Playtests

How real voyages go, from the numbers players chose to share (the game asks once, and it can be switched off in Settings, behind Start). Only totals are shown here: nothing names a player, and any group of fewer than 5 is left out. Rebuilt with every update to the site.

2Players
31Voyages
1.3Hours on voyages
2,301Monsters beaten
0%Voyages won
14.7 minMedian session
100%Came back to play again

From 2026-10-25 to 2026-10-29.

Who stays

Each player by how long they've had the game open in all, and whether they came back for another session. A player in the shorter rows who played once and never came back is someone the start of the game lost.

Time with the game open	Players	Came back	Voyages each
Under 5 min	0	0	-
5 to 15 min	0	0	-
15 to 30 min	0	0	-
30 to 60 min	1	1	10.0
Over an hour	1	1	21.0

Times played	Players	Median time open in all
Once	0	-
Twice	0	-
3 to 5 times	1	54.1 min
6 times or more	1	438.2 min

Where it's played

Each build's share of the time the game's been open. A player who plays on more than one counts in each. Any with fewer than 5 sessions are under Other.

Platform	Share of time open	Hours open	Sessions	Players	Voyages
Linux and Steam Deck	89.0%	7.3	11	1	21
Other	11.0%	0.9	3	1	10

Where voyages end

The furthest each voyage got (leg-island, then the gates), and how it ended.

Reached	Fell	Went home	Quit
1-1	7	2	1
1-2	1	0	0
1-3	0	0	1
1-4	1	0	0
2-1	2	0	0
2-2	0	0	0
2-3	0	0	0
2-4	8	0	4
3-1	2	0	0
3-2	0	0	0
3-3	1	0	0
3-4	0	0	0
The gates	1	0	0

By candles lit

Each candle lit at home makes the voyage harder.

Candles	Voyages	Won	Fell	Median voyage	Furthest (0-12)	Level	Damage a second	Half-hearts lost a screen
1	31	0%	74%	0.9 min	4.4	3.7	6.8	1.8

Spells

Each spell's share of all the damage dealt, and how many screens it was used on.

Spell	Share of damage	Screens used on
Tornado	48.5%	31%
Fire	33.6%	37%
Air	6.2%	27%
Water	6.0%	8%
Earth	1.5%	4%
Frost	1.3%	4%
Lava	1.1%	1%
Blaze	0.9%	2%
Lightning	0.8%	22%

Bosses and trials

How often each fight is won, the hardest first.

Fight	Fights	Beaten	Median time to beat	Half-hearts lost
Elder briar	6	33%	29 s	6.7

Kinds of island

A screen walked back through after it was cleared isn't counted for clearing.

Kind	Screens	Median time to clear	Fell there	Half-hearts lost	Monsters beaten
Boss	21	54 s	43%	5.0	8.1
Rift isle	9	0 s	0%	0.0	0.0
Shrine	70	12 s	1%	0.6	15.7
Survival	12	30 s	8%	1.8	45.9
Rift trial	9	0 s	0%	6.8	29.1
Voyage island	67	7 s	15%	1.5	7.6

The ward (X)

Candles	Screens	Casts a minute	Pressed too soon a minute	Share of the damage
1	192	0.29	0.01	2.9%

Voyages a week

1Players
1Voyages
0.2Hours on voyages
114Monsters beaten
0%Voyages won
22.1 minMedian session
0%Came back to play again

From 2026-10-29 to 2026-10-29.

Who stays

Time with the game open	Players	Played once	Voyages each
Under 5 min	0	0	-
5 to 15 min	0	0	-
15 to 30 min	1	1	1.0
30 to 60 min	0	0	-
Over an hour	0	0	-

Times played	Players	Median time open in all
Once	1	22.1 min
Twice	0	-
3 to 5 times	0	-
6 times or more	0	-

Where it's played

Each build's share of the time the game's been open. A player who plays on more than one counts in each. Any with fewer than 5 sessions are under Other.

Platform	Share of time open	Hours open	Sessions	Players	Voyages
Other	100.0%	0.4	1	1	1

Where voyages end

The furthest each voyage got (leg-island, then the gates), and how it ended.

Reached	Fell	Went home	Won	Quit
1-1	0	0	0	0
1-2	0	0	0	0
1-3	0	0	0	0
1-4	1	0	0	0
2-1	0	0	0	0
2-2	0	0	0	0
2-3	0	0	0	0
2-4	0	0	0	0
3-1	0	0	0	0
3-2	0	0	0	0
3-3	0	0	0	0
3-4	0	0	0	0
The gates	0	0	0	0

By candles lit

Each candle lit at home makes the voyage harder.

Candles	Voyages	Won	Fell	Median voyage	Furthest (0-12)	Level	Damage a second	Half-hearts lost a screen

Spells

Each spell's share of all the damage dealt, and how many screens it was used on.

Spell	Share of damage	Screens used on
Fire	69.9%	62%
Air	21.9%	19%
Water	7.6%	6%
Lightning	0.7%	12%

Kinds of island

A screen walked back through after it was cleared isn't counted for clearing.

Kind	Screens	Median time to clear	Fell there	Half-hearts lost	Monsters beaten
Shrine	8	11 s	0%	0.5	9.0
Voyage island	5	10 s	0%	0.2	7.0

The ward (X)

Candles	Screens	Casts a minute	Pressed too soon a minute	Share of the damage
1	16	0.09	0.00	5.7%

1Players
6Voyages
0.1Hours on voyages
48Monsters beaten
0%Voyages won
29.7 minMedian session
0%Came back to play again

From 2026-10-26 to 2026-10-26.

Who stays

Time with the game open	Players	Played once	Voyages each
Under 5 min	0	0	-
5 to 15 min	0	0	-
15 to 30 min	1	1	6.0
30 to 60 min	0	0	-
Over an hour	0	0	-

Times played	Players	Median time open in all
Once	1	29.7 min
Twice	0	-
3 to 5 times	0	-
6 times or more	0	-

Where it's played

Each build's share of the time the game's been open. A player who plays on more than one counts in each. Any with fewer than 5 sessions are under Other.

Platform	Share of time open	Hours open	Sessions	Players	Voyages
Other	100.0%	0.5	1	1	6

Where voyages end

The furthest each voyage got (leg-island, then the gates), and how it ended.

Reached	Fell	Went home	Won	Quit
1-1	1	0	0	0
1-2	0	0	0	0
1-3	0	0	0	0
1-4	0	0	0	0
2-1	0	0	0	0
2-2	0	0	0	0
2-3	0	0	0	0
2-4	3	0	0	0
3-1	2	0	0	0
3-2	0	0	0	0
3-3	0	0	0	0
3-4	0	0	0	0
The gates	0	0	0	0

By candles lit

Each candle lit at home makes the voyage harder.

Candles	Voyages	Won	Fell	Median voyage	Furthest (0-12)	Level	Damage a second	Half-hearts lost a screen
1	6	0%	100%	0.4 min	6.2	1.2	2.7	4.8

Spells

Each spell's share of all the damage dealt, and how many screens it was used on.

Spell	Share of damage	Screens used on
Fire	43.8%	70%
Earth	31.8%	10%
Air	23.4%	20%
Lightning	0.9%	20%

Kinds of island

A screen walked back through after it was cleared isn't counted for clearing.

Kind	Screens	Median time to clear	Fell there	Half-hearts lost	Monsters beaten
Voyage island	5	15 s	60%	3.6	8.4

The ward (X)

Candles	Screens	Casts a minute	Pressed too soon a minute	Share of the damage
1	10	0.00	0.00	0.0%

1Players
3Voyages
0.0Hours on voyages
3Monsters beaten
0%Voyages won
2.3 minMedian session
0%Came back to play again

From 2026-10-26 to 2026-10-26.

Who stays

Time with the game open	Players	Played once	Voyages each
Under 5 min	1	1	3.0
5 to 15 min	0	0	-
15 to 30 min	0	0	-
30 to 60 min	0	0	-
Over an hour	0	0	-

Times played	Players	Median time open in all
Once	1	2.3 min
Twice	0	-
3 to 5 times	0	-
6 times or more	0	-

Where it's played

Each build's share of the time the game's been open. A player who plays on more than one counts in each. Any with fewer than 5 sessions are under Other.

Platform	Share of time open	Hours open	Sessions	Players	Voyages
Other	100.0%	0.0	1	1	3

Where voyages end

The furthest each voyage got (leg-island, then the gates), and how it ended.

Reached	Fell	Went home	Won	Quit
1-1	2	0	0	0
1-2	0	0	0	0
1-3	0	0	0	0
1-4	0	0	0	0
2-1	0	0	0	0
2-2	0	0	0	0
2-3	0	0	0	0
2-4	1	0	0	0
3-1	0	0	0	0
3-2	0	0	0	0
3-3	0	0	0	0
3-4	0	0	0	0
The gates	0	0	0	0

By candles lit

Each candle lit at home makes the voyage harder.

Candles	Voyages	Won	Fell	Median voyage	Furthest (0-12)	Level	Damage a second	Half-hearts lost a screen

Spells

Each spell's share of all the damage dealt, and how many screens it was used on.

Spell	Share of damage	Screens used on
Fire	100.0%	33%

Kinds of island

A screen walked back through after it was cleared isn't counted for clearing.

Kind	Screens	Median time to clear	Fell there	Half-hearts lost	Monsters beaten

The ward (X)

Candles	Screens	Casts a minute	Pressed too soon a minute	Share of the damage

1Players
21Voyages
1.0Hours on voyages
2,136Monsters beaten
0%Voyages won
12.6 minMedian session
100%Came back to play again

From 2026-10-25 to 2026-10-28.

Who stays

Time with the game open	Players	Came back	Voyages each
Under 5 min	0	0	-
5 to 15 min	0	0	-
15 to 30 min	0	0	-
30 to 60 min	0	0	-
Over an hour	1	1	21.0

Times played	Players	Median time open in all
Once	0	-
Twice	0	-
3 to 5 times	0	-
6 times or more	1	438.2 min

Where it's played

Each build's share of the time the game's been open. A player who plays on more than one counts in each. Any with fewer than 5 sessions are under Other.

Platform	Share of time open	Hours open	Sessions	Players	Voyages
Linux and Steam Deck	100.0%	7.3	11	1	21

Where voyages end

The furthest each voyage got (leg-island, then the gates), and how it ended.

Reached	Fell	Went home	Quit
1-1	4	2	1
1-2	1	0	0
1-3	0	0	1
1-4	0	0	0
2-1	2	0	0
2-2	0	0	0
2-3	0	0	0
2-4	4	0	4
3-1	0	0	0
3-2	0	0	0
3-3	1	0	0
3-4	0	0	0
The gates	1	0	0

By candles lit

Each candle lit at home makes the voyage harder.

Candles	Voyages	Won	Fell	Median voyage	Furthest (0-12)	Level	Damage a second	Half-hearts lost a screen
1	21	0%	62%	1.0 min	4.2	4.9	7.7	1.6

Spells

Each spell's share of all the damage dealt, and how many screens it was used on.

Spell	Share of damage	Screens used on
Tornado	51.7%	36%
Fire	31.8%	33%
Water	6.1%	9%
Air	5.3%	29%
Frost	1.4%	5%
Lava	1.2%	1%
Blaze	1.0%	2%
Earth	0.8%	4%
Lightning	0.8%	23%

Kinds of island

A screen walked back through after it was cleared isn't counted for clearing.

Kind	Screens	Median time to clear	Fell there	Half-hearts lost	Monsters beaten
Boss	14	56 s	29%	3.8	9.8
Rift isle	8	0 s	0%	0.0	0.0
Shrine	62	12 s	2%	0.6	16.4
Survival	11	38 s	9%	1.9	48.5
Rift trial	9	0 s	0%	6.8	29.1
Voyage island	55	7 s	9%	1.2	7.9

The ward (X)

Candles	Screens	Casts a minute	Pressed too soon a minute	Share of the damage
1	163	0.35	0.02	2.9%