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Midnight Ramen
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 421
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 5h it's 1 in 105 (1%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 89% 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 428 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 2.8h 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 (88.9% 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 (20)
- Open For Business Begin playing the First Night. 100%
- Best Service Get five Highly Satisfied customer ratings in one night. 93%
- It's Not That Spicy Add chili powder to the ramen order of a customer who's afraid of spicy food. 60%
- Hunter Understand the responsibilities of a Hunter. 57%
- Chashu... My Favorite Serve a bowl of ramen with three portions of pan-fried chashu on top. 55%
- Experienced Chef Cook more than twenty bowls of ramen. 54%
- Judge Meet Mitras. 47%
- Homura's Ramen Create a new ramen recipe. 46%
- Finish Your Meal Complete the Last Night. 46%
- Practice Makes Perfect Complete one order that includes a ramen dish within 20 seconds. 37%
- Nemar Completely misunderstand a customer's ramen order. 34%
- A New Way of Eating Add potstickers as a ramen topping. 33%
- Memories of Home Surprise Zoey with the ramen broth. 31%
- Sparkling, But Not Soda Get Adora drunk. 31%
- You're Back! Find a way to help Blaze come back. 30%
- Hell Within Hell Add chili powder to a Hellfire Ramen more than 5 times. 25%
- Overcooked Boil noodles for too long. 18%
- Firm and Soft Serve the same customer noodles of 3 different firmness levels in one night. 16%
- Not Old Enough Mistakenly serve alcohol to a living minor. 15%
- Guide Get all other achievements. 13%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.