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Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 100h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 68% positive of 1,027
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 100h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 100.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 60% 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 1,029 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 33h for positive, 8.8h 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 (59.5% 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 (18)
- I Name This Ship... Change the name of your boat 100%
- Nice boat you have here... Be invited and go aboard someone else's boat 100%
- Just a Breeze Sail in 20kt plus winds 70%
- New Seafarer Sail 100 nautical miles 56%
- Bottom Scraper Sail in less than 1m of water below your keel 42%
- Welcome to the Club! Collect your first badge 42%
- Experienced Pilot Sail 1000 nautical miles 32%
- Blowing a Gale Sail in 40kt plus winds 14%
- Seasoned Navigator Sail 10000 nautical miles 9.1%
- Taking Part That Counts Complete a race 5.0%
- Around the World Sail the same distance as the Earth's Circumference - first achieved by Operaider 4.9%
- Hi! My Name Is... Fill out your profile 4.4%
- Say Cheese! Upload a profile image 3.9%
- Michael Fish Award Sail in a hurricane (64kt+) 3.2%
- Win by an Inch or a Nautical Mile Win a race 3.0%
- Get Social Join a chat group (and say hello) 1.8%
- All Aboard! Invite someone aboard your boat and have them accept 1.2%
- Time to Decide Collect 25 badges (but you can only show 24 on your boat) 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.