Adventure
Submerged: Hidden Depths
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 38% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 878
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 38% 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 885 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 8.7h 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 (38.2% 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 (14)
- Refurbisher Change Boat Style 100%
- Decorator Put a Flower in your hair 90%
- Curator View a Relic at the Home Base 82%
- Conclusion Finish the Campaign 79%
- Hairdresser Change Hair Style 78%
- Costumier Change Body Style 77%
- Cartographer Use all Lookouts 62%
- Visitor Visit all Landmarks 61%
- Botanist Collect all Flowers 60%
- Salvager Collect all Relics 56%
- Outfitter Collect all Styles 55%
- Historian Collect all Diaries 54%
- Shipwright Collect all Boat Boosts 51%
- Zoologist Collect all Creatures 45%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.