AdventureIndieRPG
Why Am I Dead At Sea
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 66% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 429
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 66% 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 431 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 7.6h for positive, 4.5h 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 (66.3% 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 (27)
- Ship Sinking Complete the first chapter. 100%
- Esteem Fully unlock Alton. 84%
- The Fool Complete the second chapter. 80%
- Rough All Over Piece together parts of your identity. 75%
- Servitude Fully unlock Xu. 75%
- Time Fully unlock Quella. 75%
- Wake-up Call Complete the third chapter. 72%
- The Contractor Discover one tie-in to the original Flash game. 72%
- Sense of Self Regain your identity. 70%
- Trauma Fully unlock Gwen. 69%
- Empty Fully unlock Darryl. 68%
- False Utopia Complete the fourth chapter. 67%
- Good Friends, Bad Friends Unlock every character. 65%
- Smiles and Tears Fully unlock every character possible. 64%
- Euclid's Elements Learn more about Paulo. 63%
- Look at Me, I'm the Captain Now Leave no switch unswitched. 61%
- Implosion Learn more about one character's past. 59%
- Sanctuary Unlock all save points. 57%
- The Syndicate Discover the other tie-in to the original Flash game. 54%
- Business "There's no way this ship pays for itself." 52%
- Pleasure "I don't know who, but a person here is...looking for a target." 48%
- A Tale Told by an Idiot Listen to all of Ferdinand's "announcements". 46%
- Retribution "There is such a thing as evil. It's on this ship with us." 46%
- Living Nightmare "Something bad is going to happen here. To the people on this ship. I can sense it." 42%
- Douce Amere "I guess it's not a happy story. It's...bittersweet?" 38%
- Justice "Expect the worst in people, and you'll never be surprised." 36%
- False Awakening "You have no idea what true suffering is." 29%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.