When does The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录 get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's 1 in 16 (6%). Fully opens up by hour 4.

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The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录

Mar 9, 2017 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 54% of owners

Steam reviews 90% positive of 1,752

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
Fully opens up by hour 4.
Only 54% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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 1,763 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9.2h for positive, 3.5h 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 (54.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (16)

Materialist Found out the faker of the "Hearse in the Gas Station" video clip. 100%
Brute Force Hacker Deciphered the password to a certain web photo album in 5 minutes. 70%
Endless Rain. Unlocked the ending "Endless Rain". 64%
Bosom Friend. Got all pieces of evidence while inqurying XIAO Yi. 60%
Data Structure Solved the Huffman code puzzle in 3 minutes. 53%
Yin-ming Unlocked the ending "Yin-ming". 47%
Gusu Memories. Gave the oil paper umbrella to LIU Jin. 39%
Hard Boiled Control XIAO Yi subdued the villain. 32%
Unethical Love Unlocked the ending "Unethical Love". 26%
Playboy Asked LIU Jin and LING Xiao out on a same movie date. 24%
Goodbye,Winter Unlocked the ending "Goodbye, Winter". 16%
The End of The Curse Unlocked the ending "The End of The Curse". 14%
Deep Sea Monster Unlocked the ending "Deep Sea Monster". 13%
If There Still A Tomorrow Unlocked the ending "If There Still A Tomorrow". 11%
Photographer Unlocked all the expressions of all the chatacters via camera function. 10%
Step On The Other Side Unlocked the ending "Step On The Other Side". 9.4%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.