Project Castaway

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 1,929 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 12h for positive, 6.5h 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 (27% 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 (59)

• Tree, Meet Axe Cut down your first tree 100%
• Gross Skin your first animal 90%
• Johnny Castaway Completed the tutorial 86%
• Caveman Started your first fire 78%
• Beginner Lumberjack Cut down 10 trees 60%
• You Died You Died 57%
• Set Sail! Crafted your first raft 53%
• Coconut Curious Eat 5 Coconuts 51%
• It Stings Got a rash 50%
• Antidote? Got poisoned 49%
• Agility Mastery Reached max agility level 48%
• Melee Mastery Reached max melee level 43%
• Wilson! Found Wilson 40%
• Beginner Butcher Skin 10 animals 37%
• Hypothermia Got hypothermia 36%
• Looks Infected Got an infection 34%
• Blueprint Scavenger Found 5 Blueprints 32%
• Parasites Got parasites 31%
• Intermediate Lumberjack Cut down 50 trees 29%
• Malnurished Got protien or vitamin deficiency 23%
• It Wont Stop! Got diarrhea 22%
• Crafting Mastery Reached max crafting level 20%
• Self Sufficient Harvest your first crop 19%
• Blueprint Hunter Found 15 Blueprints 19%
• Boring! Got boredom 18%
• Intermediate Butcher Skin 25 animals 18%
• That Wasn't Cooked Got food poisoning 17%
• Mining Mastery Reached max mining level 14%
• Heatstroke Got heatsroke 11%
• Firemaking Mastery Reached max firemaking level 9.3%
• Coconut Enthusiast Eat 50 Coconuts 8.5%
• Expert Lumberjack Cut down 150 trees 8.1%
• First Time Angler Catch your first fish 8.1%
• Bottled Notes Completed "Bottled Notes" Quest 7.8%
• The Radio Tower Completed "The Radio Tower" Quest 7.4%
• Expert Butcher Skin 50 animals 7.4%
• Ouch! You passed out 6.3%
• Farming Mastery Reached max farming level 5.9%
• Meow You died 9 times 5.2%
• Beginner Farmer Harvest 25 crops 4.4%
• Harvesting Mastery Reached max harvesting level 4.4%
• Beginner Angler Catch 10 fish 3.3%
• Loagan Harper's Notes Completed "Logan Harper's Notes" Quest 3.3%
• Escape! Completed "Escape!" Quest 3.0%
• Lt J Thompson's Note Completed "Lt J Thompson's Note" Quest 2.6%
• Ranged Mastery Reached max ranged level 2.6%
• Blueprint Collector Found All Blueprints 1.5%
• Intermediate Angler Catch 25 Fish 1.1%
• Intermediate Farmer Harvest 100 crops 0.7%
• Can't Sleep? Got insomnia 0.4%
• Coconut Connoisseur Eat 250 Coconuts 0.4%
• Coconut Devourer Eat 1000 Coconuts 0.4%
• Escape Artist Completed "Escape Artist" Challenge 0.4%
• Expert Farmer Harvest 250 crops 0.4%
• Expert Angler Catch 50 fish 0.4%
• Good Health Completed "Good Health" Challenge 0.4%
• Mr Durable Completed "Mr Durable" Challenge 0.4%
• Reapers Bestfriend You died 50 times 0.4%
• Treasure Hunter Completed "Treasure Hunter" Challenge 0.4%