ActionAdventureCasualIndie
Moss VR
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 23% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 3,467
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 4h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Mire Temple” and “An Arcane Key”: from 68% to 40% of starters.
- 86% of owners got the first achievement.
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 3,506 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 4.6h for positive, 4.1h 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 (85.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Clearing Enter the Clearing alongside Quill. 97% −3
- The Impassable Mire Follow the Starthing and Quill into the impassable Mire. 80% −16
- The First Trial Defeat the Screechers first encountered in the Mire. 74% −6
- The Mire Temple Enter the Mire Temple alongside Quill. 68% −6
- An Arcane Key Unlock the path to the Mire Temple's altar room. Most players quit here 40% −27
- Namelhook Mining Co. Enter the Namelhook Mining cave alongside Quill. 32% −8
- The Abandoned City Enter the Abandoned City alongside Quill. 30% −1
- The Ascent Climb to the castle bridge alongside Quill. 24% −6
- An Unlikely Hero Defeat the serpent Sarffog. 23% −1
- A Promising Beginning Finish the first book of Moss. 23%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Forgotten Pieces Discover your first Forgotten Piece. 100%
- The Clearing Enter the Clearing alongside Quill. 97%
- The Impassable Mire Follow the Starthing and Quill into the impassable Mire. 80%
- Thank you. Use your power as a Reader to heal Quill for the first time. 77%
- The First Trial Defeat the Screechers first encountered in the Mire. 74%
- The Mire Temple Enter the Mire Temple alongside Quill. 68%
- Tools of the Enemy Use a Screecher to unlock the path forward. 63%
- Nice work, friend! Give Quill a high five. 50%
- Hedge Knight Use Quill's sword to cut down a lot of grass. 48%
- Dust Collector I Collect a small amount of Relic Dust. 46%
- Thorn in Our Side Guide Quill to destroy multiple thorn patches. 45%
- The Twilight Garden Enter the Twilight Garden alongside Quill. 44%
- Battle for Control Take control over many Forged enemies. 43%
- An Arcane Key Unlock the path to the Mire Temple's altar room. 40%
- I'm not scared! Startle Quill from behind. 37%
- In Champion's Clothes Find new armor in the Twilight Garden. 37%
- A Sacred Oath Light the torches of the Knights of the Sun. 33%
- Namelhook Mining Co. Enter the Namelhook Mining cave alongside Quill. 32%
- The Abandoned City Enter the Abandoned City alongside Quill. 30%
- Shot Through the Heartwood Find a new sword in the the Twilight Garden. 25%
- The Ascent Climb to the castle bridge alongside Quill. 24%
- A Promising Beginning Finish the first book of Moss. 23%
- An Unlikely Hero Defeat the serpent Sarffog. 23%
- Dust Collector II Collect a large amount of Relic Dust. 22%
- Ghostface Crushah Use your power as a Reader to break many objects. 22%
- Clever Shooting Destroy a Forged enemy with a controlled Scorcher. 21%
- All Roads Lead Find all three portals to the Twilight Garden. 20%
- Don't Pet the Animals Annoy Quill by delaying the adventure. 18%
- Best Held with Her Defeat the Recast Commander to earn a blessing. 17%
- Idiurus Macrotis Destroy a Forged enemy with an aerial attack. 13%
- You lookin' at me? Fist bump the Toad after a staring contest. 6.1%
- Creative Cliffhanger Find a low-hanging path to the town pub. 3.9%
- Pub Smash! Break everything within the town pub that can be broken. 3.2%
- Bugs for Dinner Feed the Toad three dragonflies. 3.0%
- The Author's Plan Collect all of the forgotten fragments. 2.2%
- What Remains of Power Collect all of the Relic Dust. 1.8%
- A Forged Maestro Destroy two or more Screecher enemies with a controlled Ticker. 0.8%
- Protector of the Realm Rescue Argus without a single death. 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.