Puzzle Pirates: Dark Seas

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 535 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 34.6h for positive, 9.9h 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 (36.4% 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 (49)

• Full Steam Ahead Participate in a voyage and win a Sea Battle. Welcome to Puzzle Pirates! 100%
• Waterlogged Spyglass Complete your first expedition to salvage a sunken ship. 46%
• Beach Comber Complete your first expedition for buried treasure. 45%
• Swordsman of Sprinkles Hit an opponent with 1,000 sprinkles in the Swordfighting puzzle. 44%
• Featherweight of Sprinkles Hit an opponent with 1,000 sprinkles in the Rumble puzzle. 43%
• Broad Bilger Reach Broad experience in Bilging. 38%
• Swordsman of Strikes Hit an opponent with 200 strikes in the Swordfighting puzzle. 34%
• Broad Sailor Reach Broad experience in Sailing. 31%
• Atlantean Explorer Journey into the lost seas of Atlantis! 28%
• Jack-Tar Complete 200 targets in the Sailing puzzle. 28%
• Pale Runner Journey into the otherworldly waters of the Haunted Seas! 28%
• Broad Carpenter Reach Broad experience in Carpentry. 27%
• Bronze Ghost Sloop Participate in the sinking of 5 ghostly sloops in the Haunted Seas. 26%
• Bronze Triketos Participate in the sinking of 5 triketos in Atlantis. 25%
• Skeleton Crew Celebrate a Sea Battle victory alongside (or as) a skeleton. 25%
• Broad Rigger Reach Broad experience in Rigging. 24%
• Bronze Ghost Brig Participate in the sinking of 5 ghostly brigs in the Haunted Seas. 24%
• Bronze Citadel Successfully storm an Atlantean citadel. 23%
• Silver Crab Clear 100 crabs in the Bilging puzzle. 23%
• Bellator's Bane Win 5 swordfights against Atlantean saboteurs. 22%
• Pilfered Goods Successfully complete a merchant hunt expedition. 21%
• Adept Swordsman of Sprinkles Hit an opponent with 5,000 sprinkles in the Swordfighting puzzle. 20%
• Middleweight of Sprinkles Hit an opponent with 5,000 sprinkles in the Rumble puzzle. 18%
• Astral Anchor Complete 100 constellations in the Navigation puzzle. 17%
• Cursed Banner Set foot ashore one of the mysterious Cursed Isles! 15%
• Splintered Axes Successfully defend a settlement from a Viking attack. 15%
• Bronze Ghost Frigate Participate in the sinking of 5 ghostly frigates in the Haunted Seas. 14%
• Vargas Vanquisher Defeat Vargas the Mad while ashore in the Cursed Isles. 12%
• Cultist Crusher Win 5 frays against Cursed Islanders. 12%
• Bronze Ship Graveyard Exorcise the ghosts from a ship graveyard within the Haunted Seas. 12%
• Broad Navigator Reach Broad experience in Navigation. 12%
• Imperial Private Insignia Successfully storm an Imperial outpost. 10%
• Bronze Spoon Dig up 500 kilograms worth of chests from buried treasure atolls. 10%
• Cursed Forager Forage 500 kilograms worth of chests from the Cursed Isles. 9.3%
• Broad Forager Reach Broad experience in Foraging. 7.7%
• Featherweight of Strikes Hit an opponent with 200 strikes in the Rumble puzzle. 6.9%
• Sunken Ship's Bell Complete 10 expeditions to salvage sunken ships. 6.6%
• Golden Crab Clear 1,000 crabs in the Bilging puzzle. 6.3%
• Silver Cannon Fill 1,000 cannons in the Gunning puzzle. 6.3%
• Sandbar Skipper Complete 10 expeditions for buried treasure. 6.3%
• An Eye for Grain Earn 100 grain bonuses in the Carpentry puzzle. 5.5%
• Inner Skelly Use an amulet to turn yourself into a skeleton. 5.2%
• Bronze Gorgonyx Participate in the sinking of 5 gorgonyxes in Atlantis. 4.9%
• Stomped Shako Successfully complete an Imperial outpost attack in which your ship is at risk. 4.4%
• Bronze Archelon Participate in the sinking of 5 archelons in Atlantis. 3.8%
• Oyster Pay your last respects to the Old Man from Oyster Island. 3.8%
• Shattered Swords Successfully defend 10 settlements from a Viking attack. 2.5%
• Imperial Corporal Insignia Successfully storm 10 Imperial outposts. 1.9%
• Hijacked Load Successfully complete 10 merchant hunt expeditions. 0.3%