Adventure
Sea of Solitude
The first 2 hours are a test
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 2,118
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 3h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised more than in 78% of games we track.
- 75% 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 2,161 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 4h for positive, 2.7h 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 (74.6% 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 (22)
- Fire! Fired the first flare 100%
- Connected Connect with mirror Kay for the first time 90%
- Uncorked Collected your first Message in a bottle 79%
- Shoo! Shooed your first Seagull 73%
- Seeker Fired 30 flares 67%
- Moses Opened a path through water 58%
- School's out Made it through school 49%
- Runaway Travelled very far by foot 41%
- Deep Dive Jumped headfirst into the water from a high point 41%
- Sunny Finished Level 1 41%
- Sailor Travelled a long distance by boat 40%
- Lonely at the top Reached top of the Skyscraper 35%
- Mama and Papa Finished Level 2 32%
- Breakdown Finished Level 3 31%
- Resolve Finished the game 31%
- Comfy Respawned on couch in Skyscraper 19%
- Danger Swimmer Swam a long distance while Whale was around 10%
- Raver Got grabbed by waterhands 10 times 9.7%
- Human Bait Eaten by Whale 20 times 9.0%
- Mermaid Swam a very long distance 8.3%
- Bottled Collected all bottles 7.9%
- Flock of Seagulls Shooed all Seagulls 7.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.