AdventureIndieRPG
The Scourge | Tai Ương
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 1,345
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 90% 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 1,359 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.5h for positive, 5.3h 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 (90.5% 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 (12)
- Lucid Dreamers Just entered the realms of dreams. 100%
- Ritual The scourge has just begun. 85%
- Bug Detected You just met the huge shaman cockroach. 63%
- The Feast Convenience is a bitter poison. You feasted on the light of your kin for an easy path, leaving her heart to wither in the eternal shadows. 21%
- The Void A freedom bought in darkness. You shattered the constellations to escape the dream, leaving behind a silence where her laughter once lived. 20%
- No Hurry Haste is but a fleeting shadow. You moved with measured intent 18%
- The Lotus Where guilt sinks deep, a sister's love blooms. From the mud of sacrifice, you are pulled home by the very soul you sought to save. 17%
- Fragile Memories A smile frozen in time, drifting through the wreckage of a forgotten journey 16%
- The Burden of Mercy In the murky depths of memory, you chose to face the predators alone. You carried his image with grace, refusing to let the shadows consume the man he once was. 5.9%
- Echoes Under the Banyan Time stands still as hope takes root. In the presence of the ancient wood 4.3%
- Pro player You got a score of 100 in the retro racing game. 2.4%
- The Silent Archivist Every ink stain tells a story, and you've heard them all. No secret remains in the shadows. 0.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.