When does Dragon's Dogma 2 get good?

Give it 7 hours. In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (74%); after 35h it's 1 in 4 (24%). Fully opens up by hour 35.

How many players finish Dragon's Dogma 2?

At least 23% of players who start reach the ending.

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Dragon's Dogma 2

Mar 21, 2024 Steam: Mixed

Give it 7 hours

Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending at least 23% of players who started

Started playing 95% of owners

Steam reviews 63% positive of 119,403

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (74%); after 35h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
Fully opens up by hour 35.
The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
At least 23% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Seat of the Proxy” (Arrived in Vernworth) and “Across the Border” (Passed through the gate at the border): from 81% to 48% of starters.
95% 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 120,495 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 86.2h for positive, 40.8h 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 (94.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
First Taste of Freedom Escaped the bonds of slavery. 100%
Arisen Regained your memories of receiving the Arisen's charge. 89% −11
Seat of the Proxy Arrived in Vernworth. 81% −8
Across the Border Passed through the gate at the border. Most players quit here 48% −33
Dragon's Dogma 2 Witnessed the unmoored world. ≥23% −25

story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (60)

story milestone ending side

First Taste of Freedom Escaped the bonds of slavery. 100%
Arisen Regained your memories of receiving the Arisen's charge. 89%
Seat of the Proxy Arrived in Vernworth. 81%
An In-Tents Adventure Went camping. 79%
One Speed Only Boarded an oxcart. 69%
Versatile Changed your vocation. 67%
Just a Stone's Throw Away Used a Ferrystone. 64%
Quit Playing Dead Revived two pawns simultaneously. 63%
Myrmecoleon Delights Entered the rose chateau. 59%
A House? In This Economy? Purchased a dwelling of your own. 58%
Nobles' Night Out Attended a palace masquerade in formal raiment. 50%
Wish upon the Rift Set a pawn quest. 50%
A Pawn of Many Talents Taught your pawn a specialization. 49%
Across the Border Passed through the gate at the border. 48%
The Savior Used a Wakestone to restore the dead to life. 48%
The Specialist Reached the maximum rank in a vocation. 48%
Affinity and Beyond Raised a person's affinity to the maximum. 48%
Duo Destinies Changed your vocation to mystic spearhand. 43%
Back Where It All Began Returned to Agamen Volcanic Island. 41%
Hope You Brought a Lantern Reached Drabnir's Grotto. 34%
This'll Cure What Ails Ye Soaked in the hot spring. 30%
Roost of the Dragon Reached Dragonsbreath Tower. 30%
Arrows and Incantations Changed your vocation to magick archer. 29%
Trickster of the Trade Changed your vocation to trickster. 26%
Before Dawn Breaks Defeated the headless horseman. 25%
Jack of All Trades, Master of...All Trades Changed your vocation to warfarer. 24%
The Regriffining Took flight on griffin wing a second time. 24%
Dragon's Dogma 2 Witnessed the unmoored world. 23%
Dragon Forged Strengthened a weapon in wyrmfire. 22%
To the Victor Go the Spoils Reclaimed your items from the scavenger who stole them from you. 21%
A Badge of Honor Acquired a pawn badge. 19%
Closure Experienced the end of the cycle. (Not available in Casual Mode) 19%
Are We There Yet? Boarded the phantom oxcart. 18%
Thought I'd Lost You Restored the dead to life at a morgue or charnel house. 17%
I'm In Used illicit means to pass through the gate at the border. 16%
The Guardian Led the people to safety in the unmoored world. 16%
The Hero Overcame all the trials of the unmoored world. 15%
Off with Its Head! Decapitated a medusa. 14%
Full Marks Found a solution to every conundrum posed by the goddess of riddles. 14%
Peace Became Sovran of Vernworth. 13%
I, Talos Helped the gigantus walk again. 13%
Cyclops Abridged Crossed a cyclopean bridge. 12%
The Tourist Discovered 50 dungeons. 11%
Dragon's Dogma Obtained Dragon's Dogma. 11%
Gigantus, I Hardly Knew Ye Defeated the gigantus in a short span of time. 11%
Harpy Joyride Summoned a harpy, grabbed hold, and took flight. 9.8%
The Collector Collected 80 Seeker's Tokens. 8.8%
Getting a Head Acquired a preserved medusa head. 8.2%
The Philanthropist Earned the affections of 50 people. 7.8%
Master of the Maisters Acquired every maister's teaching. 6.7%
The Forgotten North Arrived in Norgan. 6.4%
The Barbecue-Maister Grilled every type of meat during the night and day. 4.9%
Reaper's Scorn Accomplished a miracle for several people all at once. 4.8%
An Eye for an Eye Petrified a medusa. 4.2%
Plenty Arisen to Go Round Witnessed a brawl break out in your dwelling among your admirers. 3.3%
Reunited Granted Eir's wish. 2.5%
Dogma Defended Heeded the request of Norgan's guardian. 2.2%
Abominable Snowstash Reclaimed stolen items from the snowfoot's den. 1.4%
Dogma Defied Reached the end of the Final Proving Ground without recovering your loss gauge. 0.2%
Strike! Broke through five vile eye barriers at once. 0.1%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.