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Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 79% of players who started
Started playing 62% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 4,867
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 10h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 79% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 62% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 4,896 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 9.6h for positive, 5.2h 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 (61.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Reunion at Nagoya Finish the mission “Reunion at Nagoya”. Most players quit here 94% −6
- A Night at Sea Finish the mission “A Night at Sea” 92% −2
- The Best Laid Plans Finish the mission “The Best Laid Plans”. 87% −4
- Red Lights at Matsuyama Finish the mission “Red Lights at Matsuyama”. 86% −2
- The Secrets of Hana Gakuen Finish “The Secrets of Hana Gakuen”. 80% −5
- Aiko's Choice Finish all missions. 79% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Contestant Kill or knock out 50 guards. 100%
- Three for Two for One 3 times in one mission, kill 2 guards at once with Mugen's Swordwind. 98%
- A Strong Blow Kill 20 guards with Mugen's Swordwind. 96%
- Genin Kill or knock out 100 guards. 96%
- Reunion at Nagoya Finish the mission “Reunion at Nagoya”. 94%
- Methodical Hide 50 bodies. 93%
- Shinobi Kill or knock out 150 guards. 93%
- A Night at Sea Finish the mission “A Night at Sea” 92%
- Fare Well Throw a guard into a well. 89%
- The Best Laid Plans Finish the mission “The Best Laid Plans”. 87%
- All Bad Things Come From Above Kill 10 guards with a drop attack. 87%
- Diver's Delight Travel 1200 meters in water during the mission “The Best Laid Plans”. 86%
- Red Lights at Matsuyama Finish the mission “Red Lights at Matsuyama”. 86%
- Elaborate Hide 100 bodies. 85%
- The Secrets of Hana Gakuen Finish “The Secrets of Hana Gakuen”. 80%
- Aiko's Choice Finish all missions. 79%
- Everyone Likes to Pet the Tanuki Distract 4 guards at the same time with Kuma. 73%
- Masterful Hide 150 bodies. 71%
- Knife in the Back Kill the Captain. 71%
- An Even Older Trick in the Book Distract 50 guards with Hayato's stone. 71%
- One Bush to Hide Them All Hide with all characters in a single bush. 70%
- He Did Not Use His Leg Kill at least 3 guards in the mission “A Night at Sea”. 68%
- Deadly Acrobatics Kill a guard with a drop attack from a rope. 67%
- Sunflower Samurai Kill a Samurai with a flower pot. 64%
- Clean Hands, Dirty Tricks Kill 10 guards with traps in Hana Gakuen. 64%
- Multiple Personalities Use Aiko's disguise 15 times. 63%
- Homeowner Kill all enemies at the mansion in Nagoya. 58%
- He Had to Use His Leg Kill 10 guards with Takuma's Sniper Rifle that are farther than 25 meters away from him. 57%
- Environmentalist Kill 30 guards with the help of the environment. 43%
- Little Giant Kill 3 Samurai with Yuki. 34%
- Just Let Us In Fail the Shrine riddle at the beginning 3 times. 33%
- The Lights Stay On Don't extinguish any light sources in Matsuyama. 26%
- Five Shadows Execute a plan with all 5 characters. 24%
- Sleepy Takuma Don't kill anyone with Takuma during the mission “The Best Laid Plans.” 24%
- Good Old Rock... Nothing Beats That Kill a samurai with a rock. 24%
- Vacation Time Find the perfect spot for sunbathing. 21%
- Planning Master Kill or knock out 5 guards at the same time with all 5 characters. 18%
- Kuma's Story Listen to everything Kuma has to say. 17%
- What's Done is Done Kill Lady Chiyo with any character other than Aiko. 15%
- Badge Collector Collect 17 badges. 14%
- They Never Listen Talk to a samurai when disguised with Aiko. 14%
- Tunnel Rat Find all hidden caves in Hana Gakuen. 13%
- Face to Face Kill Lady Chiyo without getting a disguise. 12%
- Screen Wrap Come out of the other side of the river in Nagoya. 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.