Achievement Name Generator: Ideas and Names

Pick what you want to reward and a tone, and get 12 achievement names, each paired with the moment that unlocks it. Use them as achievement ideas for your game or as names for the moments you already track, then download them as JSON with name and description fields.

Step 1 of 2: Kind
What should the achievements reward?

How to use it

  1. Choose a kind, such as Combat, Exploration and secrets or Funny and failure, and press Next.
  2. Choose Epic, Punny or Simple, and press Generate achievements.
  3. Star the achievements you want to keep, then press Generate more for a new batch.
  4. Press Download as JSON for name, description, kind and tone fields, or Download list for text.
  5. Press Copy Ziva prompt to have Ziva add an achievement system with them to your game.

Mix the kinds of moments you reward

A good achievement list rewards different players for different things. Progress achievements (finish the tutorial, finish chapter 1) mark the path and tell you how far players get. Skill achievements (no deaths, hardest difficulty) give experts a goal. Exploration and collecting achievements reward players who poke into corners, and funny ones (pet the dog, fall off the same ledge three times) give players something to laugh about and share.

Write the description as the exact condition, like Defeat 100 enemies, not a hint. Players use achievements as a checklist, so a clear condition is easier to chase than a riddle.

Steam achievement names and limits

On Steam, every achievement has a name and a description that players see, and both can be localized in the Steamworks partner site so players see them in their own language. Steamworks asks for achievement names and icons to be all-ages appropriate.

Steamworks limits games to 100 achievements at first, and allows more once the game reaches the threshold for profile features. If you plan a long list, start with the ones that matter most.

Keep names short: two to four words read at a glance in an unlock notification, and the description can carry the detail.

Frequently asked questions

How do you name an achievement?
Name the feeling and put the condition in the description. A short, memorable name like Close Shave works best with a plain description like Win a fight with less than 5% health left.
How many achievements should a game have?
There is no fixed number. Cover progress, skill and secrets, and cut any that only reward playing longer. On Steam you can add up to 100 at first.
Can I use these names for Steam achievements?
Yes. Each result has a name and a description, the two fields Steam players see. Copy them into the Steamworks partner site, or use the JSON download to keep them in your own data.
What does each tone do?
Epic gives dramatic names like Death's Door Denied, Punny gives wordplay like Close Shave, and Simple gives plain names like Barely Alive that say what happened.
Is the achievement name generator free?
Yes. It runs in your browser with no account and no AI calls.

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