AdventureIndieRPG
Shanghai Summer
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 452
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 3h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 75% 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.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 462 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 288 reviews: 3.9h for positive, 2.6h 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 (75.2% 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 (35)
- Language Use topic for the first time 100%
- Fog Organize thoughts for the first time 95%
- Reverse Complete Day 1 92%
- Rewind Use the plot chart to start from a story node for the first time 91%
- Nostalgia Pick up the WOLFMAN 91%
- Reunion Complete Day 2 82%
- Drowning Complete Day 3 73%
- Conflict Complete Day 4 70%
- Family Complete Day 5 67%
- Symbol Complete Day 6 64%
- Chaos Complete Day 7 63%
- Connect Examine Ji Qiuyu's journal for the first time 63%
- Detach Leave with Su Jingxian 62%
- Metaphor Obtain every card 61%
- Bystander Talk to every NPC 61%
- Reality Complete Day 8 61%
- Confusion Obtain Wu Xiaobo's final topic 61%
- Debt Complete Day 9 61%
- Self-Reflection Complete Day 10 60%
- Clarity Organize all thoughts 60%
- Existence Complete Day 11 60%
- Record Obtain every character's journal 60%
- Well-Wish Give Owner Lady's gift to Chengcheng 60%
- Boyhood Obtain Yang Chengcheng's final topic 60%
- Future Confess your feelings to Su Jingxian 59%
- Open-ended Enter Day 12 without obtaining all key topics 59%
- Friendship Obtain Ruo Fengyi's final topic 59%
- Omniscience Obtain every topic 58%
- Marriage Obtain the Couple's final topic 58%
- Past See every memory piece 58%
- Re-connect See the truth 56%
- Mirage Complete Ruo Fengyi's alternate ending 54%
- Farewell Bid farewell to Su Jingxian 45%
- Listener Listen to every radio brodcast 44%
- Malice Complete every bad ending 33%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.