RPG
FINAL FANTASY VI
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 25% of players who started
Started playing 84% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 5,099
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 20h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Mystifying Woman” and “Prevailing Hope”: from 100% to 74% 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 5,126 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 34.4h for positive, 20.4h 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 (83.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Mystifying Woman Encountered the frozen esper and awakened elsewhere. 100%
- Prevailing Hope Met with Banon and decided to oppose the Empire. Most players quit here 74% −26
- Defend the Esper Protected the frozen esper and ousted the Imperial troops. 60% −14
- Imparted Power Encountered Ramuh and obtained his magicite. 56% −4
- Taking Off Performed in the opera and obtained the airship. 54% −2
- Steps Toward Peace Attended Emperor Gestahl's banquet and brokered peace. 45% −8
- End of the World Witnessed the Warring Triad revive and destroy the world. 40% −6
- Looking for Friends- Part 1 Reunited with 1 ally. 39%
- Looking for Friends- Part 2 Reunited with 5 allies. 37% −3
- Looking for Friends- Part 3 Reunited with 10 allies. 33% −4
- Breath of New Life Defeated Kefka and restored peace to the world. 25% −8
story milestone 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
- Mystifying Woman Encountered the frozen esper and awakened elsewhere. 100%
- Thrifty Spender Obtained 10,000 gil. 81%
- Apprentice Warrior Defeated 100 monsters. 79%
- Prevailing Hope Met with Banon and decided to oppose the Empire. 74%
- Rookie Treasure Hunter Collected treasure from 10% of the chests. 72%
- Field Research- Basic Completed 10% of the Bestiary entries. 69%
- Defend the Esper Protected the frozen esper and ousted the Imperial troops. 60%
- Imparted Power Encountered Ramuh and obtained his magicite. 56%
- Smart Saver Obtained 100,000 gil. 56%
- Taking Off Performed in the opera and obtained the airship. 54%
- Steps Toward Peace Attended Emperor Gestahl's banquet and brokered peace. 45%
- Experienced Warrior Defeated 1,000 monsters. 44%
- Magicite Collector Obtained 15 pieces of magicite. 42%
- Bidding Battle Won an item at auction. 40%
- Veteran Treasure Hunter Collected treasure from 50% of the chests. 40%
- End of the World Witnessed the Warring Triad revive and destroy the world. 40%
- Looking for Friends- Part 1 Reunited with 1 ally. 39%
- Moneybags Obtained 500,000 gil. 39%
- Looking for Friends- Part 2 Reunited with 5 allies. 37%
- Field Research- Advanced Completed 50% of the Bestiary entries. 36%
- Looking for Friends- Part 3 Reunited with 10 allies. 33%
- Master Samurai Acquired all "Bushido" commands. 30%
- Master Monk Acquired all "Blitz" commands. 28%
- Legendary Warrior Defeated 2,000 monsters. 28%
- Breath of New Life Defeated Kefka and restored peace to the world. 25%
- Magicite Completionist Obtained all magicite. 18%
- Master Mechanist Obtained all "Tools" commands. 17%
- Master of the Wild Used the "Leap" command to learn 50 enemy techniques. 16%
- Coliseum Champion Won 10 battles in the coliseum. 15%
- Seasoned Hero Reached level 50 for all party members. 13%
- Adventurous Wayfarer Traveled to all the map locations. 11%
- Master Blue Mage Learned 20 enemy techniques. 7.2%
- Item Detector Obtained all hidden items. 7.0%
- Master Gambler Got "Joker's Death" with the "Slot" command. 6.4%
- Legendary Treasure Hunter Collected treasure from 100% of the chests. 5.5%
- Field Research- Professional Completed 100% of the Bestiary entries. 5.2%
- Master of VI Earned all achievements. 4.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.