ActionRPG
Fallout: New Vegas
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 20% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 18,121
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Ain't That a Kick in the Head” and “They Went That-a-Way”: from 100% to 54% 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 18,010 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 45.9h for positive, 14.1h 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 (90.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Ain't That a Kick in the Head Complete Ain't That a Kick in the Head. 100%
- They Went That-a-Way Complete They Went That-a-Way. Most players quit here 55% −45
- Come Fly With Me Complete Come Fly With Me. 52% −2
- Ring-a-Ding-Ding Complete Ring-a-Ding-Ding. 46% −6
- That Lucky Old Sun Complete That Lucky Old Sun. 41% −5
- Volare! Complete Volare! 37% −4
- G.I. Blues Complete G.I. Blues. 36% −1
- Wild Card Complete Wild Card. ≥20% −16
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 (75)
story milestone ending side
- Ain't That a Kick in the Head Complete Ain't That a Kick in the Head. 100%
- They Went That-a-Way Complete They Went That-a-Way. 55%
- Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal Recruit any companion. 54%
- New Kid Reached 10th level. 53%
- Come Fly With Me Complete Come Fly With Me. 52%
- Crafty Craft 20 items. 50%
- Ring-a-Ding-Ding Complete Ring-a-Ding-Ding. 46%
- Lead Dealer Cause 10,000 damage with Guns. 45%
- Jury Rigger Repair 30 items. 45%
- You Run Barter Town Sell 10,000 caps worth of goods. 44%
- Walker of the Mojave Discover 50 locations. 43%
- No Tumbler Fumbler Pick 25 locks. 42%
- That Lucky Old Sun Complete That Lucky Old Sun. 41%
- Up and Comer Reach 20th level. 39%
- Volare! Complete Volare! 37%
- G.I. Blues Complete G.I. Blues. 36%
- Outstanding Orator Make 50 Speech challenges. 35%
- Blast Mastery Cause 10,000 damage with Energy Weapons. 30%
- One Armed Bandit Play 10 spins of Slots. 28%
- The Boss Reach 30th level. 27%
- Double Down Play 10 hands of Blackjack. 25%
- Master of the Mojave Discover 125 locations. 24%
- Curios and Relics Caused 10,000 damage with unique Mojave Wasteland weapons. 23%
- You'll Know It When It Happens Complete You'll Know It When It Happens. 22%
- Return to Sender Complete Return to Sender. 21%
- When We Remembered Zion Arrive at Zion. 21%
- Hack the Mojave Hack 25 terminals. 20%
- Wild Card Complete Wild Card. 20%
- Spinal-Tapped Find your courage... find your spine. 20%
- Restore Our Fortunes Resupply Daniel and the Sorrows. 19%
- Change of Heart Search your feelings... for your heart. 19%
- Master of the Arsenal Caused 10,000 damage with Gun Runners' Arsenal (GRA) Weapons. 19%
- Assemble Your Crew Recruit Dean Domino, Christine and Dog. 19%
- In a Foreign Land Scout the Zion Valley for signs of the White Legs. 19%
- Stim-ply Amazing Heal 10,000 points of damage with Stimpaks. 18%
- No Gods, No Masters Complete No Gods, No Masters 18%
- Make up your Mind Make up your mind... about your brain. 18%
- Outsmarted Complete Old World Blues. 18%
- Sierra Souvenir Aficionado Collect 500 Sierra Madre Chips. 18%
- Condemned to Repeat It Decided the fate of all the Divide dwellers. 18%
- Little Wheel Play 10 spins of Roulette. 18%
- Making Friends Reactivate all of the Sink's robotic assistants. 18%
- Talent Pool Complete Talent Pool. 18%
- New Vegas Samurai Cuase 10,000 damage with Melee Weapons. 17%
- Having a Ball Complete the Sierra Madre Gala Event. 17%
- Hometown Hero Completed Lonesome Road. 17%
- O Daughter of Babylon Crush the White Legs. 16%
- Love the Bomb Cause 10,000 damage with Explosives. 15%
- Cash Out Confront Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre's Vault. 14%
- For the Republic Complete For the Republic. 13%
- Eureka! Complete Eureka! 12%
- The Whole Gang's Here Recruit all companions. 12%
- The House Always Wins Complete The House Always Wins. 12%
- The Legend of the Star Complete The Legend of the Star. 12%
- Old-Tyme Brawler Cause 10,000 damage with Unarmed weapons. 12%
- All or Nothing Complete All or Nothing. 12%
- The Courier Who Broke the Bank Get banned from all the Strip's casinos. 11%
- Mod Master Install 20 weapon mods. 11%
- Know When to Fold Them Win 3 games of Caravan. 11%
- Hardcore Play the game from start to finish in Hardcore Mode. 11%
- Safety Deposit Box Trap Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre's Vault. 11%
- May my Hand Forget its Skill Evacuate Zion. 10%
- Rocket's Red Glare Fully upgraded The Divide's signature weapon. 9.7%
- ED-Ecated Found all of ED-E's upgrades in the Divide. 9.6%
- Globe Trotter Discover all snow globes. 9.1%
- Render Unto Caesar Complete Render Unto Caesar. 8.6%
- Arizona Killer Complete Arizona Killer. 8.6%
- Veni, Vidi, Vici Complete Veni, Vidi, Vici. 8.5%
- Warhead Hunter Detonated all of the warheads in the Divide. 7.7%
- Desert Survivalist Heal 10,000 points of damage with food. 7.0%
- Up to the Challenge Completed any three Gun Runners' Arsenal (GRA) one star (*) Challenges. 6.4%
- Combat Veteran Completed any three Gun Runners' Arsenal (GRA) two star (**) Challenges. 6.3%
- Artful Pocketer Pick 50 pockets. 6.2%
- Caravan Master Win 30 games of Caravan. 6.2%
- Pros Only Completed any three Gun Runners' Arsenal (GRA) three star (***) Challenges. 5.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.