The Legend of Tianding
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (18%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Hero Arrives” (Complete the tutorial level) and “Eat the Rich” (Defeat Wang): from 100% to 69% of starters.
- 86% 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 4,463 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9.2h for positive, 5.3h 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 (85.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hero Arrives Complete the tutorial level. 100%
- Eat the Rich Defeat Wang Most players quit here 69% −31
- Killing Machine Defeat Nakamura Michiaki. 52% −18
- Phantom Kunoichi Defeat Kawajima Kaguya. 46% −6
- Death Battle Defeat Chen Liang-Jiou. 44% −2
- Divine Retribution Defeat Ding Peng. 42% −1
- Final Showdown Defeat Shimada Yunoshin 38% −4
- The End of an Outlaw Complete the game. 38%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (26)
story milestone ending side
- Hero Arrives Complete the tutorial level. 100%
- Eat the Rich Defeat Wang 69%
- Killing Machine Defeat Nakamura Michiaki. 52%
- Phantom Kunoichi Defeat Kawajima Kaguya. 46%
- Death Battle Defeat Chen Liang-Jiou. 44%
- Divine Retribution Defeat Ding Peng. 42%
- Captain Mustache Help Captain Matsumoto survive the battle at Zhongyi Temple. 39%
- Final Showdown Defeat Shimada Yunoshin 38%
- The End of an Outlaw Complete the game. 38%
- Dispel Rumors Capture Ching Feng and dispel the rumors. 32%
- Steal Her Away Help A-Guai safely escape Jiangyue Lou Restaurant. 29%
- Demon Slayer Obtain the legendary weapon: Demon Slayer. 28%
- Fight Fire With Fire Pretend to be Furuyama and scare Li Hong away. 28%
- Sewer Rat Explore the entire Dadaocheng sewer system. 26%
- Not Today Liao Tian-ding escapes death. 25%
- Urban Explorer Explore the entire military factory underneath the North Police Station. 25%
- Coward Threaten Li-Hong. 24%
- Big Eater Unlock the maximum amount of buns you can carry. 23%
- Tomb Raider Explore all of Yaoling Mausoleum. 22%
- The Real O.G. Listen to the entire Taiwanese traditional folk singing performance at Hokumon Chō. 22%
- Tour Guide Explore the entire express train. 21%
- The Hero of the People Complete the game on Hardcore difficulty. 18%
- Talk to the Fist Teach Furuyama a lesson. 16%
- Collector Collect all items. 12%
- Taoist Obtain all talismans. 9.6%
- The Legend Complete all achievements. 8.3%