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Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 25,414
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 20h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 93% 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 25,498 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 41.7h for positive, 3.2h 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 (92.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to Rocksmith 2014 Complete Soundcheck 100%
- Nailed It! Play a Solo at >95% Accuracy 63%
- Rocksmith Is My Teacher Complete 50 RS Recommends items 34%
- 0.1% of the 10,000 Hour Rule Play Learn a Song for 10 hours 27%
- I Learned to Play a Song Achieve 100% Mastery on any song 27%
- Now, That's Dedication Play Rocksmith 2014 on 5 consecutive days 23%
- Ernie Ball’s Long Streak Special Get a streak over 250 that bridges multiple songs 23%
- Marshall Gear Create and save a tone using Marshall gear 19%
- Matinee Performance Play Session Mode between 10am and 2pm 19%
- Not Your Favorite? Exclude a song from the Nonstop Play playlist 16%
- 0.25% of the 10,000 Hour Rule Play Learn a Song for 25 hours 16%
- I Know Chords Successfully play 30 unique chords 15%
- I Know Guitar Techniques Hit all guitar techniques at least once 13%
- Ready to Session Complete 4 Session Mode Missions 12%
- Perfect Game (Easy) Get Platinum on Score Attack Easy, Medium, Hard or Master 12%
- Waking the Neighbors Play Session Mode between 11:59pm and 3am 11%
- One More Song! Use the One More Song feature 11%
- Orange Gear Create and save a tone using Orange gear 9.7%
- I Learned to Play 10 Songs Achieve 100% Mastery on 10 songs 8.6%
- Perfect Game (Medium) Get Platinum on Score Attack Medium, Hard or Master 7.8%
- Proved It… Clear 1 song on Score Attack Master 7.3%
- Perfect Game (Hard) Get Platinum on Score Attack Hard or Master 6.6%
- Jam-a-thon Keep the band alive for over 12 minutes in Session Mode 6.3%
- Eden Gear Create and save a tone using Eden gear 5.6%
- Try It, You Might Like It Play all Rocksmith 2014 songs at least once 5.4%
- I Know Bass Techniques Hit all bass techniques at least once 5.3%
- Epic Session Complete 60 minutes in Session Mode 2.7%
- Who Needs a Dog? Score at least 10,000,000 points in Ducks ReDux 2.5%
- Return of the Strings Complete all 3 levels in a Progression in Return to Castle Chordead 2.5%
- Perfectly Perfect Game (Master) Get Platinum on Score Attack Master 2.4%
- Demolished Score Attack (Hard) Clear 20 songs on Score Attack Hard or Master 1.9%
- Destroyed Score Attack (Medium) Clear 30 songs on Score Attack Medium, Hard or Master 1.7%
- Might Wanna Try Another Song! Attempt and fail Score Attack 10 times in a row 1.6%
- Getting Served Score 10,000,000 points in String Skip Saloon 1.6%
- Pwned Score Attack (Easy) Clear 50 songs on Score Attack Easy, Medium, Hard or Master 1.6%
- Playing the Field Play with over 50 instruments 1.3%
- Mission 214 Complete 214 Missions 1.2%
- Fellowship of the Strings Complete all 6 levels in a Scale Set in Scale Warriors 1.1%
- You’re All Clear, Kid! Score at least 10,000,000 points in Star Chords 1.0%
- Blowhole Surfers Score at least 10,000,000 points in Gone Wailin’ 0.9%
- Thank God Your Safe! Score at least 10,000,000 points in Ninja Slide N 0.9%
- Bells, but No Whistles Score 10,000,000 points in Harmonic Heist 0.6%
- Pacific Coast Noteway Score 10,000,000 points in Scale Racer 0.5%
- Note Track Score at least 10,000,000 points in Hurtlin' Hurdles 0.4%
- The Lost Arch Score 10,000,000 points in Temple of Bends 0.4%
- …and It Wasn't a Fluke Clear 15 songs on Score Attack Master 0.4%
- Hitting .500 Complete 500 Missions 0.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.