RPG
Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Scar of Sky
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 31% of players who started
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 2,678
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Snow on Moon River” (Beat the "River God"): only 76% of starters get there.
- 93% 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 2,696 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 20.5h for positive, 26.6h 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 (92.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Snow on Moon River Beat the "River God" Most players quit here 76% −24
- Pretty Girl in Red Beat the Evil General 71% −5
- The Massacre Beat Yang Shuo 56% −15
- The Eternal Youth Beat the King Black Loong 51% −6
- The Peach of Wonderland Get the fairy peach 48% −3
- The Three of Us Experience a special time with Xiaoxue and Yu'er on the back of a whale. 47% −1
- The Demon pupil Premier Engage a combat with Yuwen Tuo 40% −7
- Betrayal Beat Han Teng 37% −3
- The Dawn of Light Talk with Li Shimin 37% −1
- Princess of the Empire Beat the Evil Godess 31% −6
- The Scar of Sky Beat the Final Boss 31%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- First Blood The first win 100%
- Absorbing Monsters! Absorbing 1 Monster. 77%
- The Snow on Moon River Beat the "River God" 76%
- Pretty Girl in Red Beat the Evil General 71%
- Hey, I know you! The resolution of 1 Specie in Creature Catalogue reaches 100. 68%
- 50 Victories 50 Victories 68%
- Level 10 Chen Jingchou is Level 10 65%
- Dinner Time Feed Fugui once. 65%
- 100 Victories 100 Victories 60%
- The Massacre Beat Yang Shuo 56%
- Level 20 Chen Jingchou is Level 20 55%
- Fusion Successfully Fusion successed once. 52%
- The Eternal Youth Beat the King Black Loong 51%
- Level 30 Chen Jingchou is Level 30 49%
- The Peach of Wonderland Get the fairy peach 48%
- The Three of Us Experience a special time with Xiaoxue and Yu'er on the back of a whale. 47%
- Domo Studio Claims Settlement 44%
- Get in My Pot Absorb 30 Monsters. 43%
- Level 40 Chen Jingchou is Level 40 43%
- 300 Victories 300 Victories 42%
- The Demon pupil Premier Engage a combat with Yuwen Tuo 40%
- Surprise! Refined 1 object with a level exceeding the protagonist's level 3 or higher 38%
- Betrayal Beat Han Teng 37%
- The Dawn of Light Talk with Li Shimin 37%
- Level 50 Chen Jingchou is Level 50 34%
- A Big Stomach Feed Fugui 20 times. 33%
- Princess of the Empire Beat the Evil Godess 31%
- Ribbit! Ribbit! Riiiiiibbit! Fusion failed once. 31%
- The Scar of Sky Beat the Final Boss 31%
- See You, Suckers! Flee from a combat successfully 10 times. 30%
- Hold the Universe in My Hand Absorb 100 Monsters. 25%
- Bachelor The resolution of 20 Specie in Creature Catalogue reaches 100. 20%
- Learn Something Make Fugui learn 3 skills from enemies. 19%
- Big Stomach King Feed Fugui 50 times. 19%
- Taotie Beat Taotie 18%
- Sometimes We Win, Sometimes We Run Flee from a combat successfully 50 times. 18%
- A Song of the Best Friend Xiaoxue End is completed 17%
- Snow-glow Get the Snow-glow 17%
- The Fairy Couple Yu'er End is completed 17%
- Wiredos and Their Wired Quests Complete All the Domo Studio Side Quests 17%
- Loong-Tooth Ruby Get the Loong-Tooth Ruby 16%
- Taowu Beat Taowu 15%
- The Most Powerful Force All characters' level 60 13%
- Hundun Beat Hundun 13%
- All Good Things Refined 10 object with a level exceeding the protagonist's level 3 or higher 13%
- Racing Champion Flee from a combat successfully 100 times. 12%
- Fugui Master The comprehension of any Fugui reaches 100 11%
- 1000 Victories 1000 Victories 11%
- All Magic Weapons Reserved Collected All Magic Weapons 9.9%
- Master The resolution of 50 Specie in Creature Catalogue reaches 100. 9.1%
- A Hundred Tricks Fusion 100 times. 8.1%
- Little Pot, Super Hot Refined 50 object with a level exceeding the protagonist's level 3 or higher 7.3%
- Now I've Seen Everything The resolution of 100 Specie in Creature Catalogue reaches 100. 6.7%
- Just Can't Forget it All Ends are Completed 6.6%
- This Guy is the Real Thing Fugui causes 3000 damage or more when hit a enemy. 6.4%
- Frogs Protection League Flee from the combats with Frogs 10 times, and killed no more than 10 frogs in total. 6.0%
- Fugui Grand Master The comprehension of All Fugui reaches 100 5.9%
- Magic Weapon Master Collected all Magic Weapons and all reach level Max 5.4%
- Claims Settlement Get insurance claims from Baoshi Insurance. 5.3%
- DOMO Platinum Trophy Get all achievements. Awarded by DOMO Studio. A symbol of players who has mastered the game. 4.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.