AdventureRPGSimulationStrategy
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 74% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 1,388
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 74% 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.
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Based on all 1,390 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 34.8h for positive, 26.6h 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 (73.8% 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 (44)
- The Beginning Watched the opening movie. 100%
- Super Effective Took advantage of an enemy's weak attribute. 94%
- Test of Will "Test of Will" completed. 93%
- Critically Acclaimed Successfully executed a critical. 85%
- Extermination "Extermination" completed. 83%
- Familiar Threat "Familiar Threat" completed. 82%
- Chain Link Successfully executed an Action Chain. 80%
- Stand and Fight Stopped an enemy's movement with ZOC. 77%
- Bandits "Bandits" completed. 77%
- Fruits of your Labor Spent a bonus point. 77%
- Always Be Prepared Equipped an item. 72%
- First Mission "First Mission" completed. 71%
- Self-Centered Used Action Chain on yourself. 70%
- Elopement "Elopement" completed. 69%
- Glossary Accessed the Glossary. 66%
- Playing with Fire "Playing with Fire" completed. 64%
- Vice and Virtue "Vice and Virtue" completed. 63%
- Skillshot Successfully executed a reactive Skill. 63%
- Nakwan "Nakwan" completed. 61%
- The Prisoners "The Prisoners" completed. 61%
- Remnants "Remnants" completed. 60%
- Breakthrough Broke through an enemy's ZOC. 60%
- Encounter "Encounter" completed. 59%
- Mononofu "Mononofu" completed. 58%
- Shadows "Shadows" completed. 58%
- Maestro Successfully engaged in Critical 100 times. 58%
- The Rescue "The Rescue" completed. 58%
- Grand Finale Used a Final Strike. 58%
- Conqueror "Conqueror" completed. 57%
- Mask of Deception Witnessed the ending of the game. 57%
- Vurai "Vurai" completed. 57%
- Recollections Played Recollections. 46%
- Fond Memories Unlocked all event visuals. 40%
- Melodious Heart Unlocked all BGM. 32%
- All a Dream Entered the Dream Arena. 29%
- Axetermination Destroyed Moznu's axe. 28%
- Behemoth Defeated Defeated the Boro-Gigiri. 25%
- Tatarigami Defeated Defeated the Tatari Unkami. 24%
- Warrior Legend Defeated more than 300 enemy units. 17%
- Master of Masters Reached the max level for a unit. 14%
- Ten Outta Ten On one map, defeated 10 enemies with 1 unit. 12%
- Coup de Grâceful Used Final Strike with all characters. 10%
- Kamunagi of Chaining Used Action Chain with all characters. 8.8%
- Grandmaster Obtained all achievements. 8.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.