The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 65% 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 60,806 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 5.8h 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 (65.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (16)
story milestone ending side
- Ending: Killed by the Cat Never turn your back on a feline predator. 100%
- Well-versed in the Three Kingdoms ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’ is the essential survival guide of the late Ming dynasty. 91%
- Careful Consideration In turbulent times, every action must be cautious and deliberate. 79%
- Ending: Killed by Soldiers Times have changed, and now heads will roll for the bounty. 78%
- Bodies of the Starved From then on, she made the world her home, seeking revenge far and wide. 73%
- Ending: Gone An abrupt 'disappearance', it was the gentlest yet cruelest payback. 70%
- Ending: Mutual Destruction In chaotic times, trust is a luxury neither found nor sought. 68%
- True Ending: Living Life Together She lives, I live, and that’s the best conclusion. 68%
- Ending: Killed by Rebel Army You used to be a bandit, then you took an arrow to the knee. 68%
- Ending: Payback Liang, watch closely, for I am your retribution. 63%
- True Ending: Together in Death With body as the sword, exterminating swine demon 63%
- Ending: Wordless Why did she utter not a single word in the end? 59%
- Ending: Flee Quickly In the final moment, you turned me into a 'hero'. 58%
- Charge ahead Just go for it without overthinking. 45%
- Upholding the virtues of men Master Liang never holds hands with a woman before marriage. 41%
- The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty Thank you for playing! 32%