Kunoichi Botan

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 576 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 3.3h for positive, 1.9h 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 (78.9% 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 (30)

• Mission Start! Began your infiltration of the merchant's estate. 100%
• You HAD to Do This the Hard Way! Defeated a guard in combat. 98%
• Ninja Recruit Assassinated three guards. 86%
• What's Yours Is Mine Found and looted five chests. 83%
• Kikyou Warned You... Met your end at the hands of a half-oni. 72%
• Nature's Call? Sneaked past some guards thanks to some fortunate timing. 71%
• Path of Least Resistance Not every problem has to be solved with violence... 67%
• Kaede's Fate Discovered what's become of Kaede as Yasuzu. 60%
• Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword Met your end at the hands of one of the merchant's guards. 59%
• Botan's Revenge Drank the Demonic Dream and escaped from your confinement with the help of Yasuzu. 56%
• Not so Tough Now, Are You? Defeated a half-oni in combat. 54%
• Mission Complete... Defeated the merchant and saw the ending. 50%
• A Novel Idea The execution left something to be desired, though. 47%
• Formidable Kunoichi Assassinated 20 guards. 43%
• Preparation Is Everything And you were not prepared! 39%
• Memory Problems You should've watched more carefully! 39%
• Square Peg, Round Hole Maybe Botan should cut back on the pickled seaweed... 38%
• Never Go Full Oni Unless it helps you win, apparently. Then maybe go full oni! 34%
• You Had ONE Job Step one of being a master kunoichi is not falling for stupid tricks. 33%
• Oni Slayer Defeated 10 half-oni in combat. 28%
• Who's the Master Now? Beat the swordmaster in one-on-one combat. 27%
• Tag Master Successfully escaped from the half-oni as Yasuzu without being caught once. 26%
• Like Master, Like Student Failed to outrun the half-oni as Yasuzu. 26%
• A Device Most Devious The key is in the timing. 25%
• So Much for Second Chances Met your end at the hands of a guard or half-oni despite having been powered up by the Demonic Dream. 21%
• Every Dog Has Its Day Unfortunately, today wasn't yours. 19%
• Playing Dirty 1v1 me, scrubs! 15%
• Master Assassin Assassinated all 45 human guards. 3.0%
• Tactical Espionage Action Successfully sneaked past all 45 guards without assassinating or fully alerting any of them once. (Doesn't include half-oni.) 2.8%
• I Prefer the Term "Treasure Hunter"! Found and looted all 52 chests. 2.8%