Way of the Samurai 4

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,106 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 16.8h for positive, 0.8h 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 (82.2% 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 (50)

• First Kill Killed an enemy for the first time. 100%
• Cherry Move Mastered a new move for the first time. 93%
• Labor Union Successfully completed a job mission for the first time. 68%
• While It’s Hot Strengthened own weapon for the first time. 64%
• Midnight Meeting Made a night crawling appointment. 51%
• Normal Ending Played through to the ending. 48%
• Happy Pains Survived the torture game. 47%
• First Disciple Enlisted a new disciple for the first time. 42%
• My Weapon My Way Forged an original weapon. 42%
• King of the Night Succeeded in a night crawling mission. 40%
• Dojima’s Redemption Changed Dojima’s destiny. 39%
• Bested Challenger Defeated a dojo challenger. 36%
• You Look Familiar Defeated your character from a previous playthrough. 30%
• Fish On Caught a fish for the first time. 27%
• Sensei’s Destiny Changed Sensei’s destiny. 26%
• Swift Killer Completed 100 combo strikes. 20%
• Hardened Samurai Finished the game in hard mode. 18%
• Happy Ending Watched the “Light of Hope” ending. 15%
• Skillful Acquired 9,999 skill points. 15%
• Alchemist Melted 100 weapons total. 14%
• Lucky Streak Won 10 times at gambling. 11%
• My Very Own Style Created a new fighting style. 9.4%
• Artist Acquired 50 styles, not including My Style. 8.3%
• Master Samurai Finished the game in harakiri mode. 8.3%
• 10,000 Pts Samurai Acquired 10,000 samurai points. 8.0%
• 100th Move Mastered 100 moves total. 7.9%
• Worker Bee Successfully completed 100 job missions. 7.8%
• Eight Samurai Successfully completed the final job mission. 6.8%
• Undying Style Mastered the Tokyu fighting style. 4.3%
• Iai Master Learned all moves associated with the quick-draw style. 2.6%
• Weapon Breaker Destroyed 10 enemy weapons. 2.4%
• Hand-to-Hand Master Learned all moves associated with hand-to-hand combat. 2.3%
• Fishing Legend Caught the legendary fish. 2.3%
• Jo-dan Master Learned all moves associated with the high-ready position. 2.2%
• Gunslinger Learned all moves associated with the gun wielding style. 2.2%
• Collector Acquired 100 different weapons. 2.1%
• Chu-dan Master Learned all moves associated with the mid-ready position. 2.1%
• Ge-dan Master Learned all moves associated with the low-ready position. 2.1%
• One-Handed Master Learned all moves associated with the one-handed ready position. 2.1%
• Waki Master Learned all moves associated with the side ready position. 2.1%
• Shinobi Master Learned all moves associated with the shinobi style. 2.1%
• Dual Arms Master Learned all moves associated with the dual arms style. 2.1%
• Spear Master Learned all moves associated with the spear style. 1.9%
• Shinobi Dual Arms Master Learned all moves associated with the shinobi dual arms style. 1.9%
• Fashionista Unlocked all fashion items. 1.8%
• Title King Acquired all titles. 1.5%
• Foodie Ate all the food from restaurants and food vendors. 1.3%
• Great Angler Caught a total of 100 fish. 1.3%
• Platinum Achievement Acquired all achievements. 0.7%
• 100 Girls and Runnin’ Successfully completed 100 night crawling appointments. 0.7%