Valkyria Chronicles™
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 35h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Gallian Medal of Honor”: only 58% of starters get there.
- Only 42% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 13,381 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 37.1h for positive, 9.9h 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 (42.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Gallian Medal of Honor Complete the Chapter 9 battle "Kidnapping of Cordelia" Most players quit here 58% −42
- Fouzen Service Medal Complete the Chapter 10 battle "Liberation of Fouzen" 51% −7
- Naggiar Service Medal Complete the Chapter 14 battle "Showdown at Naggiar" 39% −11
- Ghirlandaio Service Medal Complete the second Chapter 15 battle "To Fell a Citadel" 35% −5
- Savior of Gallia Beat the game and begin a new game from the saved file 20% −14
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- The Crimson Heart Have a soldier who has fallen in combat survive either by calling a medic or clearing the battle before they die 100%
- The Lance of Gallia Kill an enemy ace 98%
- Gallian Medal of Honor Complete the Chapter 9 battle "Kidnapping of Cordelia" 58%
- Fouzen Service Medal Complete the Chapter 10 battle "Liberation of Fouzen" 51%
- The Bronze Arms of Gallia Kill 250 enemy units 49%
- Order of the Holy Shield Complete any chapter battle after Chapter 10 without any of your units being reduced to 0 HP 44%
- Order of the Holy Lance Earn an A Rank on any chapter battle after Chapter 10 42%
- Naggiar Service Medal Complete the Chapter 14 battle "Showdown at Naggiar" 39%
- Ghirlandaio Service Medal Complete the second Chapter 15 battle "To Fell a Citadel" 35%
- The Silver Arms of Gallia Kill 500 enemy units 25%
- Savior of Gallia Beat the game and begin a new game from the saved file 20%
- The Splintered Horn Let a character who has unlocked his/her hidden potential die in combat 16%
- Order of the Golden Wings Train all character classes to level 20 13%
- Excellence in Leadership Learn every order 7.1%
- Excellence in Technology Commission all tank upgrades (including all three level 3 Edelweiss upgrades) and collect all enemy ace tank parts 6.4%
- The Golden Arms of Gallia Kill 1000 enemy units 6.1%
- Gallian Front Commemorative Complete all chapters and reports 5.4%
- Excellence in Armament Commission all weapon upgrades and collect all enemy ace and royal weapons 4.0%
- The Wings of Solidarity Unlock the full personnel profiles for all recruits 3.5%
- Randgriz Crest of Honor Earn an A Rank on every battle, including all reports and all ranks of all skirmish battles 3.3%