Windward
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 82% 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 3,643 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 20.5h for positive, 6.5h 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 (82.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Commissioned Complete your first commission. 100%
- Naval Proficiency Defeat 5 pirates. 79%
- Curiosity Open a Sealed Letter. 78%
- Bucket o' Paint Customize your ship's look. 75%
- Bargain Bin Do your first trade run. 72%
- The Grinning Skull Achieve a skull kill rating. 72%
- Bigger is Better Upgrade your ship. 72%
- The Great Provider Make a town grow in size. 58%
- Efficiency Complete two consignments at the same time. 58%
- Lil' Help? Hire a follower. 48%
- One... more... quest! Complete 50 commissions. 48%
- Not So Tough Defeat a Pirate Captain. 43%
- Double Kill Defeat two enemies back to back. 42%
- Foothold Establish a foothold in a region where your faction has no towns. 42%
- Protection Money Successfully complete a commission to place a Guard Tower near a town. 39%
- Naval Experience Defeat 100 ships. 37%
- Invincible Defeat an enemy by yourself without taking any damage. 35%
- Gearing Up Find and equip your first epic item. 34%
- Pirate Hunter Completely drive out pirates from a level 9+ region. 31%
- Burn 'em! Drop Grogolov on top of 3 or more enemies. 29%
- Time Out Repair your ship while obscured by fog. 18%
- Master of the Seas Sink a pirate captain in a level 39+ region. 15%
- Black Flag Become a true pirate. Arrr! 15%
- Join Forces Capture a level 9 or higher region in a co-op match. 14%
- White Flag Opt out of a PvP match by using a White Flag. 13%
- Ganker Sink another player in PvP. 7.7%
- Four Digits Equip an item that will push any stat above 1000. 7.5%
- Menagerie Unlock all ships. 6.6%
- Unstoppable Drive out pirates from a level 39+ region. 5.8%
- Admiral Achieve the Admiral reputation standing with any faction. 5.5%
- Up And At 'Em! Complete the Strange Diagram quest. 5.1%