Endling - Extinction is Forever
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 4h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Home Sweet Home” (Reach the first lair) and “Surviving” (Reach the second lair): from 100% to 51% of starters.
- 94% 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.
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Based on all 3,725 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 2.5h 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 (94.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Home Sweet Home Reach the first lair. 100%
- Surviving Reach the second lair. Most players quit here 51% −49
- Hard Fox Life Reach the third lair. 37% −14
- Extinction is Forever Finish the game. 32% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (28)
story milestone ending side
- Home Sweet Home Reach the first lair. 100%
- A Friend in Need Release the Badger from the trap. 61%
- Surviving Reach the second lair. 51%
- Never Give Up Find all traces of the missing cub in the river area. 48%
- Tasty Enter your lair with a full stomach. 45%
- Detox diet Don't feed your cubs trash for six days in a row. 43%
- You Can Pet The Fox Let Molly pet you. 40%
- Lullaby Pet a scared cub. 37%
- Hard Fox Life Reach the third lair. 37%
- Never Let Down Find all traces of the missing cub in the forest. 36%
- Family Reunion Rescue the missing cub. 33%
- Chicken Dinner Hunt a chicken for the first time. 33%
- Beyond Words Let the Scavenger pet you. 33%
- Never Run Around Find all traces of the missing cub near the dumping ground. 32%
- All For One Finish the game with at least one cub alive. 32%
- Extinction is Forever Finish the game. 32%
- Two Peas in a Pod Finish the game with at least two cubs alive. 32%
- Three Little Foxes Finish the game with at least three cubs alive. 31%
- A Barking Fox Doesn't Bite Bark at the Roamer. 31%
- We Are a Family Finish the game with all cubs alive. 28%
- Maternity Reunite the Badger's cub with their mother. 27%
- Barking in The Rain Bark three times in a row when it's raining. 24%
- Peaceful Instinct Do not kill any animal (fish, mouse, rabbit, pigeon, chicken) for five days. 21%
- Mother Love Pet your cubs at least once for five days straight. 9.2%
- For a Better Tomorrow Learn all cub skills. 8.4%
- Easter Egg Have your cubs eat the Easter Egg. 6.0%
- Omnivore Let your cubs eat every kind of food in the game. 5.4%
- Endling Unlock every other achievement in the game. 4.7%