AdventureIndie
Tales of the Neon Sea
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 31% of players who started
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 5,144
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 7h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Get Drunk” (Complete Chapter 1): only 52% of starters get there.
- 80% 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 5,190 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 9.2h 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 (79.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Get Drunk Complete Chapter 1 Most players quit here 52% −48
- Mist Complete Chapter 2 40% −12
- Rex's Justice Defeat Noa 31% −9
- Case Closed Complete the game 31%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (58)
story milestone ending side
- Capture Expert Capture cybog rats successfully 100%
- All Eggs in One Basket Restore physical health using antique machinery 97%
- William! Successfully rescue trapped William 85%
- Recorder Collect 10 files 82%
- "The Best Host" Successfully carry out the repair job on BB-X 76%
- Back Alley Murder Case Figure out what happened in the back alley 69%
- The First Crime Scene Complete the reasoning of Mrs. Perry's case 64%
- Mental Crime Witness Jenny's acceptance of the birthday card 63%
- Friendship of the Bourbon Family Acquire the friendship of the Bourbon Family 56%
- William the Holmes Complete William's big adventure 56%
- Get Drunk Complete Chapter 1 52%
- Greedy Cat Feed Folkenburg twice 51%
- Bottoms Up Drink the secret sobering drug 51%
- Black Jack Beat Xiaosheng Bai in Black Jack 50%
- Reward Retrieve the robot's lost arms to acquire the pass 48%
- Naturalist Collect 35 files 48%
- Destiny Acquire the tarot card: "Upside Down Man" 47%
- War Machine Acquire 1st and 2nd generation Violence Tromper files. 46%
- VR Support Help VR players who have fallen in the street 45%
- Goblin of the Forest Upgrade Transformer Billy to Laser Billy 44%
- The Age of Draught Fix the water supply at Square Street 44%
- Hideyoshi's Hero Help Hediyoshi to avoid the manager's harassment 43%
- Rainbow Club Finish all assignments from the Rainbow Club 43%
- Abundant Power Restart the generating equipment in the old hydroelectric power generating plant 40%
- Mist Complete Chapter 2 40%
- Quiet Night Spend a quiet night in the form of William 40%
- Nano Mist Discover the Nano robots among the elements of coagulation liquid 39%
- A Step Away Miss the chance to catch Noa 39%
- Invitation Receive an invitation from the devil 39%
- The Whisper of the Evil God Complete the deduction of the bloody tongue sculpture case 38%
- Gentleman Help out the drunk lady 38%
- Bomb Disposal Expert Disarm the bomb in under 120 seconds 36%
- Marksman Shoot to destroy the guarding robots 36%
- Loader Complete the freight box moving game and find the hidden door 36%
- Do It Fast Start the Tesla power tower magnetic storm successfully and get all gang members 35%
- Bomb Person Successfully ignite the oil tank to clear out obstacles and understand the art of explosion. 35%
- The Tune of the Past Restart the fuel machine in the deserted fishing ship successfully 33%
- The Toothed Gear of Destiny Find the second gear on the delivering belt 33%
- Code From Nowhere Send the code correctly 33%
- Shadow in the Mist Complete the game for the first time 33%
- Level S BB-X Use "God's Hand" to repair BB-X 32%
- Master of the Underground World Investigate the underground factory 31%
- The Phantom of the Opera Relive the dressing room murder 31%
- Kanke Cooperate Relive the cruise ship function room murder 31%
- The Home of Dolls Relive the Scott Hotel murder 31%
- Human Model Install three organs 31%
- The Story of Rescuing the White Mustache Rescue Charles 31%
- Rex's Justice Defeat Noa 31%
- Case Closed Complete the game 31%
- Mr. Know-It-All Collect 62 files 29%
- <The Liberation> Turn Luna's surviving preservation capsule off 29%
- The One Try and fail to pull out the sword 25%
- Biology Professor Investigate all the copied jars 21%
- Biochemical God Father Reveal Vito Bourbon's true identity 21%
- The Creator Discover the source and development of biochemical pets 19%
- Magnetic Storm Kitten Complete Tesla Tower in under 120 seconds 17%
- <The Benevolence> Keep Luna's surviving preservation capsule on 14%
- Misty Detective Accomplish all achievements 9.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.