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Ghostwire: Tokyo
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 21,297
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 15h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Beginnings” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Trouble” (Complete Chapter 2): from 93% to 51% of starters.
- 89% 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 21,454 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 18.5h for positive, 10.1h 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 (89.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beginnings Complete Chapter 1. 93% −7
- Trouble Complete Chapter 2. Most players quit here 51% −43
- Connection Complete Chapter 3. 38% −13
- Contortion Complete Chapter 4. 28% −9
- Severance Complete Chapter 5. 28% −1
- Binding Complete Chapter 6. 27%
- Conclusions Complete the main story. 27%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (66)
story milestone ending side
- Heartbreaker Defeat a Visitor by pulling out its core. 100%
- Beginnings Complete Chapter 1. 93%
- Opening a Path Cleanse a torii gate. 90%
- Treasure Hunter Acquire a relic. 88%
- Animal Lover Pet an animal. 79%
- Roadside Spirituality Pray to a Jizo statue. 73%
- Echoes of the Past Acquire a voice log. 71%
- Problem Solver Complete a side mission. 69%
- It's All Thanks to Yokai Acquire a magatama. 66%
- Soul Breaker Defeat 50 Visitors by pulling out their cores. 58%
- Trouble Complete Chapter 2. 51%
- You Wouldn't Steal a Spirit Successfully protect at least 3 Containment Cubes in a single battle. 46%
- Amateur Photographer Use Photo Mode for the first time. 44%
- Connection Complete Chapter 3. 38%
- Better Together Fuse back with KK after being hit by a severance attack. 35%
- Couldn't Take the Heat Defeat at least 3 Visitors simultaneously by detonating a red ether crystal. 32%
- Boundless Spirit Acquire the maximum number of katashiro. 29%
- Contortion Complete Chapter 4. 28%
- Talismania Acquire all talismans (excluding update content). 28%
- Severance Complete Chapter 5. 28%
- Binding Complete Chapter 6. 27%
- Conclusions Complete the main story. 27%
- Helping Hand Transfer 25% of the spirits in the city. 27%
- Master of Blocking Perform a total of 30 Perfect Blocks. 25%
- Welcome to Shibuya STU: Acquire at least one SHIBUYA♡HACHI stamp. 25%
- Take a Bow Defeat a total of 50 Visitors using the bow. 21%
- Liberator Cleanse all torii gates (excluding update content). 20%
- In Sync Wire In a total of 10 times. 20%
- Pious Put a total of 10,000 meika into offering boxes. 19%
- One Fell Swoop Defeat at least 5 Visitors simultaneously by pulling out their cores. 17%
- Unparalleled Talismaniac STU: Acquire all newly-added talismans. 17%
- Unexpected Visitors STU: Defeat at least one of every newly-added type of Visitor. 16%
- On the Same Wavelength Raise your synergy level to 50 or higher. 16%
- Savior Transfer 50% of the spirits in the city. 15%
- Lonely Tsukimi Spend at least 30 seconds looking at the moon. 14%
- Further Liberation STU: Cleanse all newly-added torii gates. 13%
- Scary Stories to Tell at School STU: Complete all newly-added side missions revolving around the school. 11%
- Go For the Eyes Defeat a total of 20 Visitors with headshots. 11%
- Visiting Hours Are Over Defeat at least one of every type of Visitor (excluding update content). 11%
- Big Spender Spend a total of 1,000,000 meika. 11%
- Walking on Air Grapple and glide to remain in the air for at least 10 seconds. 10%
- Silent Kill Defeat a total of 200 Visitors using Quick Purge. 10%
- With Their Powers Combined Acquire 40 or more different magatama. 8.2%
- Pilgrim Pray to all Jizo statues. 7.3%
- Collector Acquire all relics. 6.3%
- Freeze, Scumbag Defeat a total of 10 Visitors with Quick Purge while they are held by a Stun Talisman. 6.3%
- Salvation of All Transfer at least 100% of the spirits in the city. 6.0%
- Mind and Body Unlock all Spirit Skills (excluding update content). 6.0%
- Your Tail's Showing Find all of the missing tanuki. 5.9%
- Left Yourself Open Defeat a total of 10 Visitors by exposing their cores with Exposure Talismans and ripping them out. 5.8%
- Figure Aficionado STU: Try your luck at capsule machines at least 50 times. 5.8%
- Wishmaker Complete all side missions (excluding update content). 5.7%
- Hero of Shibuya Complete the main story after transferring at least 100% of the spirits in the city. 5.5%
- Don't Worry About It Pull a "Daikyo" omikuji. 5.5%
- Shibuya Is My Back Yard Find all landmarks. 5.1%
- DJ Akito Acquire all music tracks (excluding update content). 4.9%
- Trendsetter Acquire all items for the Outfit menu (excluding bonus and update content). 4.6%
- On-The-Job Training STU: Unlock all newly-added Spirit Skills. 4.4%
- Gourmand Acquire all types of food and drink. 4.3%
- A Shrubbery! Defeat a total of 3 Visitors with Quick Purge while hiding in bushes created by a Thicket Talisman. 4.3%
- Sniper Defeat a Visitor with a headshot from a distance of at least 40m. 4.1%
- Power Overwhelming Acquire all sets of prayer beads (excluding update content). 3.8%
- The Whole Truth Acquire all voice logs. 3.6%
- Spirit Photographer STU: Complete all newly-added side missions revolving around spirit photographs. 3.1%
- Views From the Abyss STU: Complete "The Spider's Thread" mode. 2.0%
- Catalog Conqueror STU: Complete all nekomata jobs in "The Spider's Thread" mode. 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.