Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 5h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Kaina”: only 68% of starters get there.
- 77% 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 3,460 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 3.8h for positive, 2.4h 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 (77.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Kaina Defeat stage 1 boss "Kaina" (any difficulty) Most players quit here 68% −32
- Kaiser Defeat stage 2 boss "Kaiser" (any difficulty) 40% −28
- Suzuka Defeat stage 3 boss "Suzuka" (any difficulty) 35% −5
- Magatsu Kaina Defeat stage 4 boss "Magatsu Kaina" (any difficulty) 30% −5
- Magatsu Suzuka Defeat stage 5 boss "Magatsu Suzuka" (any difficulty) 29% −1
- Magatsu Hino Tsurugi Defeat stage 6 boss "Magatsu Hino Tsurugi" (any difficulty) 25% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (33)
story milestone ending side
- 50 Hit Combo String 50 hits 100%
- Ten Lives Defeat 10 enemies 98%
- Divine Reach "Mitsurugi" zeal level 92%
- Gleaming Edge Perform the holy technique "Celestial Judgement" 92%
- 100 Hit Combo String 100 hits 90%
- Your Life is Mine Use Zanshin to defeat an enemy 83%
- Raging Edge Perform the holy technique "Divine Wind" 77%
- Kaina Defeat stage 1 boss "Kaina" (any difficulty) 68%
- Hundred Lives Defeat 100 enemies 62%
- Kenshi Watch the tutorial 56%
- Insight Perform a Just Guard 55%
- Prepare Yourself Use Zanshin to defeat 50 enemies 43%
- Kaiser Defeat stage 2 boss "Kaiser" (any difficulty) 40%
- Suzuka Defeat stage 3 boss "Suzuka" (any difficulty) 35%
- All Must Fall Use Zanshin to defeat 100 enemies 31%
- Magatsu Kaina Defeat stage 4 boss "Magatsu Kaina" (any difficulty) 30%
- Magatsu Suzuka Defeat stage 5 boss "Magatsu Suzuka" (any difficulty) 29%
- Mind's Eye Perform 10 Just Guards 25%
- Magatsu Hino Tsurugi Defeat stage 6 boss "Magatsu Hino Tsurugi" (any difficulty) 25%
- Toughness Max out Life Gauge 24%
- Kenkaku Clear Easy difficulty 21%
- Flash of Light Perform a Flourish 21%
- Unmatched Perform a Counter 20%
- Diligence Max out Katana Gauge 16%
- Kengo Clear Normal difficulty 14%
- Thousand Lives Defeat 1000 enemies 12%
- Untouchable Perform 10 Counters 12%
- Ultimate Light Perform 10 Flourishes 9.7%
- Provident Collect 100,000 SP 9.3%
- Ready for Anything Complete all upgrades 8.7%
- Kensei Clear Hard difficulty 7.5%
- Mitsurugi Clear Very Hard difficulty 5.2%
- Top of Her Class Clear Inferno difficulty 4.7%