When does OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition get good?

Give it 4 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

How many players finish OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition?

40% of players who start reach the ending.

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OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition

Aug 31, 2021 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Give it 4 hours

Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 40% of players who started

Started playing 89% of owners

Steam reviews 96% positive of 9,514

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
40% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Chapter 2: Part One” and “Chapter 2: Part Two”: from 77% 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 9,577 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 10.8h for positive, 5.9h 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 (88.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Chapter 1 Enter Chapter 1 100%
Chapter 2: Part One Enter Chapter 2: Part One 77% −23
Chapter 2: Part Two Enter Chapter 2: Part Two Most players quit here 51% −26
Chapter 3: Part One Enter Chapter 3: Part One 49% −2
Chapter 3: Part Two Enter Chapter 3: Part Two 39% −11
Chapter 4 Enter Chapter 4 41% +2
The Final Chapter Enter Chapter 5 40% −1
Sea of Flowers Complete the game 40%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (40)

story milestone ending side

Chapter 1 Enter Chapter 1 100%
Clan Edict: Fear No Danger Choose to ignore Kay's suggestion to sit and watch 84%
Chapter 2: Part One Enter Chapter 2: Part One 77%
Clan Edict: Act Not Through Others Choose to go after Eda yourself 71%
I Keep Remembering Acquire over 20 items 67%
Just Looking Around Visit over 10 different locations 62%
First Time To Thousand Peaks Visit over 10 locations in Thousand Peaks 61%
Clan Edict: Forget Not the Kindness of Others Choose to help in return for Eda's kindness 53%
A Purposeful Visit Visit over 30 different locaitons 51%
Chapter 2: Part Two Enter Chapter 2: Part Two 51%
Clan Edict: Covet No Rewards Choose to let Eda decide 51%
Chapter 3: Part One Enter Chapter 3: Part One 49%
Reliving the Past Acquired over 100 items 49%
Traveler of Thousand Peaks Visit over 50 locations in Thousand Peaks 46%
Clan Edict: Leave None Behind Choose to offer help to Bones 43%
Clan Edict: Hold No Grudges Choose to thank Remi 41%
Chapter 4 Enter Chapter 4 41%
The Final Chapter Enter Chapter 5 40%
Sea of Flowers Complete the game 40%
Chapter 3: Part Two Enter Chapter 3: Part Two 39%
Mail has been read Read the message 36%
Clan Edict: Point No Fingers Choose to trust in Remi 35%
Clan Edict: Hide No Secret Choose to not send the letter 34%
Thought I was dead Die twice in a playthrough 29%
Clan Edict: Tell No Lies Choose to tell Eda the truth 28%
Dodge that, Remi! Not getting hit once when landing on Banshee 26%
Remi, prepare for landing! Never been hit once by the space debris 22%
Fuel Monster Completely run out of fuel twice 16%
There's always a story to tell if you fail Acquire over 3 Tales of Failure 16%
Red Chamber, my precious! Fully deck out Red Chamber 13%
Flawless Memory Complete the game without failing once 11%
Wealth Acquire over 20000 credits 8.7%
In a Flash Complete the game in 8 hours 8.6%
So Long as You Follow the Lumen See all 3 acts of "Melody of Starsong" with Eda, and return to Phoenix 7.9%
The Ultimate Guidance Visit all locations 5.6%
Die! Die! Die! Shoot the dart 10 times 4.2%
The Witch Complete the game without resonating with the wrong starsong 2.8%
East Ocean Noble Complete all the East Ocean puzzles without any mistakes 2.6%
Thousand Peaks is My Home Visit all locations in Thousand Peaks 2.4%
Just couldn't let it go Acquire all items 2.1%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.