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Yaoling: Mythical Journey
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 25% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 3,530
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 15h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Splitting Wood” (Defeat the School of Nature): only 79% of starters get there.
- 97% 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 3,549 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 18.6h for positive, 12.8h 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 (97.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Splitting Wood Defeat the School of Nature Most players quit here 79% −21
- Taming Beasts Defeat the School of Beasts 73% −6
- Roar of Fire Defeat the Lord of Flames 69% −4
- Hunting Prey Defeat the School of Hunt 65% −4
- Squashing Bugs Defeat the School of Insects 60% −5
- Memory of Malice Defeat the Lord of Plague 58% −2
- Bending Force Defeat the School of Force 54% −4
- Thawing Ice Defeat the School of Frost 51% −3
- Heart of Winter Defeat the Lord of Frost 48% −3
- Tempering Blades Defeat the School of Blades 45% −3
- Pounding Iron Defeat the School of Iron 43% −2
- Sweeping Maple Defeat the School of Maple 42% −2
- Muting Thunder Defeat the School of Thunder 39% −2
- Roll of Thunder Defeat the Lord of Thunder 36% −4
- Shattering Shields Defeat the School of Shields 34% −1
- Chasing Shadows Defeat the School of Shadow 31% −3
- Defying Fate Defeat the School of Prophecy 28% −3
- Conqueror of Demons Defeat the Lord of Destruction 26% −2
- A Mythical Journey Complete the main story 25% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- First Love Pick your starter 100%
- Souped Up Win your first Yaoling Keeper duel 88%
- Splitting Wood Defeat the School of Nature 79%
- Practice Makes Perfect Successfully seal 15 Yaolings 78%
- Taming Beasts Defeat the School of Beasts 73%
- Entrepreneur Invite Chu-Chu to your village 69%
- Roar of Fire Defeat the Lord of Flames 69%
- Fired Up Invite Collie to your village 68%
- Exotic! Obtain a rare colored Yaoling 68%
- Hunting Prey Defeat the School of Hunt 65%
- New Sprout Invite Holly to your village 65%
- Sparkles! Obtain a shiny Yaoling 64%
- On the Hunt Invite Yamma to your village 61%
- Squashing Bugs Defeat the School of Insects 60%
- First Lesson Invite Wu'er to your village 59%
- Memory of Malice Defeat the Lord of Plague 58%
- Mine over Matter Invite Gummy to your village 58%
- Intoxicating Invite Mrs. Fortune to your village 57%
- New Life Invite Mallet to your village 55%
- Bending Force Defeat the School of Force 54%
- In Vogue Invite Doromy to your village 53%
- Thawing Ice Defeat the School of Frost 51%
- Heart of Winter Defeat the Lord of Frost 48%
- Tempering Blades Defeat the School of Blades 45%
- Pounding Iron Defeat the School of Iron 43%
- Sweeping Maple Defeat the School of Maple 42%
- Muting Thunder Defeat the School of Thunder 39%
- Rock Solid Quarry reaches max level 39%
- Master Scribe Charm House reaches max level 38%
- Baby Booming Jade Cabin reaches max level 38%
- Bountiful Harvest Spirit Garden reaches max level 36%
- Booming Business Shop reaches max level 36%
- Roll of Thunder Defeat the Lord of Thunder 36%
- Full House Tavern reaches max level 34%
- Shattering Shields Defeat the School of Shields 34%
- Limit Breaking Training Grounds reaches max level 34%
- Chasing Shadows Defeat the School of Shadow 31%
- Master Chef Restaurant reaches max level 30%
- Defying Fate Defeat the School of Prophecy 28%
- Conqueror of Demons Defeat the Lord of Destruction 26%
- Headhunter Hunter's Cabin reaches max level 25%
- A Mythical Journey Complete the main story 25%
- Keeper Hongfu Watch the shadow play animation 11%
- Outstanding Keeper Fully evolve a Yaoling in the "Hearth Siege" gamemode 6.1%
- Pillar of Finance Fully level up the Shop 4.9%
- Overflowing Wealth Spend 10,000 gold coins in a single run in the "Hearth Siege" gamemode 4.7%
- Break of Dawn Successfully defend for 40 days 4.4%
- Shining Luck Obtain a Shiny Yaoling from "The Magician" encounter during defensive tactics 3.8%
- Big Investor Fully level up the Fortune Cat 3.5%
- Capture Fanatic Seal 50 Yaolings in the "Hearth Siege" gamemode 3.0%
- Big Spender Spend 1000 coins during a single "Tavern" encounter during defensive tactics 2.5%
- Master of Defense Reach defense level 10 2.4%
- Bitter and Sweet Successfully complete the challenge "Bitter and Sweet" 2.4%
- Endless Defense Successfully defend for 80 days 2.2%
- Uncrowned King Achieve 4000 merits in a single run 2.1%
- Cardmaster Obtain 1000 or more coins from a "Chanced Encounter" during defensive tactics 2.0%
- Overdraft Successfully complete the challenge "Overdraft" 1.8%
- Not a Dent Refresh the shop 20 times in a single day in the "Hearth Siege" gamemode 1.3%
- Financial Expert Successfully complete the challenge "Financial Expert" 1.2%
- Bread and Butter Buy out all items in the shop in the "Hearth Siege" gamemode 1.2%
- Unwavering Command Reach defense level 20 1.0%
- Inspiring Capture Successfully complete the challenge "Inspiring Capture" 0.8%
- Elitism Successfully complete the challenge "Elitism" 0.8%
- Bane of Evil Reach defense level 30 0.7%
- Cautious Choice Successfully complete the challenge "Cautious Choice" 0.7%
- Overwhelming Successfully complete the challenge "Overwhelming" 0.6%
- Spiritual Crisis Successfully complete the challenge "Spiritual Crisis" 0.6%
- Weaver of Fate Unlock all ending animations 0.6%
- Single-use Yaoling Successfully complete the challenge "Single-use Yaoling" 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.