ActionAdventureRPG
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 60h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 39% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 43,684
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 4 reviews are negative (22%); after 60h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 60.
- 39% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Out of the Fire” (Traverse the Nord Mines) and “Calamity Averted” (Traverse the Regalith Grand Cathedral): from 91% to 79% of starters.
- 89% 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 43,834 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 78.3h for positive, 38.5h 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% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Allies United Traverse the Northern Border Fort. 100%
- Out of the Fire Traverse the Nord Mines. 91% −9
- Calamity Averted Traverse the Regalith Grand Cathedral. Most players quit here 79% −12
- Dark Truths Traverse Kriegante Castle. 68% −11
- On Knife's Edge Traverse the Charadrius. 60% −8
- History Untold Traverse the Dragon Temple. 56% −4
- Mission Accomplished Traverse Montario Opera House. 53% −2
- Skybound Hope Traverse the Skybound Avatar. 43% −11
- Coronation of the King Witness the ending. 39% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Allies United Traverse the Northern Border Fort. 100%
- Stunning! Stun an enemy. 100%
- Shake on It Obtain a Follower. 97%
- Out of the Fire Traverse the Nord Mines. 91%
- United Front Use a Synthesis skill for the first time. 87%
- Shrewd Shopper Buy an item on discount. 79%
- Calamity Averted Traverse the Regalith Grand Cathedral. 79%
- No Mercy End 50 battles without taking damage. 78%
- Blessed Power Purify a piece of equipment. 76%
- Monster Hunter Subjugate a bounty. 73%
- Archetype Adept Master an Archetype. 72%
- Dark Truths Traverse Kriegante Castle. 68%
- Tactical Strike Inflict ambush damage against stunned enemies 100 times. 65%
- What's Yours is Mine Steal an item from an enemy. 63%
- Stray Elements Defeat 10 Elmentas. 62%
- On Knife's Edge Traverse the Charadrius. 60%
- For Science! Perform a Special Experiment. 56%
- History Untold Traverse the Dragon Temple. 56%
- Mission Accomplished Traverse Montario Opera House. 53%
- His Majesty Study the Prince Archetype. 50%
- Globetrotter Visit all towns. 44%
- Skybound Hope Traverse the Skybound Avatar. 43%
- Vista Viewer Collect all drawings of the journey. 41%
- Coronation of the King Witness the ending. 39%
- Hearts as One Max all Follower ranks. 37%
- Entrusted Overcome all trials to defeat Louis. 37%
- Worldly Wisdom Unlock the entire map. 32%
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work Use 50 different Synthesis skills. 32%
- Hey, Listen! Consult Gallica 100 times. 26%
- Help Anyone in Need Complete all quests. 20%
- Coliseum Champion Win 30 consecutive Gold Class battles at the coliseum. 20%
- Money is Power Spend a total of 100,000 reeve using skills that consume money. 20%
- At Your Own Risk Successfully challenge the test of courage at the highest difficulty. 18%
- Bookworm Finish reading all books. 17%
- Archetype Hero Master all the Archetypes with the protagonist. 16%
- Chef in Training Help cook a meal at the inn with Maria. 15%
- All That Glitters Make all possible gold beetle item exchanges. 13%
- King of Cuisine Make all recipes. 13%
- Summon Mask Time Create all summoning vessels and masks. 12%
- Debate Me Win debates against all candidates. 8.9%
- Sword Surfer Travel a significant distance by blade-riding. 8.8%
- Star Shatterer Defeat Destroyer Charadrius, wielder of true power. 8.0%
- Closing the Book Defeat the redscale dragon from the Book of Apocalypse. 4.5%
- The Traveller Acquire all achievements. 3.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.