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Ship Graveyard Simulator
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 64% positive of 2,389
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 7h it's 1 in 3 (33%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- 88% 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 2,410 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 267 reviews: 10.2h for positive, 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 (88.1% 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 (46)
- First day Work for one day. 100%
- Craftsman Craft your first material. 88%
- Atropos Destroy 90% of the ship Atropos. 73%
- Demolition man Destroy 100 objects. 71%
- First week Work for seven days. 53%
- Gold rush Find a piece of gold. 45%
- Bossman Hire your first worker. 39%
- Work pays Make $10,000. 39%
- Friday Destroy 90% of the ship Friday. 39%
- Burglar Open a Master difficulty lock. 39%
- Blob blob Fall into the ocean. 35%
- Crispy Pass out from an explosion. 33%
- Entrepreneur Upgrade the shop to the highest level. 32%
- Hitman Hit a man with a hammer. 29%
- Lotus Destroy 90% of the ship Lotus. 29%
- Bomb has been planted Plant an explosive. 28%
- Manufactory Upgrade the workshop to the highest level. 26%
- Traveler Drive 10 km. 20%
- Employer Upgrade the barrack to the highest level. 17%
- Flame Destroy 90% of the ship Flame. 17%
- Harpy Destroy 90% of the ship Harpy. 15%
- New business Build the tent. 13%
- Shipbreaker Break a ship. 12%
- Delivery man Upgrade the Storage shop to the highest level. 9.9%
- Lydia Destroy 90% of the ship Lydia. 9.6%
- Rich man Make $100,000. 8.9%
- Home sweet home Upgrade the house to the highest level. 8.7%
- Clam Destroy 90% of the ship Clam. 8.2%
- Victor Destroy 90% of the submarine Victor. 7.5%
- X marks the spot Find a treasure chest. 7.4%
- Marathon Walk 25000 steps. 6.8%
- Harvey Destroy 90% of the ship Harvey. 6.0%
- Typhoon Destroy 90% of the submarine Typhoon. 5.6%
- Sophie Destroy 90% of the ship Sophie. 5.3%
- Justinian Destroy 90% of the ship Justinian. 5.0%
- Hurricane Destroy 90% of the submarine Hurricane. 4.7%
- Venus Destroy 90% of the ship Venus. 4.7%
- Storm Destroy 90% of the submarine Storm. 4.5%
- Caligula Destroy 90% of the ship Caligula. 4.1%
- Pucelle Destroy 90% of the ship Pucelle. 4.1%
- Milionaire Make $1,000,000. 4.0%
- Submarine graveyard Destroy 90% of every submarine. 3.7%
- Pluto Destroy 90% of the ship Pluto. 3.6%
- Roebuck Destroy 90% of the ship Roebuck. 3.6%
- Bookmaker Book every ship. 3.3%
- Ship graveyard Destroy 90% of every ship. 3.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.