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Red Dead Redemption 2
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 28% of players who started
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 929,123
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 20h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Back in the Mud” (Complete Chapter 1) and “To Greener Pastures” (Complete Chapter 2): from 85% to 48% of starters.
- 85% 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 932,166 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 5,470 reviews: 32.9h for positive, 11.4h 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 (85.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Just a Scratch Complete 'Enter, Pursued by a Memory'. 100%
- Back in the Mud Complete Chapter 1. 85% −15
- To Greener Pastures Complete Chapter 2. Most players quit here 49% −36
- Settling Feuds Complete Chapter 3. 38% −10
- Washed Ashore Complete Chapter 4. 32% −6
- No Traitors Complete Chapter 5. 31% −1
- Third Time Lucky Complete 'Goodbye, Dear Friend'. 29% −2
- Redemption Complete 'Red Dead Redemption'. 28% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by hand.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Just a Scratch Complete 'Enter, Pursued by a Memory'. 100%
- Back in the Mud Complete Chapter 1. 85%
- Trusty Steed Reach max bonding level with a horse. 59%
- Give to the Poor Donate $250 to the gang tithing box. 50%
- To Greener Pastures Complete Chapter 2. 49%
- Locked and Loaded Upgrade each available component for a single sidearm or longarm weapon. 42%
- Take From the Rich Rob or loot $250. 41%
- Settling Feuds Complete Chapter 3. 38%
- Breakout Red Dead Online: Complete the Intro. 38%
- Washed Ashore Complete Chapter 4. 32%
- No Traitors Complete Chapter 5. 31%
- Third Time Lucky Complete 'Goodbye, Dear Friend'. 29%
- Redemption Complete 'Red Dead Redemption'. 28%
- Cowboy Builder Complete 'A New Jerusalem'. 25%
- Endless Summer Complete the Epilogue. 24%
- Extreme Personality Reach maximum or minimum Honor level. 23%
- It was THIS Big! Catch a fish weighing at least 16 lbs (7.3 kg). 22%
- Breaking and Entering Recover the stash from 4 homesteads. 22%
- Friends With Benefits Complete a Companion Activity in each camp. 19%
- Getting Started Red Dead Online: Reach Rank 10. 17%
- Pony Up Spend $5000 across all shops. 17%
- Self Sufficient Craft 30 unique items in Story Mode. 16%
- Strength in Numbers Red Dead Online: Complete a Free Roam mission as part of a Posse with at least 2 members. 15%
- Western Stranger Complete 10 Stranger mission strands. 13%
- Hobby Horse Play all mini games. 12%
- Buckle Up Red Dead Online: Achieve 5 gold belt buckles from awards. 12%
- Butchered Red Dead Online: Sell 20 items to the Butcher. 11%
- Lending a Hand Complete all optional Honor story missions. 11%
- Errand Boy Deliver 5 camp companion item requests. 9.7%
- Gun For Hire Red Dead Online: Accept 10 Free Roam missions from characters around the world. 9.6%
- Picked to Perfection Red Dead Online: Pick 25 Herbs. 9.5%
- Master Craftsman Red Dead Online: Craft 20 items (excluding ammo). 8.0%
- Series Major Red Dead Online: Take part in a Series. 7.7%
- Collector's Item Complete one of the Collectable strands. 6.8%
- Artificial Intelligence Discover the fate of Marko Dragic. 6.6%
- Posse Up Red Dead Online: Form a Persistent Posse. 6.2%
- Notorious Red Dead Online: Reach Rank 50. 5.4%
- Home Comforts Red Dead Online: Purchase 5 camp improvements. 4.9%
- Skin Deep Skin every species of animal in Story Mode. 4.2%
- Zoologist Study every animal across all states in Story Mode. 4.0%
- Paying Respects Find the graves of each of your fallen companions. 3.4%
- Best in the West Attain 100% completion. 3.3%
- All's Fair Red Dead Online: Successfully counter a rival Posse's Free Roam mission. 3.3%
- Eventful Red Dead Online: Play 5 Free Roam Events. 3.0%
- Gold Rush Earn 70 Gold Medals in Story missions. 2.3%
- Horses for Courses Red Dead Online: Concurrently own 5 horses. 2.2%
- Bountiful Survive 3 days holding a bounty of $250 in all states. 2.1%
- Non-Regulation Red Dead Online: Craft 25 pieces of ammunition. 2.1%
- It's Art Find a permanent home for the squirrel statue. 1.9%
- Grin and Bear it Survive 18 bear attacks and kill the bear each time in Story Mode. 1.9%
- The Real Deal Red Dead Online: Achieve MVP 3 times (in a round with at least 4 players). 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.