AdventureIndieSimulation
Raft
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 16% of players who started
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 379,943
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 15h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Is There A Utopia?” (Find the white board in the radio station): only 50% of starters get there.
- 93% 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 382,130 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 23.1h for positive, 15.3h 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 (92.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Is There A Utopia? Find the white board in the radio station. Most players quit here 50% −50
- Bootleg Fireworks! Breach the cockpit of Vasagatan! 43% −7
- Explosive Force! Slay the boss at Varuna Point. 22% −21
- There Is A Utopia! Finish the story. 16% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (104)
story milestone ending side
- Beginner Survivor! Survive 1 day. 100%
- Teamplay! Team up with a friend in multiplayer. 86%
- Beginner Builder! Build 10 foundations. 84%
- Beginner Gatherer! Hook 100 items. 83%
- Beginner Shark Hunter! Kill 1 shark. 82%
- Intermediate Survivor! Survive 7 days. 80%
- It's Better Without The Salt. Craft and place a simple purifier. 79%
- Large Landmass Ahoy! Discover a large island. 78%
- Dinnertime! Craft and place a simple grill. 76%
- Beginner Warthog Hunter! Kill 1 Warthog. 65%
- Aye Aye Captain! Place a sail and a stationary anchor on the same raft. 63%
- Beginner Bird Hunter! Kill 1 bird. 62%
- Expert Survivor! Survive 30 days. 54%
- Is There A Utopia? Find the white board in the radio station. 50%
- Intermediate Shark Hunter! Kill 10 sharks. 47%
- Beginner Lurker Hunter! Kill 1 Lurker. 46%
- A More Complex Concoction! Cook a meal by following a recipe. 46%
- Beginner Poison-Puffer Hunter! Kill 1 Poison-puffer. 45%
- Intermediate Builder! Build 100 foundations. 45%
- Bootleg Fireworks! Breach the cockpit of Vasagatan! 43%
- Intermediate Lurker Hunter! Kill 10 Lurkers. 43%
- Beginner Bear Hunter! Kill 1 Bear. 41%
- Vasagatan Historian! Find all notes on Vasagatan! 41%
- Exploring The depths! Reach a depth of 100 meters below the surface. 38%
- Radio Tower Historian! Find all notes on the Radio Tower! 38%
- Beginner Wrangler! Capture 1 animal. 37%
- Intermediate Bird Hunter! Kill 10 birds. 36%
- Intermediate Gatherer! Hook 500 items. 36%
- Beginner Screecher Hunter! Kill 1 Screecher. 35%
- The Renovator! Learn all crafting recipes from packages. 34%
- Tiny Little Murderer It's all so obvious now... 34%
- Beginner Bee-nevolent! Capture 1 bee. 33%
- This Goes Here! Break or pick up 100 blocks. 32%
- A Revelation! Why is there a photo behind the toolboard?? 31%
- Pling! Can bears use bicycle bells? 30%
- Beginner Merchant! Purchase an item at a trading post. 29%
- Caravan Town Historian! Find all notes on Caravan Town! 29%
- Beginner Disruptor! Disrupt 1 Butler-Bot. 29%
- Intermediate Bear Hunter! Kill 10 Bears. 29%
- Beginner Ziponaut! Travel 100 meters with the zipline tool. 28%
- Fix Errol! There you go, Errol. 27%
- Launch Initiated! A backup emergency system? 26%
- Beginner Excavator! Dig up a treasure. 26%
- Balboa Historian! Find all notes on Balboa! 26%
- Farmer! Have 20 cropplots on the same raft. 26%
- Hoarder! Have 20 storages on the same raft. 26%
- Small Spender! Spend 10 tokens. 24%
- Tangaroa Historian! Find all notes in Tangaroa! 24%
- Explosive Force! Slay the boss at Varuna Point. 22%
- Beginner Anglerfish Hunter! Kill 1 Anglerfish. 21%
- Zip Zap! Travel 50 meters on a zipline without disjointing. 21%
- Intermediate Disruptor! Disrupt 10 Butler-Bots. 20%
- Some Look Different! Capture a rare animal. 20%
- Intermediate Poison-Puffer Hunter! Kill 10 Poison-puffers. 19%
- O Captain! My Captain!? Reach Captains Island. 19%
- Intermediate Merchant! Reach tier 2 in the trading post. 18%
- Varuna Point Historian! Find all notes in Varuna Point. 18%
- That's Not A Boat... Drive a snowmobile into the sea. 17%
- Medium Spender! Spend 20 tokens. 17%
- Intermediate Bee-nevolent! Capture 10 bees. 17%
- Intermediate Warthog Hunter! Kill 10 Warthogs. 17%
- An Ocean Cemetery! Die 25 times. 17%
- Instrumentalist! Play a note on an instrument. 16%
- There Is A Utopia! Finish the story. 16%
- All Aboard! Unlock all playable characters. 15%
- Not A Great Landing! Discover a crashed plane. 15%
- Expert Merchant! Reach tier 3 in the trading post. 14%
- Intermediate Ziponaut! Travel 500 meters with the zipline tool. 13%
- Mother Lode! Slay the Mama Bear. 13%
- Bookworm! Research everything in the research table. 12%
- Expert Shark Hunter! Kill 50 sharks. 11%
- Big Spender! Spend 30 tokens. 11%
- Beginner Painter! Paint 50 blocks. 11%
- Expert Bird Hunter! Kill 50 birds. 11%
- Expert Lurker Hunter! Kill 50 Lurkers. 9.2%
- Intermediate Wrangler! Capture 10 animals. 9.0%
- Expert Disruptor! Disrupt 20 Butler-Bots. 8.6%
- Intermediate Excavator! Dig up 20 treasures. 8.4%
- Cache Collector! Locate all Grabber caches on Varuna Point. 8.3%
- Plumber Power! Have 30 pipes placed at once. 8.1%
- Temperance Historian! Find all notes in Temperance. 7.9%
- Boxed In! Find the secret behind the boxes. 7.7%
- You Should Not Be Here! Twenty floors down. 7.5%
- Intermediate Painter! Paint 200 blocks. 6.4%
- Expert Builder! Build 1000 foundations. 5.5%
- Expert Bee-nevolent! Capture 25 bees. 5.3%
- Real Fireworks! Witness 50 firework explosions. 4.6%
- Intermediate Anglerfish Hunter! Kill 10 Anglerfish. 3.5%
- Intermediate Screecher Hunter! Kill 10 Screechers. 3.3%
- Expert Excavator! Dig up 50 treasures. 3.2%
- Expert Bear Hunter! Kill 50 Bears. 3.0%
- Expert Poison-Puffer Hunter! Kill 50 Poison-puffers. 2.7%
- Expert Ziponaut! Travel 1500 meters with the zipline tool. 2.7%
- Expert Painter! Paint 1000 blocks. 2.4%
- Bee Keeper! Have 10 beehives placed at once. 2.3%
- Expert Warthog Hunter! Kill 50 Warthogs. 1.5%
- Master Survivor! Survive 365 days. 1.5%
- Powered Up! Have all buffs from meals and drinks active on you at the same time. 1.3%
- Expert Wrangler! Capture 50 animals. 1.3%
- Expert Gatherer! Hook 5000 items. 1.3%
- Former Glory! Four pieces of wood restored. 1.2%
- Artistic Collection! Find & place all developer paintings. 1.1%
- Expert Screecher Hunter! Kill 50 Screechers. 1.0%
- Expert Anglerfish Hunter! Kill 50 Anglerfish. 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.