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Skin Deep
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 1,798
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 4 reviews are negative (22%); after 7h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 90% 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 1,811 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 3.3h 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 (89.8% 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 (17)
- CSS Wobbegong Contract complete 100%
- Periwinkle Contract complete 86%
- Angler Contract complete 71%
- Stargazer Contract complete 55%
- Herring Contract complete 47%
- Remora Contract complete 41%
- Narwhal Contract complete 37%
- Barreleye Contract complete 34%
- Fugu Contract complete 32%
- Chiton Contract complete 30%
- Portunid Contract complete 28%
- Beluga Contract complete 25%
- Minnow Contract complete 24%
- Guppy Contract complete 23%
- The End 22%
- Gem Cat Collect 50 gems. 12%
- Primatez Reach a score of 25. 8.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.