Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

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 2,193 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 24.8h for positive, 22.4h 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 (78.2% 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 (86)

• Hakurei Shrine Maiden Resolve the incident with Reimu Hakurei. 100%
• Breaking the Ice Defeat Cirno. 91%
• Elegance Defeat a boss without taking any damage. 91%
• Apprehended Defeat Marisa Kirisame. 90%
• Beyond the Stars Defeat Megumu Iizunamaru. 90%
• Beyond Life & Death Defeat Yuyuko Saigyouji. 89%
• Through the Blockages Defeat Sakuya Izayoi. 89%
• Breaking the Impenetrable Defeat Tenshi Hinanawi. 86%
• Cutting Through Fate Defeat Remilia Scarlet. 83%
• Facing the Miracle Defeat Sanae Kochiya. 82%
• Complex Composition Defeat Junko. 81%
• Ordinary Magician Resolve the incident with Marisa Kirisame. 80%
• Reverse Boundary Defeat Reimu Hakurei. 78%
• Perfect and Elegant Maid Resolve the incident with Sakuya Izayoi. 77%
• Culprit Defeated Defeat Seija Kijin. 73%
• The Strongest Fairy Resolve the incident with Cirno. 68%
• An Eye for Detail Defeat Koishi Komeiji. 61%
• Incident Resolution Specialist Resolve the incident perfectly with Reimu Hakurei. 59%
• Nuclear-Powered Gain 30 mana in a single turn. 58%
• Detective's Assistant Resolve the incident perfectly with Sakuya Izayoi. 53%
• Truth-Seeking Scholar Resolve the incident perfectly with Marisa Kirisame. 53%
• First Challenge Resolve the incident with a request accepted. 53%
• Princess of All Fairies Resolve the incident perfectly with Cirno. 49%
• Unlimited Knife Works Activate 10 Throwing Knives in a single turn. 49%
• The Curious Youkai Resolve the incident with Koishi Komeiji. 49%
• Converging Starlight Deal 300 or more damage with a single card. 47%
• Last Stand Win combat with 1 life remaining. 42%
• The Endless Mountains Resolve the incident with at least 5 red mana in the mana base. 37%
• Unexpected Detective Resolve the incident perfectly with Koishi Komeiji. 36%
• A Nice Person Pay the bill a total of 5 times in the Late Night Barbecue event. 31%
• Infinite Play 30 cards in a single turn. 31%
• Good Eye! Sell any of the following Exhibits to Rinnosuke: Ball With Wings, Purple Mirror, or Peach. 30%
• Islands Not Found in Gensokyo Resolve the incident with at least 5 blue mana in the mana base. 29%
• En Garde! Defeat Youmu without getting hit by her Roukanken. 29%
• Bloodstained Yin-Yang Orb Defeat an enemy by inflicting 100 or more damage with Yin-Yang Orbs. 27%
• Protector of Gensokyo Resolve the incident perfectly on Lunatic Mode with Reimu Hakurei. 26%
• Requests Resolved Resolve the incident with all 7 requests accepted. 26%
• Gensokyo's Fastest Defeat Aya Shameimaru before she has her turn. 25%
• The Boundless Plain Resolve the incident with at least 5 white mana in the mana base. 25%
• Ace Up the Sleeve Resolve the incident with a Jade Box modifier. 24%
• The Ancient Forest Resolve the incident with at least 5 green mana in the mana base. 24%
• Speedrun Resolve the incident perfectly within 60 minutes. 24%
• Inception Defeat Doremy after she wakes up naturally. 24%
• Nothing's Impossible with Willpower Resolve the incident perfectly on Lunatic Mode with Marisa Kirisame. 24%
• Time Traveler Resolve the incident perfectly on Lunatic Mode with Sakuya Izayoi. 23%
• Fastest Defeat a boss on the first round of combat. 22%
• The Royal Heroine Resolve the incident perfectly on Lunatic Mode with Cirno. 22%
• Perfect Respondent Resolve the incident perfectly with all 7 requests accepted. 22%
• The Bottomless Swamp Resolve the incident with at least 5 black mana in the mana base. 21%
• Insurance Fraud Gone Wrong Get defeated by Rumia's car in the Night Speeding event. 20%
• Perfect Freeze Apply Cold to an enemy 9 times in a row. 19%
• Danmaku Bombardment Play 8 Unstable Potions in a row. 18%
• Might Makes Right Have 50 Firepower. 18%
• Unnoticeable Gaze Resolve the incident perfectly on Lunatic Mode with Koishi Komeiji. 17%
• Marrying the Princess Resolve the incident perfectly on Lunatic mode with all 7 requests accepted. 17%
• Unconscious Action Perform 10 Follow-Ups in one turn. 17%
• MY Turn Play for 5 turns consecutively. 16%
• Cleanse Have no more than 3 cards in the hand, draw pile and discard pile combined after winning combat. 15%
• Crystal Quarry Resolve the incident with 5 different colors of monochromatic mana in the mana base. 13%
• Call on Friends Have 9 summoned Teammate cards in the hand. 13%
• Token of Appreciation Offer Artificial Jewelry to Narumi. 13%
• Great Hakurei Barrier Have 1000 points of Barrier. 12%
• Frugality Resolve the incident without spending any money at a shop. 12%
• Temperamental Change Mental States 7 times in one turn. 11%
• Dangerous Illusionist Have 200 or more Time Pulse. 10%
• Channeling Ritual Have 20 different buffs active at once. 9.5%
• Ice Barrier Have 99 Frost Armor. 8.8%
• Yum Find any of the following Exhibits from the Land of the Back Door: Cookie, Peach, Apple, or Grape. 8.6%
• Minin' Gain 500 Money using Money Shower during a single run. 8.6%
• Tranquility Resolve the incident with no more than 8 cards in the library. 7.5%
• Clean Hands Have only Treasures or Shining Exhibits in a run. 7.2%
• Love Epiphany Exit Fugue after playing 12 or more cards while in it. 6.1%
• Cut from the Same Cloth Defeat Sakuya in an Extra Turn. 5.8%
• I Wish for Panties! Defeat Seija as she's about to make her wish. 5.1%
• Seven Colored Puppeteer(WIP) Resolve the incident with Alice Margatroid. 0.3%
• Resist The Offensive(WIP) Defeat Alice Margatroid. 0.1%
• The Girl Behind The Curtain(WIP) Resolve the incident perfectly on Lunatic Mode with Alice Margatroid. 0.1%
• Alice1 (WIP) Alice1 TODO 0.1%
• Alice2 (WIP) Alice2 TODO 0.1%
• Alice3 (WIP) Alice3 TODO 0.1%
• Special10 (WIP) Special10 0.1%
• Special6 (WIP) Special6 0.1%
• Special7 (WIP) Special7 0.1%
• Special8 (WIP) Special8 0.1%
• Special9 (WIP) Special9 0.1%
• Mindful Outsider(WIP) Resolve the incident perfectly with Alice Margatroid. 0.1%