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Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 995
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 15h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 86% 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 1,003 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 281 reviews: 17.7h for positive, 2.6h 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 (85.5% 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 (28)
- Stranded Survivor Survive the shipwreck 100%
- Cook Cook your first Food 85%
- Artisan Craft your first Item 74%
- Culinary Discover your first cooking recipe 64%
- Stew for the Crew Unlock the Stew for the Crew 58%
- Reunion Reunite the whole Crew 40%
- Survival Camp Build all of the Crew member's shacks 38%
- Farmhand Discover all Crop Seeds 38%
- The Right Tools for the Job Unlock all Tools 32%
- Danger Ahead Complete your first combat encounter 29%
- Ancestral Recall Summon the Ancestor 25%
- Ship Ahoy! Complete the Ship 18%
- Gourmet Discover all Spice Seeds 16%
- Angler Discover every Fish 14%
- Cursebreaker Lift the Curse 11%
- The End Complete the Story Questline 11%
- Well Equipped Unlock all tool upgrades by increasing your Crew's Happiness Level 8.5%
- Master Chef Discover all cooking recipes 8.0%
- Architect Unlock all structures in your camp by increasing your Crew's Happiness Level and build them 7.5%
- Explorer Discover the whole Map 7.1%
- Archivist Discover all Lore Artifacts 6.2%
- Happy Crew Reach Crew Happiness Level 60 6.1%
- Treasure Hunter Find and dig up all buried Golden Tools 6.1%
- Honorable Warrior Defeat 100 consecutive waves of easy difficulty enemies in the Ancestor's Trial 5.6%
- Collector Discover all Items 4.8%
- Powerful Warrior Defeat 70 consecutive waves of medium difficulty enemies in the Ancestor's Trial 4.4%
- Legendary Warrior Defeat 50 consecutive waves of hard difficulty enemies in the Ancestor's Trial 4.1%
- Hat Collector Unlock all Hats by increasing your Crew's Happiness Level and mastering the Ancestor's Trial 3.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.