Maelstrom
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 7h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 11% 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 2,606 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 10.2h for positive, 5.6h 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 (10.7% 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 (28)
story milestone ending side
- Greedy I Collect 6000 Gold in one game 100%
- Wreckless Sink an enemy ship while having less than 10% Hull remaining 83%
- Greedy II Collect 8000 Gold in one game 79%
- Greedy III Collect 10000 Gold in one game 66%
- Fated Win the game with the last enemy ship being sunk by hazards or sea monsters 65%
- Brave Ram an enemy ship and sink it to win the match 60%
- Swindler Collect 8 powerups dropped by enemy ships you or your team didn't kill 54%
- Maelevolent Sink 2 enemy ships within 5 seconds of each other 53%
- Stealthy Sink an enemy ship while not detected by them (e.g. in Fog) 53%
- Hullbuster I Deal 9,000 damage against enemy ships in one game 52%
- Combat Angler Use boarding hooks to grab a powerup moments before an enemy ship grabs it 50%
- Scattershot Damage 6 enemy ships without sinking them and win the game 48%
- Bounty Hunter I Collect 6 bounties in one game 46%
- No Quarter Sink the last 5 enemy ships and win 44%
- Hullbuster II Deal 11,000 damage against enemy ships in one game 43%
- Hard-Fore-Headed Sink 3 enemy ships with ramming in one game 41%
- Hullbuster III Deal 13,000 damage against enemy ships in one game 37%
- Dead Water Devil Win the game while in Dead Waters 35%
- On the Run Sink an enemy ship while at 350 speed or higher 34%
- Marauder Sink 3 enemy ships with boarding in one game 31%
- Rapacious Collect at least 5 powerups in dead waters without sinking 31%
- Lancer Sink 2 enemy ships with the same volley 25%
- Swirly Sink an enemy ship by causing them to sink in a Maelstrom 24%
- Bounty Hunter II Collect 8 bounties in one game 19%
- Dreadnought Receive at least 8,000 damage in a match and win 16%
- Juggernaut Absorb at least 10,000 damage using armor or shields 13%
- Bounty Hunter III Collect 10 bounties in one game 9.3%
- Under the Influence Sink two enemy ships while under the influence of the same Repair Boon 6.5%