ActionAdventureRPG
Rise of the Ronin
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 32% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 63% positive of 11,298
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 35h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Flying the Nest” (Cleared the Prologue) and “Curtain Falls, Curtain Rises” (Learned that your Blade Twin is still alive): from 100% to 71% of starters.
- 82% 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 11,356 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 46.8h for positive, 14.7h 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 (82.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Flying the Nest Cleared the Prologue. 100%
- Curtain Falls, Curtain Rises Learned that your Blade Twin is still alive. Most players quit here 71% −29
- Infiltrate the Prison Complex Made your way to Shoin Yoshida. 58% −13
- Black Ships, Long Shadows Cleared Chapter 1. 55% −3
- Meeting Kaishu Katsu Spoke with Kaishu Katsu at the Sumida River. 49% −6
- A Show for the Shogun Learned the identity of the mysterious samurai at the duel. 42% −7
- Strange Bedfellows Brokered a truce between the Roshigumi and the Choshu clan. 40% −2
- Cities of Darkness Cleared Chapter 2. 39% −1
- The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance Persuaded Takamori Saigo. 36% −3
- The Battle of Toba-Fushimi Brought the Battle of Toba-Fushimi to an end. 34% −2
- A Veiled Edge's Future Sealed the fate of your Blade Twin. 32% −2
- The Dawn of a New Japan Cleared Chapter 3. 32%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Flying the Nest Cleared the Prologue. 100%
- Threads of Fate Established your first bond. 90%
- Home Sweet Home Achieved your first Lv.3 Area Bond. 81%
- One Good Turn Deserves Another Gave your first gift. 72%
- Curtain Falls, Curtain Rises Learned that your Blade Twin is still alive. 71%
- Resonance Equipped four or more pieces of equipment with the same set bonus for the first time. 71%
- Fresh Start Remodeled your longhouse for the first time. 70%
- Collector Earned your first Completion Reward. 63%
- Life Saver Completed a No-Kill Mission's objectives. 60%
- Infiltrate the Prison Complex Made your way to Shoin Yoshida. 58%
- Shadow Stalker Succeeded in carrying out 100 assassinations. 58%
- Black Ships, Long Shadows Cleared Chapter 1. 55%
- Firearm Genius Received the highest rank (Master) in firearms training. 54%
- Fateful Encounter Achieved your first Lv.4 Personal Bond. 52%
- A Happy Memory Took a photograph at the request of Taka Murayama. 51%
- Contraption Creator Conducted Technology Development 15 times. 51%
- Moneybags Saved 150,000 sen. 49%
- Meeting Kaishu Katsu Spoke with Kaishu Katsu at the Sumida River. 49%
- Horseback Hero Received the highest rank (Master) in horseback archery. 46%
- Striver's License Received the highest rank (Master) at the dojo. 46%
- Style Guru Mastered three combat styles. 43%
- A Show for the Shogun Learned the identity of the mysterious samurai at the duel. 42%
- Winged Warrior Received the highest rank (Master) in gliding training. 42%
- Veiled Vow Started your first romantic relationship. 41%
- Keeper of the Peace Defeated 50 fugitives. 40%
- Strange Bedfellows Brokered a truce between the Roshigumi and the Choshu clan. 40%
- Cities of Darkness Cleared Chapter 2. 39%
- The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance Persuaded Takamori Saigo. 36%
- The Battle of Toba-Fushimi Brought the Battle of Toba-Fushimi to an end. 34%
- A Veiled Edge's Future Sealed the fate of your Blade Twin. 32%
- The Dawn of a New Japan Cleared Chapter 3. 32%
- Well-Rounded Ronin Reached Level 55. 31%
- Fancy Meeting You Here Had 50 Chance Encounters. 31%
- Twilight Fencer Saved Ryoma Sakamoto's life. 30%
- Traveling Through Time Retried a mission for the first time using the Testament of the Soul. 30%
- A Jack of One Trade is a Master of All Mastered one of the four stat types. 28%
- Transfer of Power Performed your first Bond Transfer. 28%
- The Greater Opportunity Saved Shinsaku Takasugi's life. 28%
- Farewell, Black Cat Saved Soji Okita's life. 26%
- Good to Go Upgraded your armor, weapon and sub-weapon. 26%
- Tears of a Blue Demon Managed to beat the Blue Demon aboard the Black Ship. 21%
- Sightseer Completed all photograph spots. 21%
- Solitary Ronin Completed a mission without allies. 21%
- Cats Over All Collected all cats. 20%
- Martial Arts Maniac Defeated enemies using every weapon. 19%
- Dive of the Ronin Glided from the elevated deck at Kiyomizudera Temple. 18%
- Midnight Crossing Completed an optional ronin mission with the "Midnight" difficulty setting enabled. 17%
- Cheater Beater Caught 5 cheaters while playing Odds and Evens. 15%
- Friendly Neighborhood Ronin Completed all Bond Missions. 15%
- Social Climber Took part in missions with all available allies. 8.1%
- Rise of the Ronin Unlocked all achievements. 7.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.