ActionAdventureRPG
Sword and Fairy 7
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 42% of players who started
Started playing 74% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 19,249
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 35h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Power of Protoss” (Defeat Kuiyu) and “Fire Master” (Defeat Hualiu): from 92% to 67% of starters.
- 74% 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 19,382 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 25.2h for positive, 19.9h 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 (73.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Karma Is Here Defeat Xiqu 97% −3
- Power of Protoss Defeat Kuiyu 92% −6
- Fire Master Defeat Hualiu Most players quit here 67% −25
- Executioner Defeat Chiru 62% −4
- Zero-Sum Game Defeat Kuiyu for the second time 59% −3
- Reunion Save Mo Nian's soul 56% −3
- Demon Lord Pass the challenge of Chonglou 52% −4
- Destiny Master Beat Puppet Mirror and Sword 47% −4
- 9+1=0? Defeat Jiuying 45% −2
- Crazy to Survive Defeat Aoxu 44% −2
- Paean Of Sword All stages clear 42% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (54)
story milestone ending side
- Not bad Make dishes for the first time 100%
- Karma Is Here Defeat Xiqu 97%
- Close Partner Adjust the attributes of spirit beast for the first time 93%
- Power of Protoss Defeat Kuiyu 92%
- Best Weapon Enhance a weapon to the top level 84%
- Thanks For Your Test Defeat the Spirit Ice Beast 80%
- Fire Master Defeat Hualiu 67%
- Executioner Defeat Chiru 62%
- Zero-Sum Game Defeat Kuiyu for the second time 59%
- Exercise Successfully clear one jumping game 58%
- Reunion Save Mo Nian's soul 56%
- Pass The Test Defeat the Spring Sentry of Duzhang 55%
- Follow My Lead Defeat the Spirit Fire Beast 53%
- Demon Lord Pass the challenge of Chonglou 52%
- You Are So Nice Complete any 20 branch tasks 51%
- Spirit Beast Master All spirit beasts are upgraded to full level 50%
- Destiny Master Beat Puppet Mirror and Sword 47%
- Dragon Down Defeat strengthened Meng Zhang 46%
- Invincible Learn all abilities 46%
- 9+1=0? Defeat Jiuying 45%
- Bring Justice Defeat the Puppets without being executed 44%
- I'll Protect You Successfully save Ziqiu 44%
- Crazy to Survive Defeat Aoxu 44%
- Paean Of Sword All stages clear 42%
- Master Blacksmith Enhance for 20 times 39%
- No One's Left Behind Collect all spirit beasts 39%
- Monster Hunter Destroy all elite monsters 38%
- Immortality Archive 70% 28%
- Bullfighter Successfully induce Xiqu to hit the stone wall and get stuck 21%
- Music Inheritor Complete the branch task of "Music Inheritor" 21%
- Thunder's Breath Learned Boltdash 17%
- Wine God's Here Summon the Wine God 17%
- Super Cook Make 10 dishes 14%
- God of Gamblers Successfully pass the mid-level challenge from all NPCs in the card game. 14%
- Nice Team Use all combos 13%
- Rekindled Hope Completed the Main Story Quest: Mystifying Memories 12%
- Best Listener Listen to a complete storytelling in Lulong Town 11%
- Earth's Breath Learned Earthbinding 11%
- Wind's Breath Learned Windglide 10%
- Divinity from Divine Fruit Completed the Main Story Quest: Clues Within a Dream 9.4%
- Fire's Breath Learned Flameburst. 9.1%
- Water's Breath Learned Glaciate 9.1%
- Inheriting Legacy Completed the Mingshu Cultivation Trials. 8.8%
- Reawakening Defeated the Illusory Space's nightmare. 8.8%
- Life is a Fleeting Dream Completed Sword and Fairy - Life is a Fleeting Dream 8.7%
- Gourmet Have dishes for 30 times 7.9%
- Not A Legend Summon all Gods 7.6%
- Thunder Spirit Collected all Condensed Spirits in Spirit Realm: Thunder. 4.2%
- Fire Spirit Collected all Condensed Spirits in Spirit Realm: Fire. 3.7%
- Water Spirit Collected all Condensed Spirits in Spirit Realm: Water. 3.5%
- Earth Spirit Collected all Condensed Spirits in Spirit Realm: Earth. 3.5%
- Wind Spirit Collected all Condensed Spirits in Spirit Realm: Wind. 3.4%
- The Depths of Memory Collected all memory fragments in Mystifying Memories 2.4%
- None Left Behind Collected all memory fragments in Mystifying Memories and Clues Within a Dream 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.