AdventureRPG
DREDGE
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 36% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 57,545
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 75% of games we track.
- At least 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Introductions” (Complete the introduction quest) and “The Key”: from 100% to 81% of starters.
- 97% 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 57,851 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 14.7h for positive, 10.1h 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 (96.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Introductions Complete the introduction quest. 100%
- The Key Deliver the Key. Most players quit here 81% −19
- The Secret Surrender the Music Box. 65% −15
- The Bond Entrust the Ring. 55% −10
- The Chains Relinquish the Necklace. 50% −5
- The Moment Give up the Pocket Watch. 41% −10
- Unshackled Find a use for the relics. ≥36% −5
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Introductions Complete the introduction quest. 100%
- The Key Deliver the Key. 81%
- Careless Harvesting Deplete a total of 25 fishing spots. 76%
- Lives for Profit Sell a total of $2500 worth of fish. 75%
- Perfect Packing Have a full cargo. 71%
- Hull: Improved Upgrade to the 2nd tier hull. 71%
- Missing Shipment Deliver the missing shipment to the rig. 70%
- The Secret Surrender the Music Box. 65%
- Lifted From the Deep Catch 250 fish using rods. 63%
- Hull: Refined Upgrade to the 3rd tier hull. 62%
- From the Fog Hear a Foghorn echo. 62%
- Dimensional Bypass Traverse a long distance using Manifest. 58%
- No Time to Linger Have a combined engine speed of 75kn. 56%
- The Bond Entrust the Ring. 55%
- Swift Reaper Have a combined fishing speed of 200%. 55%
- Feeling Prepared Install equipment into every slot on your ship. 54%
- Remedial Apparatus Equip the Siphon Trawler. 53%
- The Chains Relinquish the Necklace. 50%
- Hull: Advanced Upgrade to the 4th tier hull. 50%
- Feeding Time Feed the Narwhal. 49%
- Cruel Heat Keep your Haste burn meter above 50% for 10 seconds. 48%
- Light up the Night Have a combined light strength of 3000 lumens. 46%
- Icebreaker Equip the Icebreaker. 46%
- Enhanced Abilities Upgrade all 3 basic abilities. 45%
- Under The Ice Finish the main quest in The Pale Reach. 44%
- Rig Architect Build all levels of all buildings on the rig. 42%
- The Moment Give up the Pocket Watch. 41%
- Hull: Industrial Upgrade to the 5th tier hull. 41%
- Cash for Gold Sell a total of $1500 worth of trinkets. 40%
- Shadowed Splashes Have 5 Dark Splashes in your inventory. 40%
- Trapped by These Walls Catch 100 crabs in crab pots. 39%
- The Iron Ruin Override the rig's defenses. 38%
- Unwanted Discard 25 fish. 37%
- Unshackled Find a use for the relics. 36%
- Dark Custodian Collect a total of 10 Dark Canisters. 33%
- From The Black Depths Catch the Colossal Squid. 33%
- Researcher: Engines Research all engines. 33%
- Researcher: Rods Research all rods. 31%
- Researcher: Pots Research all pots. 30%
- Frozen Favors Finish all side quests in The Pale Reach. 29%
- Polar Angler Catch all known species of fish in The Pale Reach. 27%
- Ancient Angler Catch all known species of fish in The Iron Rig. 26%
- Mixed Results Use Mixed Bait to attract 3 different species to a single spot. 25%
- Tangled in This Web Catch 150 fish in trawl nets. 25%
- Researcher: Nets Research all nets. 24%
- Sated Throw it back. 23%
- The Gleaming Goliath Evade that which stalks the disturbed sediment. 23%
- Safe Havens Visit every dock in the game. 21%
- Exotic Exemplar Catch any exotic aberration. 21%
- Fresh Fish Have 5 ice blocks in your cargo. 21%
- Cold Corruptions Catch all aberrations in The Pale Reach. 21%
- Prey Sighted Spot a fish of each category through your Spyglass. 20%
- Primordial Deviations Catch all aberrations in The Iron Rig (excluding exotics). 18%
- Providence Complete all side quests. One way or another. 14%
- Servant of the Shrines Solve all fish shrine puzzles. 13%
- Unsustainable Fishing Use Atrophy on a fishing spot a long way away. 12%
- Banisher Banish 10 threats. 11%
- Master Angler Catch all known species of fish. 11%
- Aberration Attractor Catch all aberrations. 8.6%
- From the Depths Obtain all other achievements. 6.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.