Shogun Showdown
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
- 68% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Twin Takedown” (Defeat the Twins) and “Hideyoshi's Bane” (Defeat Hideyoshi the Cunning): from 88% to 72% 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 7,193 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 18.6h for positive, 14.1h 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 (84.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Bamboo Hero Defeat Daisuke the Dasher 100%
- Twin Takedown Defeat the Twins 88% −12
- Hideyoshi's Bane Defeat Hideyoshi the Cunning Most players quit here 72% −16
- Shogun Slayer Defeat the Shogun 68% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Bamboo Hero Defeat Daisuke the Dasher 100%
- Twin Takedown Defeat the Twins 88%
- Triple Treat Kill 3 enemies in a single turn 87%
- Hideyoshi's Bane Defeat Hideyoshi the Cunning 72%
- Shogun Slayer Defeat the Shogun 68%
- Farsighted Kill an enemy from a distance of 8 cells 65%
- Fourfold Finesse Kill 4 enemies in a single turn 57%
- Strategist Obtain the Strategist stamp with any hero 55%
- Nobu's Nemesis Defeat Nobunaga the Wicked 55%
- Flame's Prevail Defeat the Shogun on Day 2 50%
- Ieyasu's Undoing Defeat Ieyasu the Patient 37%
- Tidal Mastery Defeat the Shogun on Day 3 35%
- Colossal Attack Deal 25 damage in a single attack 35%
- Combomancer Obtain the Combo Master stamp with any hero 35%
- Speedrunner Obtain the Swift Killer stamp with any hero 32%
- Supreme Combo Kill 5 enemies in a single turn 27%
- Forest's Pinnacle Defeat the Shogun on Day 4 26%
- Ultimate Tile Upgrade a tile to the maximum level (level 8) 24%
- Shortest Play Defeat Sato the Stagemaster in Act 1 20%
- Steel Summit Defeat the shogun on day 5 17%
- Obliterator Obtain the Obliteration stamp with any hero 17%
- Ultimate Arsenal Unlock all tiles and skills 15%
- Untold Legends Defeat the Shogun with all heroes 15%
- Sacred Soil Defeat the Shogun on day 6 12%
- Honorable Death Kill a boss and die in the same turn 11%
- Stamp Collector Collect all Stamps with a single hero 10%
- Thrifty Accumulate 150 or more coins during a run 10%
- Rising Sun Defeat ??? on day 7 8.0%
- Blitz Defeat the Shogun with a deck containing only tiles with 0 or 1 cooldown 5.8%
- Puppet Master Have 40 enemies kill each other over the course of a single run 5.8%
- Trusty Weapons Defeat the Shogun without ever acquiring any new tiles 4.5%
- True Skills Defeat the Shogun without buying any skill 4.3%
- One-Way Warrior Defeat the Shogun without ever turning around in any battle 3.9%
- Juggernaut Defeat the Shogun with a deck containing only tiles with 7 or 8 cooldown 3.8%
- Frugal Fighter Defeat the Shogun without ever using a consumable (selling is allowed) 3.6%
- True Mastery Obtain all ultimate stamps with all Heroes. Kudos! 1.2%