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Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 24% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 776
What the data shows
- 69% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 5+ hours (69%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 24% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 783 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.3h for positive, 3.1h 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 (24% 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 (43)
- Talent Scout Adding a created character to your pool 100%
- Fast learner Finish and win the tutorial 95%
- Trickster you used a cheat code! 47%
- First victory You achieved victory in a non tutorial scenario 38%
- We are family Counting 7 characters in your active roster 24%
- Telegraphist Issuing a circular telegram 18%
- Climbing the Dragon Gate One of your character starts a turn with 5000 Face points 18%
- Generalissimo Achieve a total victory 13%
- Retire in style Having a character leave the game to live a comfy retirement 7.9%
- Railroad Tycoon Having 5 Armored trains in your faction 4.6%
- Hunan Red Base Winning the 1927 Red Bases scenario as the Hunan Communists group 3.8%
- The Last Emperor Having Pu Yi in your character roster 3.8%
- Man's Fate Scoring a victory as the Communists in the Shanghai Uprising scenario 2.9%
- Silk Road Controlling 17 oasis towns 2.9%
- Tigers Tamer You won the "Taming the Tigers" scenario. 2.9%
- Guangdong Red Base Winning the 1927 Red Bases scenario as the Guangdong Communists group 2.1%
- Jade Marshal Winning a game as Wu Peifu at difficulty Elite or above 2.1%
- Jiangxi Red Base Winning the 1927 Red Bases scenario as the Jiangxi Communists group 2.1%
- Mad Baron Scoring a victory at elite or above difficulty level, playing as Ungern 2.1%
- 3 Prosperities Company Winning the Shanghai Uprising scenario as the Green Gang 2.1%
- Comeback in style Control all of Shandong as Zhang Zongchang in the "Taming the Tigers" scenario 1.7%
- Hubei Red Base Winning the 1927 Red Bases scenario as the Hubei Communists group 1.7%
- Black Lama Scoring a total victory as the Ja Lama 1.2%
- Caravan raider Plundering 100 caravans 1.2%
- CER reclaimed! You reclaimed the Chinese Eastern Railway as Zhang Xueliang and were able to force the Soviets to recognize it. 1.2%
- China United! You united China as the CCP: you controlled all provinces in China or are allied to their owners. 1.2%
- Christian General Scoring a victory as the Guominjun, at Elite difficulty level or higher 1.2%
- Great Ataman Scoring a victory at elite or above difficulty level, playing as the Orenburg Cossacks 1.2%
- Heavenly Kingdom Scoring a total victory with a secret peasant society faction 1.2%
- Incarnated Buddha Scoring a total victory as Tibet 1.2%
- Last Prince of Hami Scoring a Total Victory as the KumulKhanate at Generalissimo difficulty level 1.2%
- Lunatic Khan Scoring a Total Victory as Ungern at Generalissimo difficulty level 1.2%
- It's for medical purpose! Encourage opium cultivation in over 50 districts. 1.2%
- Never ending party Having 3 playboy characters in your active roster 1.2%
- Qing Style Governor Scoring a victory as Yang Zengxin 1.2%
- Radio Days You have at least 25 Radio Towers 1.2%
- China United around Fengtian! Playing as the Fengtian Clique, you controlled all provinces in China or were allied to their owners. 0.8%
- China United by the Guomindang All provinces in China belongs to the GMD or are allied to it 0.8%
- Zhili Unified China! As the Zhili faction, you controlled all provinces in China, or are allied to their owners. 0.8%
- Federal China As Chen Jiongming, you controlled all provinces in China or are allied to their owners. 0.8%
- Hong Kong Striker You won the Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario both as the GMD and the CCP 0.8%
- Red Roads As the Communist Party, you set up Red Roads in Jiangxi, Hubei, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi 0.8%
- United Front You won the United Front scenario both as the GMD and the CCP 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.