Fishing: Barents Sea
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 15h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 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 2,685 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 16.9h for positive, 9h 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 (90% 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 (30)
story milestone ending side
- You got your first Fish Have a fish on your boat. 100%
- Discovered Hammerfest Centrum Found port of Hammefest Centrum 99%
- 100 kg Pollock Catch 100 kg Pollock 94%
- 100 kg Haddock Catch 100 kg Haddock 89%
- 100 kg Redfish Catch 100 kg Redfish 86%
- 100 kg Cod Catch 100 kg Cod 80%
- 1,000 kg Pollock Catch 1,000 kg Pollock 75%
- Discovered Rypefjord Found port of Rypefjord 70%
- Certificate for Sjarken Unlocked Sjarken 69%
- 1,000 kg Haddock Catch 1,000 kg Haddock 68%
- 1,000 kg Red Fish Catch 1,000 kg Red Fish 66%
- 1,000 kg Cod Catch 1,000 kg Cod 64%
- 10,000 kg Pollock Catch 10,000 kg Pollock 55%
- Discovered Akkarfjord Found port of Akkarfjord 54%
- 10,000 kg Cod Catch 10,000 kg Cod 52%
- Certificate for Vibeke Cathrin Unlocked Vibeke Cathrin 49%
- 10,000 kg Haddock Catch 10,000 kg Haddock 46%
- 10,000 kg Red Fish Catch 10,000 kg Red Fish 46%
- Discovered Forsøl Found port of Forsøl 45%
- Certificate for Lunar Bow Unlocked Lunar Bow 36%
- 100 tons Cod Catch 100 tons Cod 35%
- Discovered Tufjord Found port of Tufjord 30%
- 100 tons Pollack Catch 100 tons Pollack 27%
- Certificate for Hermes Unlocked Hermes 27%
- Discovered Trawl Area Found Trawling Area 25%
- Discovered Snefjord Found port of Snefjord 20%
- 100 tons Mackerel Catch 100 tons Mackerel 16%
- 100 tons Haddock Catch 100 tons Haddock 16%
- 100 tons Red Fish Catch 100 tons Red Fish 12%
- 1,000 tons Mackerel Catch 1,000 tons Mackerel 9.7%