When does Saints Row IV: Re-Elected get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

How many players finish Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?

26% of players who start reach the ending.

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Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

Aug 19, 2013 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 26% of players who started

Started playing 90% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 77,639

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
26% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Don't Panic” (Complete 'The Real World') and “Blast from the Past” (Complete 'A Game of Clones'): from 67% to 35% of starters.
90% 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 77,803 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 19.5h for positive, 15.8h 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 (89.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Zero Saints Thirty Complete 'Zero Saints Thirty'. 100%
Destroyer-In-Chief Complete 'The Saints Wing'. 96% −4
There Is No Pancakes Complete 'A Pleasant Day'. 94% −2
Don't Panic Complete 'The Real World'. 67% −27
Blast from the Past Complete 'A Game of Clones'. Most players quit here 35% −32
About Time! Complete 'Welcome Back'. 33% −2
Betrayed Complete 'All Hands On Deck'. 31% −2
Poodle Skirt Complete 'Hello Teacup'. 30% −1
Keymaster Complete 'Batteries Not Included'. 28% −1
Imperator Complete 'Grand Finale'. 26% −2

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

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

All achievements (73)

story milestone ending side

Zero Saints Thirty Complete 'Zero Saints Thirty'. 100%
Destroyer-In-Chief Complete 'The Saints Wing'. 96%
There Is No Pancakes Complete 'A Pleasant Day'. 94%
First of Many Buy your first Upgrade from the Upgrade Store. 81%
Woah. Get your first Super Powers. 78%
Don't Look Down Be airborne during Super Jumps for a combined 10 minutes of gameplay. 69%
Don't Panic Complete 'The Real World'. 67%
Ooo A Piece of Candy! Find 100 Data Clusters. 60%
Ghost in the Machine Download a new ally into a robotic body. 53%
Didn't Need to See Him Naked Complete 'Matt's Back'. 46%
Blast from the Past Complete 'A Game of Clones'. 35%
About Time! Complete 'Welcome Back'. 33%
Betrayed Complete 'All Hands On Deck'. 31%
Maximum Stopping Power Upgrade one weapon to the max. 30%
Poodle Skirt Complete 'Hello Teacup'. 30%
Actor-Turned-Politician Do everything you can for your Veep -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 29%
Keymaster Complete 'Batteries Not Included'. 28%
Imperator Complete 'Grand Finale'. 26%
You Chose... Poorly Surrender when given the chance. 26%
All Too Easy Kill Zinyak in less than 5 minutes in 'Save the Planet'. 24%
Machine Man Do everything you can for CID -- Quests and... everything. 22%
The Full Kinzie Do everything you can for Kinzie -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 21%
Half Way Home Complete all open world gameplay in two districts of the Simulated city of Steelport. 20%
The Two Shaundis Do everything you can for Shaundi -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 19%
And I Ran... Super Sprint for 250,000 meters. 19%
On Her Saint's Secret Service Do everything you can for Asha -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 19%
How It Should Be Complete all open world gameplay in the entire Simulated city of Steelport. 19%
Indomitable Complete 'Meet the Dominatrix' without dying. 19%
Saints & Sensibility Complete 'Grand Finale' after completing all Homie missions. 19%
Paranormal Bromance Do everything you can for Matt -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 19%
Chill Out Freeze and Shatter Kill 100 Aliens with the Freeze Blast Super Power. 18%
Double Team Play Saints Row IV Co-op for 5 hours. 18%
Bow to the Boss! Kill the Dominatrix in 'Escape the Dominatrix'. 18%
Friend of the Raptors Complete all five missions. 18%
Better This Way Customize the style of all the weapons on your radial. 16%
Bouncin' with an Old Friend Do everything you can for an old friend -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 15%
The Face of the Saints Do everything you can for Pierce -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 15%
Benjamin [CENSORED] King Do everything you can for Ben -- Quests, Loyalty Missions... everything. 14%
*BEEP* YOU, CLAWZ! Complete all three missions. 14%
The Twin Saints Complete ten Quests together in Co-op. 14%
Elementary Choose a new element for all of your superpowers. 13%
Where's My Cape? Purchase all Super Power upgrades. 12%
...A Saint Gets a Gun Ring all the bells in town in 'Miracle on 3rd Street'. 11%
Switch Hitter Play for at least 2 hours as a male character AND 2 hours as a female character. 9.4%
The Whole Story Find ALL Audio Logs. 8.9%
A Real Cluster.... Find 100% of all Data Clusters. 8.5%
Here! Catch! Kill 100 Aliens with the Telekinesis Super Power. 7.6%
Saintified Create and share a character online. 7.5%
Our Gift to You Find the present in a holiday mission. 7.4%
Minty Fresh! Lick the candy cane barricade all the way through in 'The Fight Before Christmas'. 6.8%
Fourth and Forty Spend over 40 hours in the Simulation. 6.7%
Back in the Day Spend 2 hours outside of missions with past Saints Row characters as your homies 6.6%
Zoo Keeper Kill 25 Wardens. 6.6%
A Very Genki Holiday Complete all instances of Genki Holiday. 5.6%
Dear Santa Find all the letters to Santa in the holiday missions. 5.6%
Bringin' the Heat Kill 100 Aliens using the Fire Buff Super Power. 5.5%
Make a List, Check it Twice Complete all instances of Naughty and Nice. 5.1%
Rigging the Race Destroy all the rival pony carts in 'At the Races'. 5.0%
Epic Jump Quest Jump from the roof of 3 Count to the Nuke Plant, without touching the ground or other rooftops. 4.7%
Health Inspector Destroy all the green polyps inside Paul in 'Pop His Top'. 4.7%
Experimental Tech Kill 25 Aliens with each: Dubstep, InflatoRay, Bounce Gun, Disintegrator, Abduction, and Black Hole. 4.4%
Fist Meet Ground Kill 100 Aliens with the Death From Above Super Power. 4.4%
Super Power Team Up! Beat all Missions and Loyalty Missions in Co-op. 4.2%
The Challenge King Complete ALL of the Challenges. 4.0%
Pounding the Pavement Kill 150 Aliens with the Stomp Super Power. 3.6%
Get that Kid to a Psychologist Find all the snowmen vignettes in the North Pole. 3.5%
A World Without Christmas Complete the holiday text adventure. 3.4%
He's Still on the Naughty List Deliver a present to Zinyak in 'The Santa Clawz'. 3.4%
I Am Become Death Kill 1000 Aliens with any combination of Super Powers. 3.4%
Walking the Dinosaur Spend 30 minutes with Raptor Ned as your homie. 3.4%
Hello Little Friend Get 250 kills with the Minigun. 3.2%
Ultimate Hot Potato Get 100 kills with the Grenade Launcher. 3.2%
OMGWTFBBQ Get 100 kills with the Flamethrower. 3.1%

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