ActionAdventureRPG
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 60h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 32% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 36,780
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 60h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 60.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Never Meet Your Heroes” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Swampy Situation” (Complete Chapter 2): from 90% to 73% of starters.
- 83% 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 36,933 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 64h for positive, 34.7h 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 (82.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Never Meet Your Heroes Complete Chapter 1. 91% −9
- Swampy Situation Complete Chapter 2. Most players quit here 73% −17
- Make Mine Black Complete Chapter 3. 71% −2
- The President's Commendation Complete Chapter 4. 62% −9
- Cryptic Cameo Complete Chapter 5. 61% −1
- Fun in the Sun Complete Chapter 6. 58% −2
- The Price of Progress Complete Chapter 7. 53% −5
- Worth the Weight? Complete Chapter 8. 50% −3
- Crying Out Complete Chapter 9. 44% −6
- Stars Fell from My Eyes Complete Chapter 10. 40% −4
- You're Not Murasaki Complete Chapter 11. 38% −2
- Hearts Out, Dukes Up Complete Chapter 12. 35% −3
- I'm Here for You Complete Chapter 13. 33% −2
- Confluence of Worlds Complete Chapter 14. 32% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (61)
story milestone ending side
- I Got This Win a battle. 100%
- Staggered Learning Stagger an enemy. 100%
- No "I" in "Synergy" Use a synergy ability. 93%
- Break It Down Use a limit break. 92%
- Exploitative Practices Exploit an enemy's weakness. 92%
- Unfettered Friendship Free a bound ally. 92%
- Team Player Use a synergy skill. 91%
- Never Meet Your Heroes Complete Chapter 1. 91%
- A Materia World Level up an orb of materia. 81%
- Caching In Complete your search of a cache location. 79%
- Intelligence Aide Gather world intel at five separate locations. 78%
- Weapons 101 Max out a weapon ability's proficiency. 78%
- Fledgling Summoner Invoke a summon. 77%
- Swampy Situation Complete Chapter 2. 73%
- Entering New Markets Complete a quest. 73%
- Make Mine Black Complete Chapter 3. 71%
- I Brake for Chocobos Repair three chocobo stops. 71%
- Expert Ex-kweh-vator Use a chocobo to find two treasures buried by rabbits. 69%
- New Blood Raise your Queen's Blood rank. 69%
- You Work for Me Now Defeat a summon in battle and obtain its materia. 62%
- The President's Commendation Complete Chapter 4. 62%
- Cryptic Cameo Complete Chapter 5. 61%
- Fun in the Sun Complete Chapter 6. 58%
- Founder's Bonus Obtain a protorelic in the grasslands. 58%
- Director of Regional Intelligence Gather all pieces of world intel in a region. 54%
- The Price of Progress Complete Chapter 7. 53%
- Intelligence Specialist Gather world intel at fifty separate locations. 53%
- Card Royalty Win the Queen's Blood tournament held on board the Shinra-8. 53%
- Worth the Weight? Complete Chapter 8. 50%
- Fort Condor Commander Obtain a protorelic in the Junon region. 48%
- 7th, Assemble! Recruit all Midgar 7th Infantry units for the parade in Junon. 47%
- Crying Out Complete Chapter 9. 44%
- Stars Fell from My Eyes Complete Chapter 10. 40%
- You're Not Murasaki Complete Chapter 11. 38%
- 1-Star Startup Donate 10 items to the treasure trove at Johnny's Seaside Inn. 36%
- Hearts Out, Dukes Up Complete Chapter 12. 35%
- Critically Acclaimed Receive a review of S or higher for your performance in Loveless at the Gold Saucer. 33%
- I'm Here for You Complete Chapter 13. 33%
- Confluence of Worlds Complete Chapter 14. 32%
- Stealing the Show Win the prize for outstanding performance in the Junon parade. 31%
- Honorary Turk Obtain a protorelic in the Gongaga region. 30%
- The Gambit Paid Off Obtain a protorelic in the Cosmo Canyon region. 27%
- Professional Handler Obtain a protorelic in the Nibel region. 27%
- 3-Star Hotel Donate 30 items to the treasure trove at Johnny's Seaside Inn. 27%
- Moogle Lover Max out your moogle emporium merchant rank. 26%
- Cactuar Crusher Obtain a protorelic in the Corel region. 24%
- Bladesman of Legend Defeat Gilgamesh. 14%
- Hall of Famer Win all chocobo races. 13%
- Grind It Out Attain level 70 with a character. 13%
- 5-Star Hotel Donate 60 items to the treasure trove at Johnny's Seaside Inn. 12%
- My Job Here Is Done Complete all quests. 11%
- Piano Virtuoso Play all six Piano Outreach Association songs well enough to receive remuneration. 11%
- Materia Completionist Develop all possible materia together with Chadley. 10%
- Polygonal Prizefighter Defeat Sephiroth in 3D Brawler. 8.7%
- Staggering Success Deal 300% or more damage to a staggered enemy. 7.4%
- Are You Not Entertained? Complete all bouts in the Musclehead Colosseum. 5.2%
- Well-Rounded Master all weapon abilities and limit breaks, including those found in folios. 4.2%
- Virtually Renowned Complete all of Chadley's combat simulations. 3.9%
- Of Hardy Stock Complete all chapters on Hard difficulty. 3.5%
- 7-Star Hotel Inform Johnny that you have donated all possible items to his treasure trove. 3.1%
- The Planet's Hope Earn all FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH achievements. 2.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.