CasualSimulationStrategy
TransOcean: The Shipping Company
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 14% of players who started
Started playing 57% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 1,334
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- At least 14% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Big Contract For Hamburg”: only 55% of starters get there.
- Only 57% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 1,334 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 19.6h for positive, 12.1h 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 (57.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Big Contract For Hamburg Complete the big Hamburg contract in the campaign. Most players quit here 55% −45
- Dubai's New Luxury Island Complete the big Jebel Ali contract in the campaign. 32% −23
- Nuuk's New Airport Complete the big Nuuk contract in the campaign. 31% −1
- Coffee For Russia Complete the big St. Petersburg contract in the campaign. 31% −1
- Bronze Successfully complete the Campaign on the "Easy" difficulty level. ≥14% −17
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- No Room For Error Sail through the Panama and Suez Canals. 100%
- Bumpkin Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Agricultural Products contracts. 86%
- Miner Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Ore contracts. 82%
- Lumberjack Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Timber contracts. 81%
- Treasure Hunter Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Antiques contracts. 80%
- Boozehound Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Alcoholic Beverage contracts. 70%
- Polar Explorer Visit the ports of Nuuk and Stanley. 66%
- Medic Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Medicines contracts. 61%
- Flat Packer Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Furniture contracts. 61%
- Toymaker Deliver over 10,000 TEU of Toy contracts. 57%
- Big Contract For Hamburg Complete the big Hamburg contract in the campaign. 55%
- Whale Watcher Catch Sight Of A Whale. 41%
- Tourist (Europe) Discover all of the landmarks in Europe live in 3D. 41%
- Start Small Select a Class 1 home port. 35%
- Dubai's New Luxury Island Complete the big Jebel Ali contract in the campaign. 32%
- Nuuk's New Airport Complete the big Nuuk contract in the campaign. 31%
- Coffee For Russia Complete the big St. Petersburg contract in the campaign. 31%
- Captain At The Wheel Berth and cast off manually in 50 ports. 30%
- Ship Collector Own all ship types at the same time. 28%
- Tourist (Africa) Discover all of the landmarks in Africa live in 3D. 20%
- Continental Drift Spread your home port and its 5 subsidiaries over all six continents 17%
- Tourist (South America) Discover all of the landmarks in South America live in 3D. 17%
- Bronze Successfully complete the Campaign on the "Easy" difficulty level. 14%
- Just A Wee Bit Of Rain Sail through 5 storms 14%
- The Blue Riband Do the New York – Dublin crossing in 8 days or less. 13%
- Tanked Up Fuel up for more than 14 million €. 12%
- Large Contract Boss Complete all of the big contracts in one campaign run-through. 12%
- No Stranger To Danger Experience all three random events on one journey and survive them all. 12%
- Tourist (Australia) Discover all of the landmarks of Australia live in 3D. 10%
- Tourist (Asia) Discover all of the landmarks of Asia live in 3D. 8.4%
- Tourist (North America) Discover all of the landmarks in North America live in 3D 7.7%
- What a piece of junk! Berth in a port with less than 5% Condition. 7.7%
- Silver Successfully complete the Campaign on the "Normal" difficulty level. 7.7%
- The High Price Of Beauty Repair a ship for more than 10 million €. 5.1%
- Iceberg, right ahead! Christen a ship "Titanic" and sink it. 2.3%
- Gold Successfully complete the Campaign on the "Hard" difficulty level. 2.3%
- Breadwinner Take Foodstuffs from your home port or your subsidiary to all 55 ports. 1.4%
- Trophy Collector Collect all public and hidden achievements 1.2%
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Steam page Updated: 2026-10-27.