Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Legal Counsel” (Complete the "Riot" mission) and “South American Connection” (Complete the "Supply & Demand" mission): from 100% to 69% of starters.
- Only 53% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 9,870 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 14h for positive, 5.7h 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 (52.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Legal Counsel Complete the "Riot" mission. 100%
- South American Connection Complete the "Supply & Demand" mission. Most players quit here 69% −31
- Life of the Party Complete the "All Hands on Deck!" mission. 58% −10
- Tommy Two-Wheels Complete the "Hog Tied" mission. 49% −10
- Chauffeur Complete the "Publicity Tour" mission. 48% −1
- Big Heat from Little Havana Complete the "Trojan Voodoo" mission. 48%
- Mischief Managed Complete the "Keep Your Friends Close..." mission. 36% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- Legal Counsel Complete the "Riot" mission. 100%
- Greasy Palms Use a police bribe to reduce your wanted level. 93%
- South American Connection Complete the "Supply & Demand" mission. 69%
- Life of the Party Complete the "All Hands on Deck!" mission. 58%
- Tommy Two-Wheels Complete the "Hog Tied" mission. 49%
- Chauffeur Complete the "Publicity Tour" mission. 48%
- Big Heat from Little Havana Complete the "Trojan Voodoo" mission. 48%
- Salutations My Little Friend Use the M4 to take out Diaz during the mission "Rub Out". 38%
- Mischief Managed Complete the "Keep Your Friends Close..." mission. 36%
- Gun for Hire Complete all assassination contracts. 35%
- Iron-y Kill the property developer with a Golf Club during "Four Iron". 34%
- Vice City Mogul Own 10 properties. 30%
- Catch Me if You Can Achieve a six-star wanted level. 30%
- Bloodstained Hands Earn the Butcher criminal rating. 26%
- Pie Guy Deliver 10 pizzas. 25%
- Grand Theft Auto Retrieve every wanted vehicle at Sunshine Autos Import Garage. 25%
- Not my First Time Complete mission "G-Spotlight" without falling from the rooftops. 24%
- Point A to Point B Drop off 25 passengers driving the taxi. 23%
- High Quality H2O Extinguish 10 fires. 22%
- Don't Need Roads Hit max speed in a Deluxo. 22%
- Somebody Call the Wambulance? Complete Paramedic Mission level 12. 21%
- Bull in a China Shop Cause $1,000,000 in property damage. 20%
- Running Rampant Complete Vigilante mission level 12. 20%
- Chopper’d Up Kill all hostile NPCs during the mission "Demolition Man" using the RC chopper’s blades. 19%
- Just Like the Real Thing Win the RC Bandit Race. 18%
- City Sleuth Find 100 hidden packages. 17%
- One is Better Than Two Perform a 30 second wheelie. 16%
- Take the Cannoli Earn the Godfather criminal rating. 16%
- Keepie-Uppy Okie Dokie Earn a high score of 5 with the Keepie-Uppy Beach Ball. 16%
- I'm Famous! Earn the Stuff of Legends media attention rank. 15%
- Born in the 80’s Listen to all music stations at least once. 14%
- Daredevil Complete 36 unique jumps. 14%
- Done it All Earn 100% completion. 13%
- Kingpin Unlock all achievements. 12%