Terraria
What Terraria is
Dig, fight, explore, build!
The opening of its Steam description. The developer's own words.Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
What people say
Terraria's difficulty complaints break into separate problems: too little guidance, a rough opening stretch, a steep hardmode jump and single boss fights that block progress.
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Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.
Reviewers who play with friends praise it at 92%, and some single out multiplayer and community. Skip it if difficulty bothers you: 6% of written reviews raise it.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Difficulty6%Most often lack of guidance
“too hard eye of cthulhu is impossible”
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Playing with friends123 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain18%Praise92%
- Collecting and completing59 reviewers; most raised: grindComplain39%Praise81%
- Relaxing27 reviewers; most raised: gameplay and designComplain7%Praise100%
Steam reviews over its whole life
1,566,811 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself.
What Terraria reviewers say
One public report on Terraria reads 1,619 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Of its 1,619 judged reviewers, 18% complain, 79% praise something and 1% make a request. The top complaint is difficulty at 28% of complaints, then gameplay and design (10%) and grind (9%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 16% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (44%) and more content (19%). Two audience differences stand out. New user: say they're quitting 12.5x as often as everyone (5% vs under 1%). Under 2 hours: say they're quitting 11.8x as often as everyone (5% vs under 1%).
One public report on Terraria. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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