Black Skylands
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The biggest drop-off is between “My home — my rules” (Liberate Mills Island) and “Cold Reception” (Defeat Crash): from 91% to 66% of starters.
- Only 49% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 4,567 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20.4h for positive, 16h 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 (48.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Adventure Begins Complete the Prologue 100%
- My home — my rules Liberate Mills Island 91% −9
- Cold Reception Defeat Crash Most players quit here 66% −25
- First Swarm Encounter Defend the Moth Village 54% −13
- The Cannon Goes BOOM! Defeat Mort 42% −12
- BADABOOM! Defeat Blast 35% −7
- Loyal to the Last Breath Defeat Rhoda 31% −4
- Disinfection! Defeat the Devourer 28% −3
- One Pirate Less Defeat Kain 25% −2
- What the Doctor Ordered Defeat Ruth 24% −1
- I was there when Horos fell Defeat Horos 22% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (28)
story milestone ending side
- The Adventure Begins Complete the Prologue 100%
- No Place for Falcons Liberate 3 Islands 92%
- My home — my rules Liberate Mills Island 91%
- Get the Wrench Get more than 1000 Ship Steel 70%
- More Mods! Get 5 Weapon Mods 69%
- Upgrade Time Get more than 1000 Weapon Steel 68%
- Cold Reception Defeat Crash 66%
- Keen Eye Find 5 Chests of Gold 55%
- First Swarm Encounter Defend the Moth Village 54%
- All Hands on Deck! Get more than 6 000 Ship Steel 47%
- Lock’n’load! Get more than 6000 Weapon Steel 47%
- Gold Prospector Find 10 Chests of Gold 46%
- Aspya’s Defender Liberate 10 Islands 46%
- Where does this go? Get 50 Weapon Mods 43%
- The Cannon Goes BOOM! Defeat Mort 42%
- Full Speed Ahead! Get more than 17 000 Ship Steel 36%
- There can never be too much Steel! Get more than 17 000 Weapon Steel 36%
- BADABOOM! Defeat Blast 35%
- It Smells of Death Here Visit Swarm Territory 31%
- Loyal to the Last Breath Defeat Rhoda 31%
- Disinfection! Defeat the Devourer 28%
- One Pirate Less Defeat Kain 25%
- What the Doctor Ordered Defeat Ruth 24%
- I was there when Horos fell Defeat Horos 22%
- Aspya’s Liberator Liberate All Islands 19%
- On the hook! Obtain Steel Condor Crossbow 14%
- Sky Wolf Find All Chests of Gold 7.6%
- Weapon Master Get All Weapon Mods 6.8%