 100%
- Bridge Builder Build 10 bridges. 80%
- Coal and Iron Discover 10 resources with Geology. 74%
- The taste of victory Win your first Single Player game. 74%
- Curious Prospector Open 20 treasures. 72%
- Educated Ruler Complete the Tutorial. 70%
- Human Adept Win your 1st Single Player game as Humans. 70%
- Band of Heroes Recruit 10 Heroes in total. 61%
- Raven Hatcher Make your Heroes tame 5 flying beasts. 53%
- Worldwide Empire Create an Empire of at least 20 islands. 49%
- Floating Town Build 100 structures (bridges not included). 46%
- Gold and Mana Discover 100 resources with Geology. 35%
- Borders Expander Build 100 bridges. 31%
- Human Leader Win your 3rd Single Player game as Humans. 27%
- The Grand Graveyard Have 100 of enemy Heroes killed in total. 26%
- Division of Heroes Recruit 100 Heroes in total. 22%
- Eagle Tamer Make your Heroes tame 50 flying beasts. 22%
- Treasure Hunter Open 200 treasures. 20%
- Dark Elven Adept Win your 1st Single Player game as Dark Elves. 18%
- Human Overlord Win your 5th Single Player game as Humans. 17%
- Dwarven Adept Win your 1st Single Player game as Dwarves. 13%
- Brotherly bond Win a Human Campaign 13%
- Dark Elven Leader Win your 3rd Single Player game as Dark Elves. 11%
- Wild Elven Adept Win your 1st Single Player game as Wild Elves. 10%
- Dark Elven Overlord Win your 5th Single Player game as Dark Elves. 8.9%
- Darkness in the heart Win a Dark Elf Campaign 8.5%
- Dwarven Leader Win your 3rd Single Player game as Dwarves. 8.5%
- Floating Empire Build 1000 structures (bridges not included). 8.4%
- Dwarven Overlord Win your 5th Single Player game as Dwarves. 7.4%
- Rightful owner Win a Dwarves Campaign 7.2%
- Seeker of the Truth Unlock the Final Campaign 6.8%
- Wild Elven Leader Win your 3rd Single Player game as Wild Elves. 6.3%
- Rubies and Crystals Discover 1000 resources with Geology. 6.0%
- Wild Elven Overlord Win your 5th Single Player game as Wild Elves. 5.5%
- Restorer of Driftland Build 1000 bridges. 5.0%
- Side to Side Win the Final Campaign 4.8%
- Sociable mage Win a Multiplayer Game 4.4%
- Master of Dragons Make your Heroes tame 500 flying beasts. 3.4%
- Legion of Heroes Recruit 1000 Heroes in total. 3.1%
- Legendary Explorer Open 2000 treasures. 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.