Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains

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 1,350 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 17.8h for positive, 15.7h 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 (90.8% 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 (50)

• The First Win The first win 100%
• Level 10 Septem is Level 10 74%
• 50 Victories 50 Victories 70%
• 100 Victories 100 Victories 64%
• Do I Know You？ The resolution of 1 Specie in Creature Catalogue reaches 100. 64%
• Absorbed Absorb 1 Monsters. 64%
• Farewell, Venice Unlocked after completing the story. 62%
• Level 20 Septem is Level 20 59%
• Musician Solve the music floor puzzle in the monastery. 55%
• She's A Bit Blue Unlocked after completing the story. 53%
• Level 30 Septem is Level 30 50%
• Love And Cat Unlocked after completing the story. 49%
• 300 Victories 300 Victories 49%
• Bloody Hell Unlocked after completing the story. 49%
• Creature Bachelor The resolution of 20 Specie in Creature Catalogue reach 100. 47%
• Fallen Knight Unlocked after completing the story. 46%
• Mirage In The Deserts Unlocked after completing the story. 46%
• High Above The Mountain Unlocked after completing the story. 45%
• Fusion Successed Fusion successed once. 44%
• Just A Dream Unlocked after completing the story. 44%
• Level 40 Septem is Level 40 43%
• Shaolin Kung Fu Master Unlocked after completing the story. 39%
• A Wonderful Pot Absorb 30 Monsters. 38%
• General of The Empire Unlocked after completing the story. 38%
• Level 50 Septem is Level 50 36%
• Sunset of The Tang Empire Unlocked after completing the story. 35%
• Engineer Collected Blueprints. 34%
• The Pursuit of Kingcraft Unlocked after completing the story. 29%
• Imperial Blades Collected Imperial Blades. 29%
• Creature Master The resolution of 50 Specie in Creature Catalogue reach 100. 27%
• The Demon Chiyou Defeat the hidden boss, Demon Chiyou. 26%
• Super-Brain Completing 7 side quests: Assisting a woman in distributing her inheritance, Deducing the age of the mathematician, Hunter Adam's question, The traveler at Beirut's small shop, Dividing gemstones among the jeweler's family, The issue of the young master at Chang'an Inn, and The problem of the Persian merchant in Luoyang. 26%
• Travel Far, Read Wide. Answer 8 Questions Correctly: The priest's question in Venice, the question of Guei in Baghdad, the question of Prince Qiao in Tianshan, the question of Tang Dynasty era names in Chang'an, the question of Wei Qing, the question of eunuchs, the question of the bailiff in the military camp, and the question of scripture in Luoyang. 26%
• It's Called Tactical Retreat Flee from a combat successfully 100 times. 25%
• The Most Powerful Force Septem is Level 60 23%
• Want My Signature? Exchange 16 signed boards for any three dolls at the DOMO studio, . 22%
• Clockwork Mantis Hybrid Collected Clockwork Mantis Hybrid. 22%
• The Bull Demon King Defeat the hidden boss, Bull Demon King. 20%
• Super Damage Deal a single hit of 9999 damage. 18%
• Magical Heirloom Absorb 100 Monsters. 17%
• Famous sword collector Help the Wandering Swordsmith Collect 5 Ancient Swords. 15%
• World-beater 1000 Victories 14%
• Clockwork Crab Hybrid Collected Clockwork Crab Hybrid. 13%
• Practice Makes Perfect Fusion 100 times. 12%
• Love Your Enemies Heal enemies 30 times with attack skills during battle. 11%
• All Magic Weapons Reserved Collected All Magic Weapons 9.6%
• World Explorer The resolution of 100 Specie in Creature Catalogue reach 100. 8.9%
• Now I've Seen Everything Enable all Species in Creature Catalogue. 6.4%
• Magic Weapon Master Collected all Magic Weapons and all reach level Max 6.3%
• An Epic Journey Achieve all achievements in ""Xuan-Yuan Sword : Mists Beyond the Mountains"" 5.2%