Death end re;Quest 2

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 515 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 284 reviews: 21.8h for positive, 14.6h 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 (55% 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 (39)

• She's a Pinball Wizard! Activated Knockback for the first time and sent an enemy back. 100%
• Nobody Expects the Knock Blow Activated Knock Blow for the first time. 93%
• I Cleared Chapter 1. 86%
• Brain Blast Used a Flash Drive skill for the first time. 82%
• Wordsworth Scouts Assocation Entered Camp for the first time. 80%
• Break Ya Neck Activated Super Knockback for the first time and sent the enemy flying. 77%
• Let Me See You DERQ Entered Glitch Mode for the first time. 77%
• We Don't Need No Education Viewed most of the sub-events with your classmates. 74%
• II Cleared Chapter 2. 73%
• Mai, Oh, Mai! Learned 15 of Mai's skills. 70%
• Stop, Drop, and Rottie Learned 15 of Rottie's skills. 68%
• III Cleared Chapter 3. 62%
• IV Cleared Chapter 4. 56%
• The Exorcist Learned 15 of Liliana's skills. 55%
• V Cleared Chapter 5. 50%
• Lucil, I'm Home! Learned 15 of Lucil's skills. 48%
• Heaven's Messenger Learned 15 of Shina's skills. 48%
• The Monarch Adventurer! Learned 15 of Celica's skills. 48%
• VI Cleared Chapter 6. 47%
• Chaos Intro Used Glitch Mode a handful of times. 46%
• VII Cleared Chapter 7. 44%
• IX Cleared Chapter 9. 44%
• VIII Cleared Chapter 8. 44%
• X Cleared Chapter 10. 41%
• The Times They Are A-Changin' Defeated the final boss. 41%
• The Past and the Pending Viewed the True Ending. 41%
• Through the Looking Glass Viewed many story events. 34%
• Chaos Finale Used Glitch Mode a great many times. 33%
• Ao Oni Player Played the Ao Oni mini-game. 25%
• Refrain Viewed most of the main story. 24%
• God of Death Viewed all of the Death Ends. 23%
• Hail Marbas! Viewed the Fallen Ending. 21%
• Al's Our Pal Learned 15 of Al's skills. 21%
• The Red Peddler Learned 15 of Clea's skills. 20%
• The Face that Launched 1000 Deaths Defeated 1000 enemies. 19%
• Glutton for Punishment Viewed the EX Ending. 19%
• The Queen of Heartis Learned 15 of Lily's skills. 18%
• No Pain, No Gain Defeated Ao Oni in the Pain Area. 14%
• DERQ DERQ Goose! You Win! Completed all story endings and explored all paths. 12%