IndieRPGSimulation
River Town Factory
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 1,361
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 15h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 88% 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 1,371 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 39.1h for positive, 24.3h 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 (88.1% 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 (35)
- Time Traveler Arrived at ancient River Town. 100%
- Mastery Study 1 martial arts book to the highest level. 66%
- Automation Start Successfully automated production of 2000 items. 59%
- T1 Completed All nodes of the T1 have been repaired. 54%
- Industrial Elite Successfully automated production of 8000 items. 49%
- Automation Giant Successfully automated production of 25000 items. 42%
- T2 Completed All nodes of the T2 have been repaired. 39%
- Pot of Gold Earn 3000g in a single shipment. 38%
- Making Progress Study 9 martial arts books to the highest level. 37%
- Production Maniac Successfully automated production of 80000 items. 32%
- Prosperous Earn 15000g in a single shipment. 29%
- T3 Completed All nodes of the T3 have been repaired. 27%
- Improving Skills Study 18 martial arts books to the highest level. 22%
- God of Machines Successfully automated production of 350000 items. 21%
- Charming Attain a 6-heart favor with 1 NPC. 21%
- T4 Completed All nodes of the T4 have been repaired. 20%
- Cash Cow Earn 80000g in a single shipment. 17%
- Intimacy Attain a 6-heart favor with 4 NPCs. 15%
- T5 Completed All nodes of the T5 have been repaired. 14%
- Dragon Boat Champion Achieve first place in the most difficult dragon boat race at the Dragon Boat Festival. 13%
- Glamorous Attain a 6-heart favor with 8 NPCs. 12%
- Town Myth Earn 240000g in a single shipment. 11%
- Grandmaster Study 27 martial arts books to the highest level. 11%
- Famous Person Attain a 6-heart favor with 12 NPCs. 9.9%
- Pitcher Expert Achieve first place in the most difficult pitching competition at the Flower Festival. 9.6%
- Culinary Master Achieve first place in the Mid-Autumn Festival culinary competition. 9.6%
- T6 Completed All nodes of the T6 have been repaired. 9.2%
- Mecha descends Unlock the Oracle Mecha through shards and summon 8.5%
- Goldmine Earn 999999g in a single shipment. 6.8%
- T7 Completed All nodes of the T7 have been repaired. 6.0%
- T8 Completed All nodes of the T8 have been repaired. 5.4%
- Unmatched Study 36 martial arts books to the highest level. 4.5%
- Oracle Envoy Meet Oracle Envoy at the ending 2.7%
- Invincible Study 42 martial arts books to the highest level. 1.9%
- Time Tourists Ancient River Town's NPCs have come to modern River Town 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.