Aquatico

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 885 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.7h for positive, 4.2h 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 (88.2% 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 (44)

• Gatherer Build a Gatherer's place 100%
• Dome Builder Build a Dome 85%
• Sponge-worthy I Collect 50 sponges 68%
• Basic Builder I Research Subsurface base II 55%
• Sponge-worthy II Collect 200 sponges 52%
• Industrialist Build 20 underwater buildings 51%
• Construction Build 10 buildings in a dome 50%
• Prime Directive Use your first directive 49%
• Get Droned I Make 30 drones work in your colony. 41%
• Sponge-worthy III Collect 600 sponges 40%
• Foodie I Accumulate 1.000 food 39%
• Stoner I Collect 50 stones or iron from the seafloor 36%
• Oil Barron I Build 3 Oil platforms 35%
• Guard Me Build your first guardhouse 34%
• Foodie II Accumulate 2.000 food 32%
• Basic Builder 2 Research Subsurface base III 31%
• Capitalist I Accumulate 5.000 credits 31%
• Sharkiller KIill a shark 30%
• The French Connection Connect two domes 30%
• Metropolis I Grow your town to 30 citizens 27%
• Sharked A shark has eaten his first citizen 25%
• Atlantis project Start the Atlantis project. 24%
• Foodie III Accumulate 5.000 food 24%
• The Scavenger Scavenge scrap from 5 derelicts. 24%
• Capitalist II Accumulate 10.000 credits 22%
• Get Droned II Make 100 drones work in your colony. 21%
• Stoner II Collect 200 stones or iron from the seafloor 19%
• Capitalist III Accumulate 20.000 credits 17%
• Metropolis II Grow your town to 100 citizens 14%
• Get Droned III Make 200 drones work in your colony. 12%
• Capitalist IV Accumulate 50.000 credits 12%
• Basic Builder 3 Research Subsurface base IV 12%
• Stoner III Collect 600 stones or iron from the seafloor 10%
• Capitalist V Accumulate 100.000 credits 9.4%
• Oil Barron II Build 10 Oil platforms 7.6%
• Metropolis III Grow your town to 200 citizens 7.1%
• Basic Builder IV Research Subsurface base V 6.1%
• The protector You have deterred megalodon or pirates from damaging any buildings 5 times. 5.2%
• The Scavengers King Scavenge scrap from 20 derelicts. 4.6%
• Oil Barron III Build 20 Oil platforms 2.9%
• The final chapter Complete the Atlantis project. 2.7%
• Capitalist VI Accumulate 1.000.000 credits 2.7%
• Master of disaster You have deterred megalodon or pirates from damaging any buildings 20 times. 2.0%
• Lord of the sea Complete the Atlantis project without building a single Trade port or Trade company. 0.8%