The Conquest of Go

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 608 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6h for positive, 1.9h 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 (65.4% 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 (54)

• First Win Win your first match 100%
• Stone Rookie Play 100 stones 100%
• Nobi Novice Play the nobi shape 20 times 99%
• Capture Rookie Capture 10 stones 98%
• Atari Novice Play the atari shape 20 times 97%
• Connection Novice Play the connection shape 20 times 92%
• Rookie Dragon Slayer Capture a 4 stone or larger dragon 86%
• Conquer Rookie Conquer your first territory on the campaign map 82%
• Hane Novice Play a hane shape 20 times 74%
• Attachment Novice Play the attachment shape 20 times 61%
• Novice Dragon Slayer Capture an 8 stone or larger dragon 58%
• Turn Novice Play the turn shape 20 times 56%
• Nobi Expert Play the nobi shape 100 times 52%
• Shoulder Hit Novice Play the shoulder hit shape 20 times 48%
• Atari Expert Play the atari shape 100 times 47%
• Connection Expert Play the connection shape 100 times 44%
• Expert Dragon Slayer Capture a 14 stone or larger dragon 40%
• Capture Novice Capture 100 stones 34%
• Stone Novice Play 1000 stones 33%
• Cut Novice Play the cut shape 20 times 29%
• Conquer Novice Conquer 5 territories on the campaign map 28%
• Hane Expert Play the hane shape 100 times 28%
• Master Dragon Slayer Capture a 24 stone or larger dragon 25%
• One-space Jump Novice Play the one-space jump shape 20 times 25%
• Attachment Expert Play the attachment shape 100 times 19%
• Turn Expert Play the turn shape 100 times 17%
• Rookie Puzzle Solver Complete 20 campaign fortification puzzles 16%
• Capture Expert Capture 250 stones 16%
• Nobi Master Play the nobi shape 500 times 15%
• Conquer Expert Conquer 10 territories on the campaign map 13%
• Shoulder Hit Expert Play the shoulder hit shape 100 times 13%
• Bamboo Joint Novice Play the bamboo joint shape 20 times 11%
• Atari Master Play the atari shape 500 times 11%
• Connection Master Play the connection shape 500 times 10%
• Novice Winner Win 30 matches 9.8%
• Capture Master Capture 500 stones 7.2%
• Conquer Master Conquer all territories on the campaign map 6.4%
• Stone Expert Play 5000 stones 6.4%
• One-space Jump Expert Play the one-space jump shape 100 times 6.0%
• Cut Expert Play the cut shape 100 times 5.5%
• Novice Puzzle Solver Complete 80 campaign fortification puzzles 5.0%
• Hane Master Play the hane shape 500 times 4.9%
• Attachment Master Play the attachment shape 500 times 2.8%
• Stone Master Play 10,000 stones 2.8%
• Turn Master Play the turn shape 500 times 2.6%
• Shoulder Hit Master Play the shoulder hit shape 500 times 2.1%
• Bamboo Joint Expert Play the bamboo joint shape 100 times 1.8%
• Expert Winner Win 100 matches 1.7%
• One-space Jump Master Play the one-space jump shape 500 times 1.1%
• Expert Puzzle Solver Complete 200 campaign fortification puzzles 1.1%
• Cut Master Play the cut shape 500 times 0.9%
• Bamboo Joint Master Play the bamboo joint shape 500 times 0.5%
• Master Puzzle Solver Complete 400 campaign fortification puzzles 0.5%
• Master Winner Win 300 matches 0.5%