When does Touhou Ibunseki - Ayaria Dawn: ReCreation get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 4h it's 1 in 8 (13%). Fully opens up by hour 4.

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Touhou Ibunseki - Ayaria Dawn: ReCreation

Apr 1, 2022 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 47% of owners

Steam reviews 84% positive of 1,509

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 4h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
Fully opens up by hour 4.
Only 47% 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 1,523 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 10.4h for positive, 7h 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 (46.6% 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 (19)

A new beginning Run the game. 100%
Collectomania Open the gallery. 73%
Get unready Complete the tutorial. 67%
Scarlet ATM Complete mission 1. 45%
Who needs friends? Win a freeplay game. 41%
Code blue Unlock hidden character [Unknown]. 38%
It's my game Open the map editor. 37%
Unpredictable Unlock hidden character [Ashes' delight]. 22%
NTR Complete mission 2 with Marisa. 20%
Phoenix Sanae Complete mission 5. 19%
Anti-scientism Defeat Sanae in mission 4 by destroying her power plants and research stations. 15%
Transcendency Complete any extra mission. 13%
Blackhand Complete mission 6 without building 3 research stations. 13%
Do not starve Complete mission 3 by defeating Yuyuko. 11%
To be continued... Defeat Rinnosuke in 3 months. 10%
I'm the boss here Complete mission 7 with Reisen. 9.9%
The end of the beginning Survive Arya's orbit strikes. 9.7%
Brain damage Complete mission 8 with Reimu. 9.0%
The end never changed Failed defeating Rinnosuke in 3 months. 8.2%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.