AdventureRPG
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 16% of players who started
Started playing 79% of owners
Steam reviews 61% positive of 2,538
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- At least 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Awakening” and “The Dream Labyrinth”: from 100% to 32% of starters.
- 79% 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 2,558 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 27.7h for positive, 5.3h 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 (79% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Awakening Wake up after having cleared the labyrinth for the first time in the dream. 100%
- The Dream Labyrinth Re-visit the labyrinth in Fort Dragonia—this time, for real. Most players quit here 33% −67
- The Nemesis Defeat Lynx at Fort Dragonia. 32%
- The Enemy of the World Defeat Dark Serge at Fort Dragonia. 22% −10
- The Anomaly Use the Dragon God relics at the Dead Sea Ruins to enter the Sea of Eden. 21% −1
- The End and the Beginning Arrive in Chronopolis, the Time Fortress. 21%
- The Defiant Defeat FATE, the mother computer of Chronopolis. 20% −1
- The Long-Lost Element Obtain Chrono Cross, the rainbow-aligned Element. 19% −1
- The Devourer Undone Defeat the evolved form of the Time Devourer. 18% −2
- A New Future See the good ending. ≥16% −2
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 (37)
story milestone ending side
- The Awakening Wake up after having cleared the labyrinth for the first time in the dream. 100%
- A Tactical Retreat Flee from a battle. 54%
- The Dream Labyrinth Re-visit the labyrinth in Fort Dragonia—this time, for real. 33%
- The Nemesis Defeat Lynx at Fort Dragonia. 32%
- Feeding Frenzy Successfully feed the dragons 100 times in the dragon-feeding mini-game. 27%
- The Enemy of the World Defeat Dark Serge at Fort Dragonia. 22%
- The Anomaly Use the Dragon God relics at the Dead Sea Ruins to enter the Sea of Eden. 21%
- The End and the Beginning Arrive in Chronopolis, the Time Fortress. 21%
- Flight of the Swallow Use Serge's unique level 7 tech, Flying Arrow. 21%
- The Defiant Defeat FATE, the mother computer of Chronopolis. 20%
- The Second Coming Defeat Dario and reforge Serge's Sea Swallow into the Mastermune. 20%
- Call of the Void Use Lynx's unique level 7 tech, Forever Zero. 20%
- The Long-Lost Element Obtain Chrono Cross, the rainbow-aligned Element. 19%
- Grand Champion Complete the Grand Slam. 18%
- The Devourer Undone Defeat the evolved form of the Time Devourer. 18%
- Lunacy Use Harle's unique level 7 tech, Lunairetic. 17%
- A New Future See the good ending. 16%
- Immoral Compass Get 10,000 points in the compass roulette mini-game. 12%
- The Ultimate Weapon Create a rainbow weapon. 12%
- Lucca's Legacy Use Kid's unique level 7 tech, Hot Shot. 10%
- The Ultimate Armor Create a piece of rainbow armor. 9.6%
- An Unchanging Future See the bad ending. 9.0%
- The Veteran Triumph in 500 battles. 7.0%
- The Developers' Room See Ending 1: The Developers' Room. 4.4%
- The Acacian Empire See Ending 2: The Acacian Empire. 4.4%
- The Rebirth of Marbule See Ending 5: The Rebirth of Marbule. 4.1%
- The Shop Staff and the Three Unlikely Heroes See Ending 4: The Shop Staff and the Three Unlikely Heroes. 3.8%
- Gold Stars for Everyone Obtain 99 level-growth stars. 3.5%
- Deadly Delta Use the triple tech Delta Force. 3.3%
- The Dragon God's Revenge See Ending 9: The Dragon God's Revenge. 3.3%
- The Last Stand See Ending 6: The Last Stand. 3.3%
- Hall of Framer Collect all 15 types of window frame. 3.3%
- The Recruiter Use the Chrono Cross item to recruit all party members. 3.3%
- Z One and Only Use the triple tech Z-Slash. 3.2%
- The Magical Dreamers See Ending 3: The Magical Dreamers. 3.2%
- The Dark Fate See Ending 8: The Dark Fate. 3.0%
- The Viper Orphanage See Ending 7: The Viper Orphanage. 3.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.