Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Into the Woods” (Discover the Forest) and “Spirit Guide” (Defeat Corrupted Taro): from 70% to 43% of starters.
- 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 17,833 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 16.1h for positive, 6.5h 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 (93.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Found a Friend Find the first Rot. 100%
- Haikyo Discover the Village. 82% −18
- Into the Woods Discover the Forest. 70% −12
- Spirit Guide Defeat Corrupted Taro. Most players quit here 43% −27
- The Open Range Discover the Farm. 38% −5
- A Heavy Hammer Defeat the Corrupted Woodsmith. 31% −6
- A Leader Walks Alone Defeat Corrupted Toshi. 26% −5
- The Lonely Path Reach the Mountain Shrine. 26%
- Restore Balance Defeat the Corrupted Rot God. 26% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (41)
story milestone ending side
- Found a Friend Find the first Rot. 100%
- Haikyo Discover the Village. 82%
- Good as New Restore a Flower Shrine. 74%
- Into the Woods Discover the Forest. 70%
- Rot Commander Use 5 Rot Actions in a single combat. 61%
- Hunter in the Forest Learn the Bow Ability. 60%
- Taro's Fear Find Taro's Knife Relic. 56%
- Between the Eyes Destroy a Shield Sticks without breaking its shield. 50%
- Taro's Love Find Taro's Food Offering Relic. 46%
- Taro's Regret Find Taro's Lantern Relic. 44%
- Spirit Guide Defeat Corrupted Taro. 43%
- Harness Your Power Learn the Bomb Ability. 39%
- The Open Range Discover the Farm. 38%
- Adira's Love Find Adira's Ox Relic. 35%
- Weigh Them Down Destroy a Moth enemy with a Bomb. 34%
- Adira's Fear Find Adira's Hammer Relic. 33%
- Adira's Regret Find Adira's Village Heart Relic. 32%
- A Heavy Hammer Defeat the Corrupted Woodsmith. 31%
- Quick Draw Hit 3 critical hit spots in 3 seconds. 31%
- Crossing Over Learn the Dash Ability. 30%
- Toshi's Fear Find Toshi's Incense Relic. 28%
- Toshi's Love Find Toshi's Village Crest Relic. 28%
- Toshi's Regret Find Toshi's Harpoon Relic. 27%
- A Leader Walks Alone Defeat Corrupted Toshi. 26%
- The Lonely Path Reach the Mountain Shrine. 26%
- Restore Balance Defeat the Corrupted Rot God. 26%
- Bow Master Hit 3 enemies with a single Multi-shot. 25%
- Say Cheese Capture a picture in Photo Mode. 19%
- Piercing Blow Hit 3 Enemies with a single Rot Infused Arrow. 15%
- Zen Master Meditate at all Meditation Spots. 11%
- The Last Stop Deliver all Spirit Mail. 10%
- Curse Collector Open all Cursed Chests. 9.9%
- Hat Collector Collect 50 Rot Hats. 8.7%
- Restoration Master Restore all of the Flower Shrines. 7.5%
- No Stone Unturned Find all of the Rot. 7.1%
- Skillful Spirit Guide Unlock all ability upgrades. 6.3%
- Sharpshooter Destroy an enemy by shooting a Bomb out of the air. 6.2%
- Triple Tap Destroy 3 enemies with a single dash attack. 5.8%
- Return to Sender Destroy a Mage with its own bomb. 4.8%
- Triple Threat Destroy 3 enemies with a single Parry. 4.2%
- Master Spirit Guide Beat the game on Master difficulty. 3.3%