KAKU: Ancient Seal

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 1,135 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 5.4h for positive, 5.7h 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 (73.9% 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 (84)

• Weird Oldman Meet Geiser. 100%
• Test the Waters Defeat 10 monsters. 95%
• Piglet Piggy Become friends with Piggy. 65%
• Sculptor First time defeat of an Ancient Guardian. 65%
• Set Sail! Complete the Floating Island quests. 61%
• Buffs to the Max Fully socket any piece of equipment with runestones. 56%
• Largest Boar First time defeat of King Boar. 48%
• Forest Wood Collect 100 wood. 41%
• Hey! These Are Not Pellets Collect 100 ores. 41%
• Wealth Beyond Measure Collect 20,000 Sacred Stones. 35%
• Big Guy, Big Mind Meet Gillet. 33%
• Professional Buyer Collect 1,000 ingredients for crafting recovery items. 31%
• Naughty Girl Meet Nomin. 31%
• Coven Meet Torya. 31%
• Culinary Discussion Meet Ululu. 31%
• Weird Plant Defeat 20 claws. 30%
• Shivering Ponpon Defeat 100 Ponpons. 29%
• Killing Spree Defeat 500 monsters. 26%
• Warm Blanket Defeat 100 snow beasts. 26%
• Geologist Collect 1,000 special ores (Blaze Ore, Azure Ironstone, and Verdant Ore). 25%
• Shine Bright Like a Diamond Collect 1,000 Divine Glory (of Sharpness, Toughness, Lightness, and Rapidity). 25%
• Stone Collector Defeat 100 elemental guards. 25%
• Wild Boar Nemesis Defeat 100 wild boars. 25%
• Swift Reflexes Clear any 3-star ruin within 3 minutes. 24%
• Dragon Slayer Defeat 100 lopdragons. 22%
• Whirling Sands Complete the Dragonbone Desert quests. 18%
• Mighty Claws First time defeat of Dustbadger. 18%
• Pollution Source Purified First time defeat of King Salamander. 18%
• Battle... yes! Defeat 2,000 monsters. 17%
• I'm the King of Bugs! First time defeat of King Desert Fang. 17%
• Into the Deep Sea First time defeat of Firmament. 17%
• Bear Hunter First time defeat of Armor Bear. 17%
• Blue Seas, Clear Skies Complete the Misty Swamps quests. 17%
• One Against Two First time defeat of Giant Antler and Windbell. 16%
• Master Equestrian First time defeat of Flaming Beast. 16%
• No-Fly Zone First time defeat of Hippogriff. 16%
• Biting Gust Complete the Howling Snowfield quests. 15%
• Deep Mountains Complete the Flame Mountains quests. 15%
• Great Harvest Defeat 100 cannibal fruits. 13%
• Kiai! Hit 6 enemies at once with a single [Charged Blow].. 12%
• Just Can't Stop Continue [Continuous Slicing] for over 30 seconds. 12%
• Dip a Toe Clear all 1-star underground ruins. 11%
• Spinning Top Keep spinning for over 30 seconds continuously with [Whirlwind Strike]. 11%
• Ponpon Warrior Defeat an elite patrol enemy on each of the four Elemental Continents. 11%
• Impressive Defeat any boss without using any consumables. 10%
• Beginner Chef Make 300 recovery items. 9.9%
• Forged in Fire Clear all 2-star underground ruins. 9.9%
• Chinese Giant Salamander Defeat 100 salamanders. 9.6%
• Unsteady Ground Hit 100 enemies with [Seismic Strike]. 9.2%
• Carpet Factory Defeat 100 monbears. 9.1%
• CCCV Consecutively replicate Dimension Slash 10 times or more with [Speed Stab]. 9.1%
• Rubbing Hands Obtain 300 elemental pellets. 8.9%
• Critical Art! Accumulate 100 uses of Ultimates (Ultimate Ability - Flame Flurry, Ultimate Ability - Stonebreaker, Ultimate Ability - Cluster Burst, Awakening) 8.9%
• Twisting Dodges Accumulate 100 shield generations with the [Spiral Strike] and [Lethal Counterattack]. 8.7%
• COUNTER!! Trigger [Lethal Counterattack] 50 times. 7.8%
• Killer of Killers Defeat 100 harpetids. 7.6%
• Treasure Hunter Open 10 golden treasure chests in the wild. 7.3%
• Precision Strike Strike a total of 200 enemies with [Arrow Rain]. 7.0%
• Swim in Poison Defeat the Salamander King without breaking any eggs. 6.9%
• Everyone Down Hit 100 enemies with [Aerial Strike]. 6.6%
• Chorus of Frogs Defeat 100 bone frogs. 6.4%
• Cat's Job Defeat 100 needle rats. 6.4%
• Deer Hunter X Defeat 100 does. 5.3%
• Quick Cut Defeat the Armor Bear without breaking any beehives. 5.1%
• Deer Hunter Y Defeat 100 stags. 5.1%
• Sky of Feathers Defeat 100 vilobirds. 5.1%
• Perfect Finale Finish off any boss with a [Lethal Counterattack]. 5.0%
• Ponpon Captain Defeat 100 Ponpon leaders. 5.0%
• Armor Piercer Defeat 100 giant beetles. 4.9%
• BOOM! Trigger 100 magical explosions with [Dodge Powerup]. 4.6%
• Godlike Power Defeat 1,000 monsters in Awaken state. 4.5%
• Is It Over? Defeat Baruch. 4.3%
• Bookworm Find all Ponpon Books. 3.7%
• Precision Shooter Defeat 100 flying insects. 2.8%
• Close Call Clear all 3-star underground ruins. 2.2%
• Shooting the Stars Collect all slingshots. 1.9%
• Leave None Behind Open all chests in underground ruins. 1.9%
• Ultimate Defense Collect all armblades. 1.6%
• OOTD Collect all clothing. 1.5%
• Blade in Hand Collect all weapons. 1.5%
• Gleam Collector Find all pieces of the Blank Stele. 1.2%
• Hat Trick Collect all headgear. 1.1%
• Tiny Stones, Great Power Acquire all types of runestones. 1.1%
• Kaku! Complete all achievements. 1.1%