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Ship of Fools
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 50% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 6,334
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Shadow of the Undergrowth” (Defeat Tentacles) and “Tyrant of the Deep” (Defeat Claws): from 86% to 68% of starters.
- 86% 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 6,386 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9.1h for positive, 5.8h 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 (85.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Shadow of the Undergrowth Defeat Tentacles 87% −13
- Tyrant of the Deep Defeat Claws Most players quit here 68% −19
- Harbinger of Hoarfrost Defeat Heads 57% −11
- Eye of the Storm Defeat Eye 50% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- It's the Aquapocalypse Complete the Tutorial 100%
- Powder Fool Destroy 100 sea monsters 94%
- Gill Joins the Crew Unlock Gill 91%
- Shadow of the Undergrowth Defeat Tentacles 87%
- Reflector Reflect two projectiles at once 83%
- Tendrils... Buy your first upgrade 78%
- Betty Joins the Crew Unlock Betty 76%
- Curse Lifter Lift a curse 70%
- Ship Gunner Destroy 1000 sea monsters 68%
- Tyrant of the Deep Defeat Claws 68%
- Shelbie Joins the Crew Unlock Shelbie 66%
- Krillstoph Joins the Crew Unlock Krillstoph 65%
- Harbinger of Hoarfrost Defeat Heads 57%
- Finley Joins the Crew Unlock Finley 55%
- Eye of the Storm Defeat Eye 50%
- Quill Joins the Crew Unlock Quill 47%
- Lotte Joins the Crew Unlock Lotte 47%
- 1 + 1 = 3 Complete co-op run 47%
- A Whale of a Time Complete a run with the Wavehulk. 31%
- Gold Plating Max out a cannon 24%
- Reduce Reuse Recycle Complete a run with the Siren's Call 17%
- Cluck Joins the Crew Unlock Cluck 16%
- Climate Change Repel nearby storm using The Beacon 14%
- Special Delivery Fulfill a Siren's request 11%
- Master-At-Arms Destroy 10000 sea monsters 11%
- Old Sea Dog Complete solo run 9.6%
- The Perfect Crew Complete a run without taking damage 8.4%
- Buried Treasures Buy a scavenged item from Barnaby 7.9%
- Beast Tamer Complete a run with the Red Scourge 5.8%
- The Great Lighthouse Unveil the mysteries of The Great Lighthouse 5.0%
- Hoarder Complete a run while holding 20 trinkets using Jules 4.2%
- All the Treasures of the Sea Buy all upgrades 4.1%
- Glass Cannon Complete a run while having 3 Holy Artifacts still standing 3.5%
- Pew pew Complete a run with pew pew mode active 3.5%
- M'lady Complete a run with fancy mode active 2.7%
- As it should have been Restore The Great Lighthouse island to its former glory 2.2%
- Festive Fleet Adorn four ships with delightful garlands 1.6%
- Let There Be Light Hit 7 enemies with a single reflected projectile using Angus 1.4%
- Good old days Complete a run with retro mode active 1.4%
- Ship of Fog Complete a run with fog mode active 1.3%
- Catrate Master Reflect three projectiles at the same time using Noh's ability 1.2%
- dekcolnU tnemeveihcA Complete a run with mirror mode active 1.2%
- Belting Overseas Put 20 enemies in resonance at the same time using Mikoi's ability 1.0%
- Arc Nemesis Prevent a stun or a knockback 20 times in a single run using Gastropaul's ability 1.0%
- Fool's gold Discover a rare treasure burried in the ground using Commodore Goldie's ability 1.0%
- 120 volts Create 120 electric bolts in a single encounter while using Eelvis 0.8%
- Apex Predator Collect every enemy bounty in a single run using Hanha's ability 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.