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eSail Sailing Simulator
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 853
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 20h it's 1 in 70 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 77% 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 856 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 18.6h for positive, 8h 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 (76.6% 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 (14)
- Your First Learn Yachting Medal You have achieved a medal in 'Learn Yachting with eSail'! 100%
- Rookie Skipper Completed 5 'Learn Yachting with eSail' tutorials 94%
- Your First Learn Yachting Gold Medal You have achieved a gold medal in 'Learn Yachting with eSail'! 66%
- Quick Start Completed Roger that - understood! 37%
- Your First Challenge Medal You have achieved a challenge medal! 24%
- eSail Skipper Level 1 Completed all 'Learn Yachting with eSail' tutorials 20%
- 3 Gold Medals You have achieved 3 gold medals! 19%
- Your First Challenge Gold Medal You have achieved a gold challenge medal! 17%
- Rookie Explorer Found 3 Points of Interest! 10%
- Intrepid Explorer You have found 7 points of interest! 7.0%
- Master Explorer You have found all 13 points of interest! 5.4%
- 10 Gold Medals You have achieved 10 gold medals! 1.3%
- Atlantic Explorer You have found all 9 points of interest! 1.0%
- Tidal Explorer You have found all 10 points of interest! 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.