ActionAdventure
Journey To The Savage Planet
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 15% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 6,931
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 10h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- At least 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Cragclaw Defeated” (Cragclaw down. Break out the garlic butter!): only 59% of starters get there.
- 95% 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 7,003 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 10.8h for positive, 4.6h 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 (94.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Cragclaw Defeated Cragclaw down. Break out the garlic butter! Most players quit here 59% −41
- Floopsnoot Queen Defeated Successfully ended the bloodline of an endangered alien species! Congratulations! 43% −16
- Open Sesame Enter The Spire. I've got a bad feeling about this... 32% −11
- Teratomo Defeated Teratomo is no mo'. Now go take a shower. You smell bad. Very bad. 30% −2
- Home At Last You've returned home after fully completing your mission! You're a hero! ≥15% −15
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Colonizer Set foot on AR-Y 26 for the first time. I guess that counts as an achievement? 100%
- He Slimed Me Got covered in ooey-gooey alien guts. 95%
- Phone Home Play a video message from Kindred. Guess they didn't forget about us! 87%
- I Feel The Same. I Think? Unlock the Alien Teleportation System. Beats walking! 80%
- Aaaaaaand we're back You died! Now you're not dead! Huh. Weird! 77%
- Flippin' the bird Get launched by a Pufferbird, then kill it. 67%
- Return To Sender Retrieved your own loot box. Death is no excuse for leaving behind Kindred property! 67%
- I Want To Go Home. Eventually. Marked your first fuel pod. Momma, I'm coming home! 60%
- Cragclaw Defeated Cragclaw down. Break out the garlic butter! 59%
- What Would You Two Maniacs Like To Do First? Start a Co-Op game. It must be nice having friends... 45%
- Floopsnoot Queen Defeated Successfully ended the bloodline of an endangered alien species! Congratulations! 43%
- Don't Cross the Streams Slapped your Co-Op partner. I'm sure you had a good reason for it. 43%
- It's Not In The Game Collect every obnoxious video ad on your computer. 40%
- Ambidextrous Use every left hand tool in the game. Gotta hand it to you: You're pretty handy. 38%
- A Little Help, Please Revive your Co-Op partner. Let's hope they learn to start pulling their weight. 36%
- Little Shop of Horrors Fed 5 Pufferbirds to a Meat Vortex. Yes, it blends! 35%
- Open Sesame Enter The Spire. I've got a bad feeling about this... 32%
- For Science! Complete the first set of Science Experiments. Science: It's not just for nerds! 32%
- Teratomo Defeated Teratomo is no mo'. Now go take a shower. You smell bad. Very bad. 30%
- Teratomo? Teratomo! Re-emerged onto AR-Y 26 after killing Teratomo. Back to work, I suppose! 30%
- Build It Up Gather half the Alien Alloy on AR-Y 26. I'm half-impressed! 26%
- Au-revoir Gopher! Kill 5 Schnozos in 15 seconds. Moles ain't gonna whack themselves. 25%
- Deleted But Not Forgotten Read all of the previous explorer's emails. Kinda nosy if you ask me. 20%
- It's Me. But Not Me. But Still Me. Scan your own corpse. Best not to think about it too much... 19%
- We came, We Saw, We Kicked Its Ass Crack Cragclaw with a Co-Op partner. Teamwork really does make the dream work. 18%
- Your Friendly Neighbourhood... Execute 10 consecutive grapples without touching the ground. You're like some kind of arachnid-man. 17%
- Home At Last You've returned home after fully completing your mission! You're a hero! 15%
- Pinball Wizard Kill 5 creatures with a single Charged Shot. Because aiming is for chumps! 12%
- Stop Crapping On Me, Jessie Got pooped on by a Skipper. That's good luck, depending on who you ask. Not me. I think it's gross. 11%
- Stronger, Faster, Probably Poisonous Recklessly and irresponsibly eat every Orange Goo on AR-Y 26. 9.8%
- The $600 Man 3D-print all the 3D-printables. After that, go ahead and 3D-print yourself a gold star! 9.6%
- Kronus: Unplugged Unplug Kronus and restore Kindred's control of DL-C1 8.7%
- Cannibals Bait 5 creatures into attacking each other. Divide and conquer: Classic strat. 8.2%
- Who Is Teratomo? Collect and read every Alien Explorer Log. 8.0%
- The Answer is 42 Fully decrypt and watch the tower origin transmission. 8.0%
- Power Underwhelming Craft all the new upgrades unlocked via exploration of DL-C1 7.7%
- Part of a Complete Breakfast Get covered in Tropical Pufferbird milk... 7.4%
- Zoologist Scan all the creatures on AR-Y 26! 7.2%
- That's all people really want to do... Kick 10 Pufferbirds in 30 seconds. It's why you bought the game. We get it. 6.8%
- Botanist Scan all the flora on AR-Y 26! 6.6%
- Coastal Postal Collect all the scattered postcards of DL-C1 5.2%
- Turdball Wizard Consecutively bounce on 5 different Springy Egg Sacs. It's like an ethically-iffy bouncy castle! 5.0%
- Jewel of the Bargain Bin Complete the entire DL-C1 Kindex 3.8%
- Screw This Noise You've returned home without fully completing your mission. I'd start looking for new work. 3.3%
- Scott Norwood in the Hizzy... Kick 25 Pufferbirds and 25 Maroons. It's ok. I don't know who Scott Norwood is either. 2.5%
- No Refunds Finish the game in under 4 hours. See you at GDQ! 2.4%
- Shocking Stun 5 creatures simultaneously with Shock Fruit. Stone cold. 2.4%
- Walking On Air Fly through 12 unique gas rings without touching the ground 1.9%
- I Come in Peace Slap every alien creature at least once. I suppose that counts as "first contact". 1.4%
- Old Game Alliance Tolerate another person long enough to beat Old Game Minus entirely in coop. 1.2%
- Old Game Master Assert your independence and beat Old Game Minus entirely in singleplayer. 1.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.