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Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 20% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 4,320
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 20h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Beaten With His Own Drum”: only 64% of starters get there.
- 91% 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.
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Based on all 4,354 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.8h for positive, 11h 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 (90.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beaten With His Own Drum Defeat N. Gin and his Weapon of Mass Percussion Most players quit here 64% −36
- Master Mixologist Defeat N. Brio 44% −20
- The Fourth Time Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex 32% −11
- Twinsanity Defeat the Doctors N. Tropy 26% −6
- What Has Been, Will Be Again Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex… again. 20% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Taking the Side Road Complete a Bonus Path 100%
- Altitude Sickness Crouch or slide into a double jump 96%
- Reality-Shattering Proportions Meet Lani-Loli 94%
- A/V Club Founder Acquire a Flashback Tape 73%
- All Gussied Up Try on a Skin 73%
- Megaphoning It In Shut N. Gin up 73%
- Beaten With His Own Drum Defeat N. Gin and his Weapon of Mass Percussion 64%
- Channel Surfer Spend some time surfin' the waves 60%
- N. Vincible Beat a story level without dying 60%
- Silent Protagonist Meet 'Akano 54%
- Silence the Scientist Shut N. Brio up 53%
- Model Test Subject Earn any Flashback Relic 51%
- Ladies First Complete a level as Coco 46%
- Master Mixologist Defeat N. Brio 44%
- Putting Things In Perspective Complete any Timeline 40%
- I Can See Through Time Meet Kupuna-Wa 37%
- So-Called Perfectionist Earn any N.Sanely Perfect Relic 34%
- The Fourth Time Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex 32%
- Ups & Downs Meet Ika-Ika 30%
- IT’S MESSING WITH MY HEAD, MAN!!! Beat a level in N. Verted mode 27%
- Twinsanity Defeat the Doctors N. Tropy 26%
- Ruby Red Find the hidden Red Gem 24%
- Faster Than a Tortoise Earn any Time Trial Relic 24%
- Here Kitty Kitty Scare the cat hiding from a party 24%
- Sudden But Inevitable Betrayed! By your worst enemy. 23%
- Emerald Gemerald Find the hidden Green Gem 22%
- What Has Been, Will Be Again Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex… again. 20%
- Beat ‘Em Any Which Way Beat any boss in N. Verted mode 19%
- Bad Signs Do some target practice 18%
- Like a Rhinestone Bandicoot Earn half of the Clear Gems 16%
- Topaz Pizazz Find the hidden Yellow Gem 15%
- Whoa! Pull off a Triple Spin 15%
- WOAH YEAH! Grabbed a bushel of Bumpa 15%
- Give 'Em a Broadside! Aim and fire! 13%
- Sapphire-er Acquirer Find the hidden Blue Gem 13%
- Showoff Defeat an enemy with Triple Spin 11%
- Tree Droppings Find the source of the Bumpa Berries 9.6%
- No It’s MY Turn Complete a level with Pass N. Play enabled 8.1%
- Settle the Score Play a game of Crate Combo 7.8%
- Junkyard Jams Make music in an unlikely place 7.6%
- The Whole Picture Complete all Timelines 7.4%
- Fleet of Feet Play a game of Checkpoint Race 7.4%
- Hammer it Home Make some noise! 6.9%
- King of Bling Earn ALL of the Clear Gems 4.7%
- Closing the Experiment Log Earn ALL of the platinum Flashback Relics 4.6%
- Backwards & Forwards Complete ALL levels in N. Verted mode 3.9%
- Overachiever Watch the 100% bonus ending 3.6%
- gnilB fo gniK Earn ALL N. Verted Gems 3.6%
- Perfectionist Earn ALL N.Sanely Perfect Relics 3.3%
- Faster Than Sound Earn ALL of the platinum Time Trial Relics 2.8%
- OVER-Overachiever Watch the 106% bonus ending 2.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.