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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 29% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 2,081,667
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome to Los Santos” and “Diamond Hard”: from 100% to 50% of starters.
- 82% 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.
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Based on all 2,086,544 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 488 reviews: 46.4h for positive, 108.5h 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 (81.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome to Los Santos You repo'd a car and raced it through the heart of a sun-soaked metropolis. 100%
- Diamond Hard You cleaned out Vangelico to pay back Martin Madrazo. Most players quit here 50% −50
- A Friendship Resurrected With friends like this who needs enemies? 48% −3
- Subversive You stole an experimental super weapon from Merryweather... and gave it back. 38% −9
- Small Town, Big Job You made a big impression at the Paleto Bay Chicken Festival. 34% −5
- The Government Gimps You recovered sensitive information from a highly defended federal building. 30% −4
- The Moment of Truth You have uncovered the truth about Brad. 28% −2
- The Big One! This ain't no dream no more. 28% −1
- To Live or Die in Los Santos Completed the final mission. 29% +1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (77)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to Los Santos You repo'd a car and raced it through the heart of a sun-soaked metropolis. 100%
- Off the Plane GTA Online: Complete the Introduction. 91%
- American Dream GTA Online: Own an Apartment, Garage and an Insured Vehicle. 64%
- Be Prepared GTA Online: Complete a Heist Setup mission. 53%
- Pimp My Sidearm Fully mod a weapon. 52%
- Three-Bit Gangster GTA Online: Reach Rank 25. 52%
- Diamond Hard You cleaned out Vangelico to pay back Martin Madrazo. 50%
- A Friendship Resurrected With friends like this who needs enemies? 48%
- Run Like The Wind GTA Online: Survive for a day with a Bounty on your head. 39%
- Making Moves GTA Online: Reach Rank 50. 39%
- Subversive You stole an experimental super weapon from Merryweather... and gave it back. 38%
- Blitzed You performed a classic blitz play. 37%
- A Fair Day's Pay It's time for a little getaway. 35%
- Small Town, Big Job You made a big impression at the Paleto Bay Chicken Festival. 34%
- The Government Gimps You recovered sensitive information from a highly defended federal building. 30%
- Parole Day GTA Online: Complete The Prison Break as Heist Leader or Crew. 30%
- Clean Sweep GTA Online: Finish a Gang Attack without dying and kill at least 10 enemies. 30%
- To Live or Die in Los Santos Completed the final mission. 29%
- The Moment of Truth You have uncovered the truth about Brad. 28%
- Los Santos Customs Fully mod a vehicle. 28%
- Decorated GTA Online: Earn 30 Platinum Awards. 28%
- Shot Caller GTA Online: Invest your hard earned cash to set up a Heist. 28%
- Crew Cut GTA Online: Complete a Job as a member of a Crew. 28%
- The Big One! This ain't no dream no more. 28%
- Above the Law GTA Online: Reach Rank 100. 27%
- Can't Touch This GTA Online: Complete a Heist Finale without taking any damage. 26%
- Trading Pure Alpha Make a profit over your total investments in the stock market. 25%
- Dead Presidents GTA Online: Complete The Fleeca Job and The Pacific Standard Job as Heist Leader or Crew. 21%
- The Data Breaches GTA Online: You completed Act I of The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. 20%
- In the Name of Science GTA Online: Complete The Humane Labs Raid and Series A Funding as Heist Leader or Crew. 20%
- A Lot of Cheddar Spend a total of $200 million across all three characters. 19%
- Dialling Digits GTA Online: Call for a Backup Helicopter for the first time. 18%
- Red Mist Complete all Rampages. 18%
- The Bogdan Problem GTA Online: You completed Act II of The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. 18%
- Show Off Complete all Stunt Jumps. 18%
- Unnatural Selection GTA Online: Complete all 10 waves of a Survival. 18%
- Getting Started GTA Online: You set up the Doomsday Heist. 17%
- First Time Director Enter Director Mode for the first time as an unlocked actor. 17%
- All's Fare in Love and War Purchase Downtown Cab Co. and complete a private fare. 15%
- The Doomsday Scenario GTA Online: You completed Act III of The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. 15%
- Stick Up Kid GTA Online: Hold up all 20 Stores. 14%
- Multi-Disciplined Attain a gold medal in all applicable hobbies and pastimes. 14%
- Altruist Acolyte Deliver an unsuspecting victim to the Altruist Cult. 14%
- Full Refund GTA Online: Kill the thief that mugged you. 13%
- The Midnight Club GTA Online: Use custom vehicles to win 5 Races. 13%
- A New Perspective Play GTA V for 15 hours in first person mode. 13%
- Four Way GTA Online: As Heist Leader set the Finale cut as 25% across all players. 13%
- Wanted: Alive Or Alive Deliver a bail bond target alive. 13%
- Numero Uno GTA Online: Obtain first place in all competitive game types. 13%
- Live a Little GTA Online: Spend a total of $8,000,000 purchasing vehicles included as part of The Heists Update. 13%
- A World Worth Saving GTA Online: You completed The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. 13%
- San Andreas Sightseer Explore all of Los Santos and Blaine County. 12%
- Mastermind GTA Online: Earn 25 platinum medals across Heist Setups and Finales. 11%
- Orbital Obliteration GTA Online: You killed another player with the Orbital Cannon. 11%
- Out of Your Depth You're gonna need a bigger boat... 9.5%
- Close Shave Complete all Under the Bridge and Knife Flight challenges. 8.9%
- TP Industries Arms Race Purchase McKenzie Field Hangar and win the arms race. 8.4%
- Method Actor Enter Director Mode using any of your own GTA Online characters. 8.4%
- Kifflom! You completed the Epsilon program and achieved inner peace. 8.3%
- From Beyond the Stars Collect and return all spaceship parts. 8.1%
- Waste Management Purchase the old dock and collect all nuclear waste. 7.9%
- A Mystery, Solved Solve the mystery of Leonora Johnson. 7.8%
- Backseat Driver GTA Online: Direct a driver to 1st place as co-driver in Rally Mode. 7.8%
- Solid Gold, Baby! Earn 70 Gold Medals on Missions and Strangers and Freaks. 7.7%
- Three Man Army Survive 3 minutes on at least a 3 star Wanted Level with all three characters together off mission. 7.7%
- Enjoy Your Stay GTA Online: Participate in everything Los Santos has to offer. 7.6%
- Career Criminal Attain 100% Game Completion. 7.3%
- Vinewood Visionary Create and export a video using the Rockstar Editor or enter Director Mode 5 times. 6.3%
- Animal Lover Enter Director Mode as an unlocked animal actor for the first time. 6.1%
- Majestic Create and export 10 videos using the Rockstar Editor or enter Director Mode 10 times. 5.7%
- Ensemble Piece Unlock all Story Characters and enter Director Mode as an actor from this category. 5.7%
- Cryptozoologist Unlock all the animals. 5.6%
- Cult Movie Enter Director Mode as Cris Formage. 5.5%
- Location Scout Visit all Locations in Director Mode. 5.5%
- Humans of Los Santos Unlock all Special Characters and entered Director Mode as an actor from this category. 5.4%
- Elitist GTA Online: You completed all 3 Elite Challenges in The Doomsday Heist. 5.1%
- Masterminds GTA Online: You completed all 3 Criminal Mastermind Challenges in The Doomsday Heist. 5.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.