ActionAdventureIndieRPG
King of Seas
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 53% of owners
Steam reviews 59% positive of 784
What the data shows
- 37% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 5+ hours (37%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 53% 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 794 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 13.5h for positive, 2.4h 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 (53% 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 (29)
- Monkey jacket Earn 1.000 gold from trade 100%
- Gold for my chest Earn 10.000 gold from trade 84%
- I'm far from done killing Sink 10 ships 75%
- It' time to loot Commerce every kind of resource for the first time 74%
- King of commerce Earn 100.000 gold from trade 57%
- Blow the men down! Sink 50 ships 43%
- Calm waters Fish successfully 10 times 35%
- King of Gold Earn 500.000 gold 33%
- Scourge of the seas Sink 100 ships 29%
- Now swab that boat! Fish successfully 30 times 25%
- Matey! Conquer 5 enemy settlements 22%
- For my hearties Boost a settlement completely 20%
- And a bunch of cuttlefish for me! Fish successfully 50 times 19%
- That's how it's done! Conquer 10 enemy settlements 16%
- This is the life for me Complete your first game 16%
- We're all in the same boat Complete 30 side quests 14%
- King of role-playing Reach the maximum level 14%
- King of lands Complete the world's map for the first time 14%
- Shiver me timbers! Find 5 sunken treasures 13%
- Easy as pie Complete the game in Ship's boy difficulty 13%
- I am the Legend Sink all Sovereign Pirates 13%
- Aye aye, Sir! Complete the game in Gunner difficulty 11%
- In the hold! Find 10 sunken treasures 8.5%
- Ah, clear sailing now Conquer 30 enemy settlements 6.4%
- Caribbean seadog Complete the game in Captain difficulty 5.1%
- Fisherman King Find every kind of fish for the first time 5.1%
- Corsair of the fleet Complete the game in Corsair difficulty 3.0%
- King of treasures Find 30 sunken treasures 3.0%
- King of Seas Complete the game in King of Seas difficulty 2.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.