All 29 Forever Ago achievements
The list is 29 achievements with no difficulty or combat entries. Only four spell out their conditions on Steam — the rest unlock through exploration, photography and optional scenes.
Forever Ago lists 29 achievements, and most of them arrive on their own: the game hides its achievements by default to keep the story intact, and a player who explores, photographs and lingers will watch the list fill up without a guide. This page is for the rest — the planner achievements, the single-run rule and the spots where players report things not popping.
The unlock rates below are a snapshot taken on October 9, 2026, one day after launch. They climb as more players finish the story, so treat them as a ranking of how early each achievement sits in the journey, not as difficulty.
All 29 achievements
| Achievement | Rate | How it unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Before I Forget Myself | 60.2% | The opening hours of the trip |
| Glimpse Into The Past | 52.0% | Find a vignette |
| Trip's Cancelled | 33.9% | The story's big turn at the end of Chapter 4 |
| Hatless | 30.7% | Chapter 3 — mind your hat near the dumpsters |
| Back On The Road | 24.4% | Chapter 5 — the van runs again |
| Make A Wish | 20.2% | Wish on the shooting star at camp |
| Green Thumb | 18.5% | Water every plant in Sam's garden |
| Shopaholic | 17.5% | Buy up the shelves at Carl's |
| Have a Swantastic Day | 15.8% | Hidden — watch the water |
| What's In A Name | 14.6% | Name the dog when the story asks |
| Alright, First Coffee | 13.2% | The morning cup — camps always have one |
| You Can't Plan Life | 12.9% | Audrey's refrain; the story hands it over |
| Guardian Lord | 10.5% | Play the arcade cabinet at the retreat |
| Focus Finder | 7.9% | Take 25 photos |
| Olympic-Level Stick Thrower | 6.0% | Throw the stick for the dog at Sam's |
| Bowside 360 | 4.9% | Chapter 6 — keep looking around on the crossing |
| The Plundered Plumage | 4.8% | A nest sits on the lighthouse trail — approach calmly |
| Patience Of A Saint | 4.5% | Walk at Luke's pace on the lighthouse trail |
| Snooping Shutterbug | 4.3% | Take the nosy photo when the chance comes |
| Petal Collector | 3.7% | Find all vignettes |
| Picture Perfect | 3.3% | Take 50 photos |
| Scallyrat Roberts | 3.2% | Chapter 6 — the man behind the sky train |
| Old Bones | 2.8% | Rest at every opportunity, in one run |
| It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Doggo | 2.8% | The dog, airborne — camera ready |
| Chrono Selfie | 2.0% | A selfie where timing is everything |
| World's Largest Mosaic Pumpkin Collection | 2.0% | Carl's mosaic pumpkins — fifty years of them |
| Shaun and Jason | 1.8% | Hidden |
| Stupid Thing! | 1.7% | The kitchen drawer that fights back |
| Self-Portrait Photography | 1.7% | Sam's selfie lesson — don't forget to smile |
The four you can plan for
Only four entries spell out their conditions on Steam, and all of them are about the camera:
- Focus Finder — take 25 photos. Counts across the whole journey, not one chapter.
- Picture Perfect — take 50 photos. Same deal, just further out. With up to 12 photos per scene and four kept per chapter, both come naturally if you shoot freely and choose later.
- Glimpse Into The Past — find a vignette. Vignettes are the pink-petal memory scenes scattered through each area. The first one takes care of itself if you explore.
- Petal Collector — find all of them. Gather every petal you pass as you go; hunting them in a second sweep is the hard way.
The one-run rule
There is no chapter select in Forever Ago, so anything phrased as "every opportunity" has to be handled inside your single playthrough — and Old Bones is the strictest of them: rest at every opportunity the game offers. Benches, seats and quiet spots all count. If the prompt appears and you skip it, the achievement is a fresh-run problem, not a chapter-replay one.
When an achievement won't pop
Player reports from the launch week, and how to unstick each one:
- Stick throws at Sam's aren't counting. The throw only registers in the walk segment with the dog — keep the walk going, throw again when she drops it, and let the scene finish rather than leaving early.
- The kitchen drawer can't be found. It's in Chapter 9's house. Hug the counters in the kitchen and check the drawer faces; the interaction prompt is tight to the furniture, so approach slowly from the front.
- The selfie won't trigger. Line the group up as prompted, use the timer and wait out the full countdown — the shot doesn't count mid-countdown. If the smile control seems dead, nudge Alfred's position first; the input only responds once the frame is set.
The completion picture
Nothing here needs a second playthrough except Old Bones, and nothing is difficulty-gated. Explore every corner, interact with every object that highlights, photograph as much as the game allows, and rest whenever a seat shows up — that combination covers almost the entire hidden list.