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Resident Evil 4
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 60% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 283,535
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 20h it's 1 in 40 (2%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- 60% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Harpoon Hurler” (Defeat Del Lago): only 89% 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 284,906 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 22.3h for positive, 31.4h 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 (86.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Harpoon Hurler Defeat Del Lago. Most players quit here 89% −11
- Grilled Big Cheese Defeat Bitores Méndez. 82% −6
- No Thanks, Bro! Defeat Ramón Salazar. 74% −9
- You Used to Be a Good Guy Defeat Jack Krauser. 71% −3
- You're Small Time! Defeat Osmund Saddler. 70% −1
- Promising Agent Complete the main story on Standard mode or higher. 60% −10
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Knife Basics Parry an enemy with a knife. 100%
- My Preferred Piece Upgrade a weapon. 94%
- Nice One, Stranger! Complete a request for the Merchant. 91%
- Harpoon Hurler Defeat Del Lago. 89%
- Talk About Near-Death Experience! Rescue Ashley as she's being carried away by the enemy. 84%
- Grilled Big Cheese Defeat Bitores Méndez. 82%
- Amateur Shooter Complete a game at the shooting range. 82%
- Revolt Against the Revolting Destroy a Clockwork Castellan. 78%
- No Thanks, Bro! Defeat Ramón Salazar. 74%
- Overkill Use a cannon to defeat a zealot. 72%
- You Used to Be a Good Guy Defeat Jack Krauser. 71%
- You're Small Time! Defeat Osmund Saddler. 70%
- Promising Agent Complete the main story on Standard mode or higher. 60%
- A Masterpiece Get the exclusive upgrade for a weapon. 56%
- Shield Your Eyes Defeat 3 enemies at once with a flash grenade. 52%
- Wave Goodbye, Right Hand Defeat the Verdugo. 44%
- Two Bugs, One Stone Kill 2 parasites inside a Regenerador with a single bullet. 43%
- Astute Appraiser Sell a single treasure for at least 100000 ptas. 40%
- Giant Slayer Defeat El Gigante in Separate Ways. 34%
- "It" Kept You Busy Defeat Pesanta in Separate Ways. 32%
- Had Enough of Preachers Defeat Osmund Saddler in Separate Ways. 31%
- Capable Operative Complete Separate Ways on Standard mode or higher. 28%
- Proficient Agent Complete the main story on Hardcore mode or higher. 26%
- Hope You Like Thrill Rides! Make it through both minecart sections in the underground tunnel without taking any damage. 23%
- Smooth Escape Escape on the water scooter without taking any damage. 22%
- Trick Shot Shoot through and destroy 5 targets at the shooting range with a single shot. 21%
- Raider Obtain all treasures indicated on the island treasure map in a single playthrough. 20%
- Sprinter Complete the main story within 8 hours. 19%
- Jack of All Trades Complete all requests from the Merchant. 18%
- Peerless Agent Complete the main story on Professional mode. 16%
- Bandit Obtain all treasures indicated on the village treasure map in a single playthrough. 15%
- Revolution Wind-up Destroy all Clockwork Castellans. 15%
- Capacity Compliance Reach the top of the clock tower without the lift stopping once. 15%
- Never Heard It Coming Defeat a Garrador using only knives. 14%
- Skilled Agent Complete Separate Ways on Hardcore mode or higher. 13%
- You Talk Too Much! Throw a grenade into Ramón Salazar's mouth. 13%
- Real Deadeye Earn an S rank in all games at the shooting range. 13%
- Burglar Obtain all treasures indicated on the castle treasure map in a single playthrough. 12%
- S+ Rank Investigator Complete the main story on Hardcore mode with an S+ rank. 10%
- Mission Accomplished S+ Complete the main story on Standard mode with an S+ rank. 10%
- Frugalist Complete the main story without using a recovery item. 9.4%
- Gun Fanatic Obtain all weapons. 8.5%
- The Perfect Mission Complete Separate Ways on Professional mode. 7.8%
- Silent Stranger Complete the main story without talking to the Merchant once. 7.6%
- Minimalist Complete the main story using only knives and handguns. (Excluding specific battles.) 7.3%
- Ada the "S+"py Complete Separate Ways on Professional mode with an S+ rank. 6.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.