Journey to the West

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 1,713 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.1h for positive, 15.3h 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 (82.3% 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 (93)

• Destruction Deal 100 damage in one turn. 100%
• Werewolf Defeat Master Zenith the Werewolf. 98%
• Annihilation Deal 250 damage in one turn. 92%
• Bullet Proof Win a boss fight without receiving HP damage. 92%
• Black Hurricane Defeat Black Hurricane. 91%
• Son of Fire Defeat the Son of Fire. 90%
• Skeleton Queen Defeat the Skeleton Queen. 87%
• Swift Strike Play 10 cards in one turn. 87%
• Gold Horn and Silver Horn Defeat Gold Horn and Silver Horn. 86%
• Spider Queen Defeat the Spider Queen. 86%
• Carp King Defeat the Carp King. 85%
• Relic Hunter Collect 20 relics in story mode. 85%
• Energetic Spend 10 energy in one turn. 84%
• Catastrophe Deal 500 damage in one turn. 82%
• Centipede Monarch Defeat the Centipede Monarch. 80%
• No Contamination Win a game without any curse cards in your deck. 80%
• Burden of Fate Win combat with 10 curse cards in your deck. 80%
• Emissary of Heaven Defeat the Emissary of Heaven. 80%
• Lady White Defeat Lady White. 79%
• The Bull King Defeat the Bull King. 77%
• Lord of Chaos Defeat the Lord of Chaos. 75%
• Fallen Monkey General Defeat the Fallen Monkey General. 75%
• Uproar in Heaven Finish Wukong's Tutorial. 74%
• Young Rich Lady Save the Young Rich Lady. 74%
• Nine Headed Phoenix Defeated Nine Headed Phoenix. 73%
• Yellow Phantom Defeat Yellow Phantom. 73%
• The Monkey King Finish Wukong's story mode. 72%
• Fallen Phoenix Defeat the Fallen Phoenix. 71%
• Defeat Buddha of Future Defeat the Buddha of the Future. 69%
• Divine of Justice Defeated the Divine of Justice. 69%
• No Trick Win combat without using a skill card. 69%
• Abducted Scholar Save the Abducted Scholar. 68%
• Pacifist Win combat without using an attack card. 68%
• Rival Defeat the Divine of Justice in Tutorial. 67%
• Deep Pockets Gain 3000 gold in story mode. 63%
• Memory Keeper Defeat the Memory Keeper. 62%
• The Holy Monk Finish Holy Monk's story mode. 59%
• Four Guardians Defeat the four guardians. 59%
• Goddess of Cruelty Defeat Goddess of Cruelty. 57%
• Gambler Defeat the Gambler. 55%
• Emperor of Hell Defeat the Emperor of Hell. 53%
• Queen of Rouge Kingdom Save the Queen of Rouge Kingdom. 51%
• Healer Heal 100 hp in one combat encounter. 51%
• Master of Fire Apply 50 burning in one combat encounter. 48%
• Knowledgeable Encounter 10 events in story mode. 47%
• The High Buddha Defeat the High Buddha. 45%
• Jade Emperor Defeat Jade Emperor. 45%
• Master of Thunder Tower Defeat the Master of Thunder Tower. 43%
• Princess of Sindhu Save the Princess of Sindhu. 40%
• Selective Finish story mode with fewer than 20 cards in your deck. 37%
• The Lightning Round Play 25 cards in one turn. 37%
• The Swine King Finish The Swine King's story mode. 36%
• Lone Wolf Finish story mode without a companion (except negative companions). 35%
• One Last Fight Win combat with only 1 HP. 33%
• Goddess of Mercy Defeat Goddess of Mercy. 32%
• Skeleton Queen's Three Challenges Defeat the Skeleton Queen within 3 turns. 30%
• The Dragon Prince Finish White Dragon's story mode. 29%
• Passionate Spend 25 energy in one turn. 26%
• Omen Defeat Omen. 26%
• Empty Backpack Finish story mode without using any consumables. 26%
• Natural Leader Win combat with 4 companions in the team. 25%
• Faithful Devil Finish Faithful Devil's story mode. 23%
• Critical Strike Defeat a boss in one turn. 22%
• Goddess of the Moon Save Goddess of the Moon from Heaven. 16%
• Relic Collector Collect 40 relics in story mode. 15%
• Fast and Furious Play 50 cards in one turn. 14%
• Talented Thief Steal 25 times in story mode. 13%
• Full Backpack Gain 100 consumables in one game. 12%
• Helping Hands Win combat with only companion cards. 12%
• God of Land Defeat God of Land. 12%
• Snake Queen Defeat Snake Queen. 11%
• Special Taste Collect 10 special relics in story mode. 10%
• Rebirth from the Ashes Escape death 3 times in one combat encounter. 9.2%
• Golden Robe Defeat Golden Robe. 8.9%
• Nine Spirit Lion Defeat Nine Spirit Lion. 8.9%
• Jade Lute Spirit Reveal the true form of the Jade Lute Spirit. 8.7%
• Minimalist Finish story mode with fewer than 10 cards in your deck. 8.6%
• Blade Souls Finish Blade Souls' story mode. 8.3%
• Another Swine King? Defeat The Swine King from a parallel universe. 6.8%
• Scorpion Queen Defeat Scorpion Queen. 5.5%
• Holy Monk Reincarnation Defeat reincarnated Holy Monk. 5.3%
• God and Goddess of Hearth Defeat God of Hearth. 5.2%
• Another Wukong? Defeat Wukong from a parallel universe. 4.7%
• Six Eared Macaque Defeat Six Eared Macaque. 4.3%
• Black Market Trader Defeat Black Market Trader. 3.5%
• Master of Light and Shadow Defeat the Master of Light and Shadow. 2.7%
• Master of Purification Use spirit purification 5 times in one game. 2.4%
• Encyclopaedic Encounter 18 events in story mode. 2.2%
• True Phantom Sword Acquire True Phantom Sword. 1.9%
• The One Finish story mode with one relic. 1.7%
• Stay Neutral Finish story mode with only neutral cards in your deck. 1.5%
• Savior Save all four hostages in one game 1.5%
• See You Later Escape from combat 10 times in story mode. 1.2%