Abandon Ship

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,371 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 17.1h for positive, 7.5h 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 (63.8% 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 (87)

• I can see clearly now Escape the Cult Fortress. 100%
• We’re gonna need a bigger boat Survive your first encounter with a Kraken. 89%
• Safe? Reach the first port. 84%
• Lieutenant Defeat 10 vessels in combat. 72%
• Captain of the People Successfully defend the island village from a Cult slave raid in Gentleswell. 68%
• Commander Defeat 25 vessels in combat. 56%
• Crew Killer Kill 100 enemy crew in combat. 54%
• Voltáre’s Domain Reach the Grand Library in Landfall. 52%
• Stay back Kill a haliprhon before it reaches your ship. 45%
• Devilrock Acquire the tools to defeat the Kraken. 43%
• Sensible adult Don't drink too much and go to bed as soon as possible. 42%
• Captain Defeat 50 vessels in combat. 42%
• Crawford Horror Help the inhabitants of Crawford. 40%
• Living on the edge Start a battle with your hull health in the red but still win. 39%
• Calamari Defeat the Kraken at Pullmans Cove. 33%
• Parole Free a convict from a prison in port. 31%
• Survivor Survive being stranded or in a lifeboat. 30%
• Commodore Defeat 100 vessels in combat. 27%
• Puppet master Kill all the crew of an enemy ship without boarding it. 25%
• Master and Commander Purchase a Man O War. 24%
• Cult Killer Defeat 50 Cult vessels in combat. 22%
• It seemed like a good idea at the time… Drink until you can't take it any more. 22%
• Man overboard! Knock 50 enemy crew overboard. 19%
• Harpoons away! Harpoon an enemy ship 5 times. 16%
• Wanted Reach the highest wanted level. 15%
• One step ahead Acquire the plans by capturing a Cult command ship. 14%
• Best of friends Make 50 friends. 11%
• Icebreaker Acquire an icebreaker. 11%
• Penetrating the frozen wastes Reach beyond the ice sheet. 11%
• Fleeing the truth Escape the Frozen Wastes. 11%
• Admiral Defeat 250 vessels in combat. 10%
• Land that time forgot Discover the strange vessel in the ice sheet. 10%
• Doubt destroys Discover what happened to the Redoubt. 9.1%
• Where it all began… Discover a cave of great importance. 8.9%
• A Wretched Hive Interrogate the ex-Cultists at the Pit. 8.2%
• Where The Gods Dance Explore the tower at the centre of the desert in the Dead Lands. 7.8%
• Let sleeping giants lie… Defend the Slumbering Giant. 7.8%
• Where None Have Dared Tread Scale the cliffs of Icewall with Sigismund. 7.7%
• Floating fortress Have an upgrade in every slot, and complete every ship section upgrade. 7.5%
• The Battle of Devilrock Survive the Battle of Devilrock. 7.4%
• The Thing… Help retrieve Desmond's notes from The Spine. 7.4%
• Nightmare Fuel Obtain a Spider Egg Launcher from Barak. 7.2%
• Flame-grilled Use the Gargoyles on an enemy ship 5 times. 7.2%
• Mother knows best Survive Mother's Grasp. 7.2%
• Patricide Destroy Father. 7.1%
• I am the music man… Complete the music puzzles in Reaper's Score in either the main game or the Haunted Seas campaign. 6.6%
• Reunited Return Charles to Beatrice - alive. 6.6%
• The night is dark and full of horrors One way or another, lift the curse from Duskvale. 6.4%
• It ssstingssss… Obtain the Snake Venom Gun. 6.1%
• The Stench Never Leaves You Help the captain in Hell's Stench. 6.1%
• Off the menu Rescue the shipwrecked crew from Ship Bone Isle. 6.0%
• The Thread Ends Here Fulfill Aldous Spiderbane's legacy. 6.0%
• Silky smooth Do your best to help the Silk Collectors in Hawthorn's Trap. 5.8%
• The gift of plague Get gifted a Plague Dart from Rotholme. 5.6%
• Escape Death's realm In either the Main Story or Freeplay, enter and return from the Haunted Seas. 5.5%
• A Rose has thorns Help the Skin Merchants gain a new leader. 5.3%
• Stubborn to the end Defeat an enemy after they offered you the chance to surrender, but you refused to give in. 5.3%
• Faction fighter Defeat 25 factions. 5.0%
• Rammer-Spammer Successfully use the Anti-Ram on enemy vessels 5 times. 5.0%
• The Faithful Get promoted to the second rank in the Cult Campaign (doesn't count via Quick-Start). 4.7%
• Stockpiler Collect a total of 10,000 supplies (across all game modes). 4.2%
• Siege specialist Defeat 25 Sea Forts. 4.2%
• Grr, Arg Crack the code. 3.8%
• Body Horror Conclude all business with the Necromancer. 3.6%
• Knight-Son Get promoted to the third rank in the Cult Campaign. 3.4%
• The Shoe’s on the other Tentacle Win your first battle controlling a Kraken. 3.4%
• Back to the Fold Rejoin the Cult. 3.3%
• Lord-Knight Get promoted to the fourth rank in the Cult Campaign. 3.1%
• Rebuilder Rebuild five islands in your home base. 2.8%
• Sword of the Cult Complete the Cult Campaign. 2.8%
• Tombraiders Help Sigismund reach the centre of the pyramid in Alom. 2.7%
• Rather you than me… Surrender crew to the authorities to reduce your wanted level. 2.5%
• That's just mean… Drown an enemy crew by cutting the winch while they're overboard. 2.5%
• Pirate of Legend Complete Freeplay mode by rebuilding your entire home base and defending it from usurpers. 2.4%
• Mutiny on the… Defeat a mutiny. 1.9%
• Laid to rest Return the pendant and brooch to their rightful resting place. 1.7%
• The explorer Visit every exploration map (main story only). 1.7%
• The Haunting Complete the Haunted Seas campaign. 1.7%
• Sister act Discover the fate of your sister. 1.6%
• Cocky Captain Win the Combat Campaign with a spare port visit. 1.4%
• Scourge of the seas Make 25 enemies. 1.3%
• The Broken Blade Break free from the Far Haven Assassins. 1.3%
• SENTRY Discover the SENTRY Visual Blueprint in the Haunted Seas standalone campaign. 1.1%
• Solid gold Tricorn Collect a total of 100,000 gold (across all game modes). 0.9%
• The Fireblade Acquire the visual blueprint of the legendary Fireblade. 0.9%
• Iron in the Blood Win the Combat Campaign on the highest difficulty. 0.9%
• Captain of Legend Achieve the good ending in the Main Story on Iron Captain mode. 0.9%