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Thriving City: Song
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 8% of players who started
Started playing 49% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 3,391
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- 8% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Prelude to Prosperity” and “Path of Flourishing”: from 94% to 63% of starters.
- Only 49% 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 3,422 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 22.7h for positive, 17.3h 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 (48.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Prelude to Prosperity Pass the story of Prelude to Prosperity 94% −6
- Path of Flourishing Pass the story of Path of Flourishing Most players quit here 63% −30
- Nationwide Rejuvenation Pass the story of Nationwide Rejuvenation 41% −22
- A Land Without Strife Pass the story of A Land Without Strife 33% −8
- Fated Conflicts Pass the story of Fated Conflicts 23% −10
- Before Sunset Pass the story of Before Sunset 18% −4
- Calming Waves Pass the story of Calming Waves 14% −4
- Mist Moon Pass the story of Mist Moon 12% −2
- Final Roar Pass the story of Final Roar 8% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (88)
story milestone ending side
- Clever Try Play endless mode once 100%
- Prelude to Prosperity Pass the story of Prelude to Prosperity 94%
- Path of Flourishing Pass the story of Path of Flourishing 63%
- Affluent City Highest level reach 55%
- Millionaire Income reach 10000 54%
- Recruit Talents Recruit a first-class staff member once 53%
- Bountiful Harvest Total food surpasses 10000 50%
- God of Harvest Bless by God of Harvest 49%
- Crowded Landscape Host a total of 10000 tourists in a single session 45%
- Bodhisattva Guanyin Bless by Bodhisattva Guanyin 43%
- God of Wealth Bless by God of Wealth 42%
- Nationwide Rejuvenation Pass the story of Nationwide Rejuvenation 41%
- Bodhisattva Manjushri Bless by Bodhisattva Manjushri 40%
- Thriving City Highest level reach 38%
- Diligent Try Play endless mode five times 37%
- Smiling Afterlife Bury 100 corpses 36%
- God of Wealth Bless by God of Wealth 35%
- Setting Sail Complete one maritime trade 35%
- Tree Master Cut down 5000 trees in a single game 35%
- A Land Without Strife Pass the story of A Land Without Strife 33%
- Bodhisattva Samantabhadra Bless by Bodhisattva Samantabhadra 33%
- Gold List Pass the palace examination 30%
- Prosperous City Highest level reach 24%
- Grand slam Reach 100 in four indexes simultaneously. 23%
- Fated Conflicts Pass the story of Fated Conflicts 23%
- Advocating Science Unlock all technology trees 19%
- Double Results Unlock all building bonuses 19%
- Before Sunset Pass the story of Before Sunset 18%
- Glorious Name Kill 100 enemy teams in a single game 18%
- Yan Jidao Encounter Yan Jidao 18%
- Moral Decay Burn one corpse 18%
- Bao Zheng Encounter Bao Zheng 18%
- Fan Zhongyan Encounter Fan Zhongyan 17%
- Heaven Emperor Receive blessings from the Heaven Emperor 17%
- Perfect Try Play endless mode ten times 17%
- Tathagata Buddha Receive blessings from Tathagata Buddha 17%
- Friendly with Korea Reach the highest trading level with Korea 16%
- Glorious City Highest level reach 16%
- Su Shi Encounter Su Shi 14%
- Liang Hongyu Encounter Liang Hongyu 14%
- Calming Waves Pass the story of Calming Waves 14%
- Zhou Bangyan Encounter Zhou Bangyan 14%
- Liu Yong Encounter Liu Yong 14%
- Friendly with Brunei Reach the highest trading level with Brunei 13%
- Game Over The government is demolished 13%
- Wang Anshi Encounter Wang Anshi 13%
- Mist Moon Pass the story of Mist Moon 12%
- Sima Guang Encounter Sima Guang 12%
- Friendly with Samboja Reach the highest trading level with Samboja 11%
- Jiang Kui Encounter Jiang Kui 10%
- Divine Craftsmanship Build all wonders 10%
- Zhu Xi Encounter Zhu Xi 10%
- Yu Yunwen Encounter Yu Yunwen 9.8%
- Friendly with Quilon Reach the highest trading level with Quilon 9.8%
- Friendly with Kalah Reach the highest trading level with Kalah 9.8%
- Much Resentment Grievances reaches 100 9.6%
- Tier 18 Complete Tier 18 in CareerMode 9.6%
- Thriving Song Complete all storylines 8.2%
- Final Roar Pass the story of Final Roar 8.2%
- Yu Yunwen II Encounter Yu Yunwen again 8.0%
- Ruining City Burn down 100 buildings 7.8%
- Li Xianzhong Encounter Li Xianzhong 7.6%
- Tier 17 Complete Tier 17 in CareerMode 6.5%
- Old Debtor Failure to repay debts leads to being removed from office 6.3%
- Li Shishi Encounter Li Shishi 5.3%
- Tier 16 Complete Tier 16 in CareerMode 4.9%
- Li Qingzhao II Encounter Li Qingzhao again 3.9%
- City of Wonders Collect all collectibles 3.9%
- Tier 15 Complete Tier 15 in CareerMode 3.9%
- Tier 14 Complete Tier 14 in CareerMode 3.3%
- Ouyang Xiu Encounter Ouyang Xiu 3.1%
- Tier 13 Complete Tier 13 in CareerMode 2.9%
- Tier 12 Complete Tier 12 in CareerMode 2.5%
- Li Qingzhao Encounter Li Qingzhao 2.0%
- Fan Chengda Encounter Fan Chengda 2.0%
- Tier 11 Complete Tier 11 in CareerMode 2.0%
- Tier 10 Complete Tier 10 in CareerMode 2.0%
- Tier 9 Complete Tier 9 in CareerMode 1.8%
- Keen Insight Collect all cases 1.6%
- Tier 8 Complete Tier 8 in CareerMode 1.6%
- Tier 7 Complete Tier 7 in CareerMode 1.4%
- Tier 6 Complete Tier 6 in CareerMode 1.4%
- Tier 5 Complete Tier 5 in CareerMode 1.4%
- Tier 4 Complete Tier 4 in CareerMode 1.4%
- Rebellion? Have 100 squads of soldiers simultaneously 1.2%
- Tier 3 Complete Tier 3 in CareerMode 1.2%
- Tier 2 Complete Tier 2 in CareerMode 1.2%
- Tier 1 Complete Tier 1 in CareerMode 1.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.