AdventureCasualIndie
Call of the Sea
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 39% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 6,461
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 5h it's 1 in 13 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- 39% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Family Heirloom” (You have completed the Prologue) and “74 miles East of Otaheité” (You have completed Chapter 1): from 100% to 82% of starters.
- 91% 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 6,523 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 7.3h for positive, 5.3h 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 (91.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Family Heirloom You have completed the Prologue. 100%
- 74 miles East of Otaheité You have completed Chapter 1. Most players quit here 82% −18
- The Everhart Expedition You have completed Chapter 2. 66% −15
- The Vanishing of the Lady Shannon You have completed Chapter 3. 57% −10
- 506 East Hampden Avenue You crossed the dried ocean and made it to your house. 54% −3
- Quite a Show You have completed Chapter 4. 53% −1
- Sunken You have completed Chapter 5. 49% −3
- FHALGOF'N' You have completed Chapter 6. 47% −2
- The only thing I have now You have completed the Game. 39% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- A Family Heirloom You have completed the Prologue. 100%
- 74 miles East of Otaheité You have completed Chapter 1. 82%
- Interesting... You have found 25% of the story logs. 69%
- The Everhart Expedition You have completed Chapter 2. 66%
- Seaside Serenade Play an ancient instrument. 57%
- The Vanishing of the Lady Shannon You have completed Chapter 3. 57%
- Halfway there You have found 50% of the story logs. 55%
- 506 East Hampden Avenue You crossed the dried ocean and made it to your house. 54%
- Quite a Show You have completed Chapter 4. 53%
- Dark Water Ride You swam through the Big Stream in the Sunken Town. 50%
- Sunken You have completed Chapter 5. 49%
- Deep Cut You used your blood to open the Sanctuary gates. 49%
- FHALGOF'N' You have completed Chapter 6. 47%
- Weekend at Walakea's You have found the secret object in Chapter 2. 46%
- A brigantine a brig and a barque You have found the secret object in Chapter 1. 44%
- Marsh Cannery You have found the secret object in Chapter 3. 40%
- The only thing I have now You have completed the Game. 39%
- Greetings from Y'ha-nthlei! You have found the secret object in Chapter 4. 38%
- Naacalvision You experienced all the visions in Chapter 5. 35%
- Not Another Boring Slideshow! You watched the last slide from Harry's projector. 30%
- The Norahnomicon Norah didn't write that did she? 23%
- I'll make a note of that... You have collected all the puzzles notes. 21%
- Underwater Royalty You have found the secret object in Chapter 5. 18%
- Written in Stone You have found all the murals on the island. 17%
- Play it again Norah You have replayed a level. 16%
- Candid Photo You have found the secret object in Chapter 6. 15%
- Fawning Developers We know it we are the teacher’s pet. BUY ALL RAW FURY GAMES! 14%
- The Amazing Adventures of Norah Everhart You have found all the story logs. 14%
- The Lady Shannon Recording Now you can sell the scoop to any tabloid newspaper. 12%
- You looked that up in a guide! You have played the notes of the music box of Chapter 4 on the piano in Chapter 3. 11%
- Otherwordly Portal You opened a portal to Arcadia. 11%
- Soundcheck You made Norah sing to a microphone with no power. Are you happy now? 10%
- Gently down the stream... Where did my motorboat go? 9.3%
- Meta-reference You found the Out of the Blue Key. 8.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.