Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 5h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- At least 59% of players who start reach the ending.
- 95% 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 4,678 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 7.5h for positive, 4h 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 (95.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Disappear into the dust Let go and disappear into the dust with Guan Haiyue ≥59% −41
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- Ticket Inspection Start the game 100%
- Ticket to the game Signing the contract at Dongming 88%
- Cruel Truth Kicking open the Empire Hotel's door 77%
- Art is priceless Discussing art all night with Gao Tingyu 76%
- Advocate for family planning Advising He Xiaomeng on family planning 76%
- Fate given by the overpass Meeting Haiyue in different lives 76%
- The feud has grown Waking up and first caring about Liao Siyang 75%
- Butterfly in the Net Truly understanding Gao Tingyu 75%
- Things have changed; people are not the same Helping He Xiaomeng when she needs it 72%
- Living off someone reluctantly Living off He Xiaomeng 67%
- Disappear into the dust Let go and disappear into the dust with Guan Haiyue 59%
- True love is noisy Admitting defeat to He Xiaomeng in an argument 57%
- Utterly Mad Completely control Dongming Group 56%
- Small Wedding Service Switching to wedding planning with Zhang Peng 54%
- A New World After personally bidding farewell to the old era, the new world will be yours 52%
- A Ladle of Weak Water With Guan Haiyue, withdrawing from Shi family disputes and going on a world trip 50%
- Tyrant by nature Giving up your long-planned scheme for Hemu 50%
- Embraced by her in despair Embraced by He Xiaomeng while wandering in despair 50%
- Prelude to Revenge Let Guan Haiyue start your plan 49%
- Green Grasslands Being a nominal couple with NINA 49%
- Backbone of a Man Being a man kept by Gao Tingyu 49%
- Old Dreams No Longer Receiving a farewell gift from Xiaomeng 48%
- Master of Carrying Water Explaining "also" to two women who appear at home at the same time 48%
- No Woman in Heart Refusing to be Gao Tingyu's child's father 45%
- Prodigal Returns Making NINA return by charm 42%
- I respect everyone Not drinking the toast from Liao Siyang 41%
- Forced to take a position Surrendering to the rogue Haiyue 39%
- The mark of the Air Force Fishing failure 39%
- Hot-tempered guy Fighting Liao Siyang every time they meet 35%
- Unreliable Iron In the Shi family's business disputes, extreme pulling among three forces 33%
- I understand now Reviewing actors for casting auditions 29%
- Clear the air Regaining Shi Daqiang's trust and supporting Hemu to finish filming 29%