AdventureIndieRPG
Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 18% of players who started
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 15,726
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 35h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “No, wait!” (Get sent to Sleeper Island) and “Stretch Quest” (Defeat Chromatic Apparition): from 89% to 66% of starters.
- 74% 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 15,816 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 33.4h for positive, 13h 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 (74.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Boss Slugged Defeat Forbidden Cavern's boss 100%
- No, wait! Get sent to Sleeper Island 89% −11
- Stretch Quest Defeat Chromatic Apparition Most players quit here 66% −23
- Now give me that! Defeat Romaya 57% −9
- Dweller of Woe Defeat the Dweller of Woe 54% −2
- Yo, Ho! Defeat Stormcaller 51% −4
- Detritus Fallen Defeat the Leaf Monster 41% −10
- Fight fire with lunar Defeat the Toadcano 37% −4
- Chin up! Defeat Meduso 35% −2
- Featherweight Defeat the Triumvirate of Eminence 35% −1
- Lieupedant Defeat Elysan'darëlle 31% −4
- No God of mine Defeat The Fleshmancer 18% −13
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (54)
story milestone ending side
- Boss Slugged Defeat Forbidden Cavern's boss 100%
- No, wait! Get sent to Sleeper Island 89%
- Lock's Myth Break a total 50 locks in battle 88%
- Stretch Quest Defeat Chromatic Apparition 66%
- Bouncy Bounce a Moonerang 25 times in a row 61%
- Now give me that! Defeat Romaya 57%
- Dweller of Woe Defeat the Dweller of Woe 54%
- Verifying Glass Reveal a lock by either breaking it or using a special move with the scan function 54%
- Who would have thought? Learn Captain Klee'shaë's true identity 52%
- Yo, Ho! Defeat Stormcaller 51%
- Home sweet home Build your own town 50%
- Solstice Power Find the Solstice Amulet 43%
- Dweller of Torment Defeat the Dweller of Torment 42%
- Detritus Fallen Defeat the Leaf Monster 41%
- And stay down, too! Defeat the Acolytes 39%
- Dweller of Strife Fight the Dweller of Strife 39%
- Fight fire with lunar Defeat the Toadcano 37%
- The Warrior Cook Attend the ceremony 37%
- Who would have thought? Part 2 Learn Seraï's true identity 37%
- Chin up! Defeat Meduso 35%
- Featherweight Defeat the Triumvirate of Eminence 35%
- Enter the Artificer Meet Arty 34%
- Dweller of Dread Defeat the Dweller of Dread 34%
- Lieupedant Defeat Elysan'darëlle 31%
- Hey, that's a reskin! Defeat the Sea Slug 28%
- Elder Dissed Defeat the Elder Mist for a second time 27%
- Free from serviduke Free Duke Aventry's soul 26%
- To the teeth Unlock all combos 25%
- Master Angler Catch every fish species at least once 24%
- Glassdiator Defeat Croustalion 24%
- Better off dead Defeat the Gun Goddess 23%
- Home Neat Home Build a Spa, an Inn, a Shop and a Fishing Hut in Mirth 23%
- Conch Master Bring all Conches to Mirna in Docarri Village 20%
- New Garl + Fulfill the ultimate wish 19%
- Clockwork Champion Defeat The Watchmaker in a game of Wheels 18%
- No God of mine Defeat The Fleshmancer 18%
- Wholesome Food Have dinner at the Golden Pelican 18%
- Well read (to) Listen to all of the campfire stories 14%
- Living Encyclopedia Achieve pro rank in every single Quiz Question pack 12%
- Measure Hunter Find every single treasure 11%
- Me day Use the spa in Mirth with all 6 playable characters 10%
- Team Power Do a team Timed Hit or Block 10%
- Gustative Completion Cook every recipe at least once 7.8%
- Clockworkn't Defeat Dweller of Scourge 6.0%
- Marquee Star Unlock all skills and combos for circus classes 5.9%
- Warlocked Beat all of Horloge's Wheels champions 5.2%
- Carnival Culinarian Cook each of the five Horloge recipes at least once 5.0%
- Unrivaled Wonder Earn top rank in all three of Horloge's minigames 4.4%
- What doth it meanst? Bear witness to the secret vision 4.4%
- What a technique! Defeat 10 bosses with Artful Gambit relic on 3.5%
- I'm walking here! Make the giant lift both feet 3.1%
- Turtle Power Do a team Timed Block with three players 3.0%
- Fishing Trip Catch at least one fish with each character 2.1%
- Down Low Try all high-five combinations 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.