IndieRPGSimulationStrategy
Merchant of the Skies
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 2,294
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 7h it's 1 in 13 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- 87% 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 2,309 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.9h 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 (87.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (12)
- Energizer Fueled a ship 100%
- A man of his word Completed first quest 95%
- Real Estate Bought an island 61%
- New Ride Bought a new ship 59%
- Giants Found the Giant Island 54%
- Thrifty Put money into bank 53%
- Too big to fail Get bailed out by a bank 40%
- Wealthy Completed the Money Accumulation goal 31%
- Lighthouse Builder Built a lighthouse 26%
- Fish Appreciation Fed the Fish God 23%
- Supplier Supplied inns with bread and apple juice 17%
- Botanical Restored botanical garden 14%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.