Chinese Paladin：Sword and Fairy
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (64%); after 10h it's almost 1 in 2 (41%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- At least 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The wonder of the Fairy island” (Peep Linger take a bath): only 72% of starters get there.
- 95% 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 2,659 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 14.9h for positive, 8.6h 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 (95.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The wonder of the Fairy island Peep Linger take a bath Most players quit here 73% −27
- Unruly girl pampered rich girl Win the martial contest for finding the bride 63% −10
- Red ghost pool Beat the Red ghost king 50% −13
- Charm still exist Beat the female burglar 44% −6
- Flying butterfly Caiyi escape the fight 42% −2
- Out of Inferno Lock demon tower collapse 39% −2
- Such as flower Miao's naughty girl Encounter Anu in Divine tree forest 37% −2
- Dreamlike Back from decade ago 35% −3
- Nightmare come true Beat the Rakshasa ghost woman 34%
- Ambition destroyed Beat the last boss 24% −10
- One day fully display my talent Complete normal end ≥17% −7
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- The first win The first win 100%
- Fight victory 10 times Fight victory 10 times 94%
- The wonder of the Fairy island Peep Linger take a bath 73%
- Fight victory 50 times Fight victory 50 times 71%
- Level 10 Level 10 64%
- Fight victory 100 times Fight victory 100 times 63%
- Unruly girl pampered rich girl Win the martial contest for finding the bride 63%
- Wealth Entry Has more than 10,000 of the wealth 62%
- Level 20 Level 20 52%
- Red ghost pool Beat the Red ghost king 50%
- Level 30 Level 30 46%
- Fight victory 500 times Fight victory 500 times 44%
- Charm still exist Beat the female burglar 44%
- Well-off Wealth Has more than 100,000 of the wealth 43%
- Level 40 Level 40 42%
- Flying butterfly Caiyi escape the fight 42%
- Out of Inferno Lock demon tower collapse 39%
- Level 50 Level 50 38%
- Such as flower Miao's naughty girl Encounter Anu in Divine tree forest 37%
- Dreamlike Back from decade ago 35%
- Nightmare come true Beat the Rakshasa ghost woman 34%
- Level 60 Level 60 33%
- Invincible Fight victory 1000 times 28%
- Ambition destroyed Beat the last boss 24%
- One day fully display my talent Complete normal end 17%
- The most powerful force level 99 17%
- Wealth Has more than 1,000,000 of the wealth 14%
- Wealthier Has more than 5,000,000 of the wealth 10%
- Continue the predestined love in next life Complete Linger end 7.2%
- Vast wealth Has more than 10,000,000 of the wealth 7.0%
- See her in dream tonight Complete Yueru end 5.3%
- Shilipo Sword God It's real legend. 4.4%