DAVE THE DIVER
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (13%); after 15h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 87% 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 164,964 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 19.5h for positive, 19.5h 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 (87.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (43)
story milestone ending side
- Better Equipment Made first equipment upgrade. 100%
- Undersea Gunslinger Completed the gun tutorial. 100%
- Bancho Sushi is Back! Fixed the Sushi Restaurant. 98%
- Influencer Reached Bronze Level in Cooksta. 92%
- Saved Dave! First time bringing Dave back from the brink of death. 92%
- Culinary Master Enhanced 5 dishes at Bancho Sushi. 91%
- Angry Shark! Caught first shark. 90%
- Culinary Researcher Researched 5 new dishes at Bancho Sushi. 87%
- New Undersea Friend Completed the Dolphin's request. 79%
- Deep-sea Diver Entered the Deep Sea for the first time. 77%
- Scrap Metal Collector Picked up 100 items at the Blue Hole. 75%
- Mister Melee Caught 20 fish with melee weapons. 74%
- Predator of the Blue Hole Caught 300 fish at the Blue Hole. 68%
- Shop's Lookin' Good! Bought First Interior Item. 66%
- Undersea Civilization! Discovered the under-sea village. 63%
- A Dark and Cold Place Discovered the Glacial Passage. 48%
- Dave the Sniper Caught 10 fish with a Sniper Rifle. 47%
- Photographer Took 10 photos at Photo Spots in the Blue Hole. 45%
- Arms Craftsman Enhanced gun 3 times. 44%
- A Bancho Sushi Regular Achieved Platinum rank in Cooksta. 43%
- Dumplings in the Water Mima's restaurant opened. 43%
- Ration Eater Ate rations. 41%
- Achoo! Entered the Glacial Area for the first time. 40%
- Feeble Blacksmith Duwa's workshop opened. 38%
- The Seaweed is Growing! Gumo's seaweed farm opened. 38%
- Momo's Secret Got to know Momo a little better. 31%
- A Peaceful Blue Hole Watched the ending credits. 29%
- Artisan's Flame Researched 30 new dishes at Bancho Sushi. 29%
- Manager Bancho Sushi formed a branch restaurant. 28%
- My Wonderful Rice Field! Rice field expanded to maximum. 27%
- Creature Hunter Defeated all bosses in the Blue Hole. 24%
- My Wonderful Field! Vegetable farm expanded to maximum. 22%
- Professional Farmer Installed sprinklers in the garden. 20%
- Weapon Collector Collected all the blueprints. 16%
- Cooksta Influencer Achieved Diamond rank in Cooksta. 16%
- God of Lightning Caught a fish with Mjolnir. 12%
- Leadership Trained an employee to level 20. 11%
- Sea People Historian Captured all of the Sea People murals. 11%
- Catman Fed cat 20 times. 9.9%
- Blacksmith Helper Sold 200 items at workshop. 8.6%
- Strange Fish Captured 5 FishMon. 8.0%
- Dev Killer Wiped-out all the developers. 4.9%
- GYAO! Master Raised 5 GYAO!s. 4.1%