Way of the Samurai 3
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Ending” (Completed the game): only 35% 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 935 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 9h for positive, 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 (76.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Ending Completed the game. Most players quit here 35% −65
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Killer First time killing an enemy. 100%
- First Time Learned a skill for the first time. 88%
- Payday Completed a job successfully. 76%
- Blunt Attack Defeated an opponent with a Blunt Attack. 71%
- Samurai Leader Total Samurai Points exceeded 200 points. 53%
- Forged Weapon Forged a weapon for the first time. 45%
- Extra Sword Safe Obtained an extra Sword Safe. 44%
- Weapon Collector Obtained 10 different weapons. 42%
- Weapon Destroyer Broke an opponent's weapon. 40%
- Ending Completed the game. 35%
- Relationship Obtained a partner. 32%
- Skill Collector Learned a total of 10 skills. 31%
- Weapon Forger Created a weapon. 29%
- Weak Samurai Cleared the game in Easy difficulty. 27%
- Head Collector Obtained all Heads. 26%
- Samurai Hero Total Samurai Points exceeded 2000 points. 26%
- Amana Native Played more than 10 hours. 23%
- Assassin Defeated Shuzen Fujimori. 22%
- Bushido Defeated Sensei at the Dojo. 21%
- Title Collector Obtained 5 titles. 21%
- Skilled Samurai Cleared the game in Normal difficulty. 19%
- Outfit Collector Obtained all Outfits. 17%
- Weapon Master Mastered all skills for a weapon. 16%
- Legendary Samurai Total Samurai Points exceeded 10000 points. 14%
- Job Seeker Completed 50 jobs successfully. 13%
- Power of 10 Achieved 10 Chain Kills. 11%
- Five Stories Completed and discovered 5 Endings. 9.9%
- Victory Completed and discovered the True Ending. 7.8%
- Samurai Master Cleared the game in Hard difficulty. 7.5%
- Weapon Arsenal Obtained 50 different weapons. 7.2%
- Zero Kill Killed an enemy using a weapon with zero durability. 6.4%
- Dual Sword Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Dual Sword Stance. 6.0%
- Bare Hands Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Bare Hands Stance. 5.7%
- Samurai 4EvR! Cleared game with more than 120% Samurai Rating. 4.9%
- Ninja Dual Sword Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Ninja Dual Sword Stance. 4.9%
- Samurai Slayer Cleared the game in Instant Kill difficulty. 4.7%
- Master of Skills Learned a total of 100 skills. 4.4%
- Zero Blunt Attack Defeated an enemy with Blunt Attack using a weapon with zero durability. 3.9%
- Weapon Specialist Mastered all skills for thirty weapons. 2.1%
- Way of The Samurai Completed and discovered all Endings. 1.6%
- Power of 100 Achieved 100 Chain Kills. 1.6%
- Title Master Obtained 20 titles. 1.6%
- Draw Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Draw Stance. 1.4%
- Single Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Single Stance. 1.3%
- Upper Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Upper Stance. 1.2%
- Middle Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Middle Stance. 1.2%
- Lower Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Lower Stance. 1.2%
- Side Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Side Stance. 1.2%
- Spear Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Spear Stance. 1.2%
- Ninja Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Ninja Stance. 1.2%
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