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Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 994
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (13%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 87% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 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 1,005 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 9.7h for positive, 6.5h 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 (77.4% 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 (33)
- Dusk Cleared the opening 100%
- Tour Walked 1000 steps 91%
- Sundown Cleared Chapter 1 85%
- Evening Cleared Chapter 2 69%
- Nighttime Cleared Chapter 3 60%
- 20 Suffered a Game Over a total of 20 times 58%
- Midnight Cleared Chapter 4 54%
- Guardian Deity of the Traveler Made an offering to Jizo Statues a total of 20 times 52%
- Moonless Night Cleared Chapter 5 51%
- Witching Hour Cleared Chapter 6 48%
- 50 Suffered a Game Over a total of 50 times 46%
- Late Night Cleared Chapter 7 46%
- Concealment Hid a total of 50 times 46%
- Bulletin Board Read 5 different bulletin boards 45%
- Dark Night Cleared Chapter 8 45%
- Dead of Night Cleared Chapter 9 44%
- Torn Asunder Overcame malice 43%
- Dawn Cleared all Chapters 43%
- Spoils of War Picked up a trophy 41%
- Electric Light Defeated five or more mist apparitions (ectoplasms) 37%
- 80 Suffered a Game Over a total of 80 times 31%
- Sidetracked Kicked the can a total of 10 times 29%
- Dog Walked a dog for a total of 10 minutes 23%
- The Crow Encountered the ghost crow 18%
- Clear Picked up something transparent 12%
- Supplies Collected all usable items 12%
- Treasure Hunt Opened Garbage Bags a total of 20 times 11%
- Searchers Completed the puzzle 10%
- Paper Planes Flew the paper airplane a total of 30 times 9.7%
- Lucky Charm Gathered all lucky charms 9.6%
- Hoarding Decorated your Home 8.8%
- Memories Completed your collection 8.5%
- Cat Pet a total of 10 cats 7.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.