AdventureIndie
Etherborn
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 61% of owners
Steam reviews 73% positive of 458
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 3h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 61% 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 468 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 1.6h 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 (61.4% 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 (13)
- Birth Complete level Birth 100%
- Shapes of a Memory Complete level Shapes of a Memory 61%
- Desert of the Mind Complete level Desert of the Mind 45%
- Structured Thoughts Complete level Structured Thoughts 29%
- The Longing of the Stones Complete level The Longing of the Stones 26%
- End Reach the end of the game 24%
- Birth + Complete level Birth + 14%
- Shapes of a Memory + Complete level Shapes of a Memory + 12%
- Desert of the Mind + Complete level Desert of the Mind + 12%
- Structured Thoughts + Complete level Structured Thoughts + 11%
- End + Reach the end of the game on 'Game +' mode 11%
- Etherborn Complete Reach the end of the game on both normal and 'Game +' modes 11%
- The Longing of the Stones + Complete level The Longing of the Stones + 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.