ActionAdventure
WILD HEARTS™
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 30% of players who started
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 47% positive of 13,090
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (85%); after 7h it's 1 in 3 (40%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 100% of games we track.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Land of the Rising Sun” and “Mountain Splitter”: from 100% to 57% of starters.
- 84% 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 13,206 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 32.5h 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 (84.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Land of the Rising Sun Successfully reached Azuma, where kemono roam free 100%
- Mountain Splitter Successfully hunted the earthbreaker that appeared along the Harugasumi Way Most players quit here 57% −43
- Bonds of Enmity Successfully hunted the deathstalker ensconced in Fuyufusagi Fort 48% −9
- Axer of Auspice Successfully downed Amaterasu following the attack on Minato 41% −7
- Reincarnation Cycle Stopper Successfully hunted the source kemono, deep inside the sacred mountain 30% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Land of the Rising Sun Successfully reached Azuma, where kemono roam free 100%
- Hidden History Successfully obtained your first document 74%
- Commencing of Quests Successfully completed your first quest for a citizen of Minato 66%
- Budding Conjuror Successfully conjured 200 basic karakuri 66%
- Man-Machine Master Successfully used a karakuri attack 100 times 59%
- Mountain Splitter Successfully hunted the earthbreaker that appeared along the Harugasumi Way 57%
- Subsistence Skills Successfully completed your first food processing 56%
- Memory Rouser Successfully awakened 20 types of karakuri 55%
- Charmed by the Hunt Successfully gathered your first talisman from the wilderness 55%
- Fusion Conjuror Successfully conjured a fusion karakuri 50 times 53%
- Kemono Hunter Successfully finished 30 kemono 51%
- Helpful Heart Successfully revived a fellow hunter online for the first time 50%
- Bonds of Enmity Successfully hunted the deathstalker ensconced in Fuyufusagi Fort 48%
- Expert Conjuror Successfully conjured 1000 basic karakuri 48%
- Distance Devourer Successfully traveled a distance of 10,000 m by karakuri 47%
- Flawless Crystal Successfully finished a kemono before it could land a single attack on you 47%
- Counter Specialist Successfully deflected 20 kemono attacks using fusion karakuri 44%
- Axer of Auspice Successfully downed Amaterasu following the attack on Minato 41%
- Master of the Skies Successfully flew 150 m with a glider 40%
- Fair Means or Foul Successfully inflicted a status ailment upon a kemono 20 times 40%
- Mighty Marmelizer Successfully finished a mighty kemono inside 5 minutes 38%
- Kemono at Heart Reach the limits of kemono-path affinity by modifying armor 35%
- Team Hunter Successfully completed 20 quests online 32%
- Karakuri Trail Successfully conjured 30 dragon karakuri along the Harugasumi Way 32%
- Single Minded Successfully finished 50 kemono with a single weapon type 31%
- Snare Specialist Successfully caught 100 creatures in the wilderness 31%
- Reincarnation Cycle Stopper Successfully hunted the source kemono, deep inside the sacred mountain 30%
- Karakuri Isle Successfully conjured 30 dragon karakuri on Natsukodachi Isle 28%
- Artful Assister Successfully provided assistance 5 times 25%
- Unrivaled in Arms Successfully obtained an extremely valuable weapon 25%
- Karakuri Minato Successfully conjured 15 dragon karakuri in Minato 24%
- Human Believer Reach the limits of human-path affinity by modifying armor 24%
- Quintessence of Form Successfully enhanced one tsukumo form to the maximum 23%
- Left Arm Leverager Successfully activated your “hunter's arm” 30 times 22%
- Canyon of Karakuri Successfully conjured 30 dragon karakuri in Akikure Canyon 21%
- Jack of All Trades Successfully obtained 90 seals from Nobumitsu 20%
- Threaded Harmony Successfully enlarged a single dragon pit as much as possible 19%
- Karakuri Fortress Successfully conjured 30 dragon karakuri at Fuyufusagi Fort 19%
- Haven Hunter Successfully opened up all possible camps 18%
- Style Seeker Successfully dyed armor for the first time 18%
- Volatile Vocation Successfully hunted your first deeply volatile kemono 15%
- Tender Touch Successfully petted a small kemono 30 times 15%
- Superlative View Successfully completed all building extensions and restorations 14%
- Bewitched by Bathing Successfully developed every different restorative bath 10%
- Big Spender Spent 30,000 on goods from the store 9.9%
- Vanquisher of the Volatile Successfully hunted a deeply volatile kemono in all areas 8.9%
- Relentless Kemono Hunter Successfully finished 300 kemono 7.9%
- Tsukumo Whisperer Successfully befriended 200 tsukumo 6.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.