Retro City Rampage™ DX
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 4h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- 8% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Tool Time” (Collect all time machine parts): only 8% of starters get there.
- 86% 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 2,451 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6.8h for positive, 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 (86% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Tool Time Collect all time machine parts Most players quit here 8% −92
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- You Broke The Law! Raise your threat level by committing a crime that attracts police attention 100%
- Killabunga! Kill four green sewer dwellers 65%
- 8-Blow Blow up 8 vehicles in 8 seconds 46%
- Pixel Me Rollin' Drive 65,536 pixels 46%
- Feeling Groggy Get "sick" on "milk" 30%
- Bike Bounce Knock someone off their bike to ricochet another off theirs 17%
- Eco-friendly Fire Hit 4 people with a single shotgun blast 13%
- Master of Your Domain Dethrone GLC's high score 11%
- 8-bit Overflow Kill 256 civilians within a single life 11%
- The Cosplayer Play Free Roaming Mode as one of the guest stars 9.0%
- Tool Time Collect all time machine parts 8.1%
- Rocky Road Tire Crunch Hit 25 pedestrians in a row with your car without stopping 6.7%
- Big Money! Match all cards in a single round of the casino game at the Spades To Steal Casino 4.7%
- Three Flings Knockdown three pedestrians with a single fling using the BioClaw 4.2%
- Broken Chain Reach a 99X chain multiplier 2.6%
- Dance Player, Dance! Avoid the cops at maximum threat level for 1 minute on foot, without taking damage 2.1%
- Death Cam, No Death Beat Death Cam VHS without dying 1.5%
- Super Turbo Beat Down Beat Super Stomp Shenanigans in Turbo Mode 1.5%
- A Winner Is You! Get gold medal scores in all sprees 1.4%
- Daily Grind Find all hidden loot bags, payphones and invisible walls 1.4%