When does Ryse: Son of Rome get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 5h it's 1 in 12 (8%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

How many players finish Ryse: Son of Rome?

40% of players who start reach the ending.

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Ryse: Son of Rome

Oct 10, 2014 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 41% of players who started

Started playing 95% of owners

Steam reviews 87% positive of 45,608

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 5h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
40% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “To Protect And To Serve” (Meet Nero) and “Who's That Girl” (Meet Boudica): from 92% to 53% of starters.
95% 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 45,897 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 3.8h 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 (94.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
To Protect And To Serve Meet Nero. 92% −8
Who's That Girl Meet Boudica. Most players quit here 53% −39
The Bigger They Are ... Defeat Glott. 45% −7
Never Give Up, Never Surrender Defeat Commodus. 41% −5

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (73)

story milestone ending side

First Blood Perform Your First Combat Execution. 100%
To Protect And To Serve Meet Nero. 92%
Give Caesar What Is His Purchase And Use An Upgrade In Combat. 89%
I Have A Story To Tell Complete The Beginning On Any Difficulty. 87%
Time To Fly Perform Your First Environmental Execution. 85%
Forever Lost Find Your Mother And Sister. 81%
Letters From The Front Collect One Scroll. 78%
Comboing My Way Through Defeat 10 Enemies In A Row Without Sustaining Any Damage. 77%
I Will Avenge You, Father Complete S.P.Q.R. On Any Difficulty. 71%
Roman Tourist Collect Your First Vista. 71%
Head Executioner Perform 100 Executions In Any Game Mode. 62%
Saving Private Marius Complete Trial By Fire On Any Difficulty. 59%
Something I Found On The Way To The Forum Collect One Chronicle. 58%
Who's That Girl Meet Boudica. 53%
Trouble In Sherwood Forest Complete The King On Any Difficulty. 51%
Heart Of Darkness Complete Edge Of The World On Any Difficulty. 45%
The Bigger They Are ... Defeat Glott. 45%
Siege Me If You Can Complete Pax Romanum On Any Difficulty. 43%
Inner Demons Find Out What Really Happened To Your Parents. 43%
From The Dead Become The Righteous Hand Of Vengeance. 42%
Ave, Caesar Complete The Wrath Of Nemesis On Any Difficulty. 41%
Never Give Up, Never Surrender Defeat Commodus. 41%
Not My Type After All Defeat Boudica. 39%
Settling Old Debts Complete The Son Of Rome On Any Difficulty. 37%
Veni, Vidi, Vici Complete The Game on Any Difficulty. 37%
My Empire Of Dirt Complete The Game On Soldier Difficulty. 29%
Step Right This Way! Use A Trap To Kill An Enemy. 29%
Medium Rare Use An Execution To Set Fire To An Enemy. 28%
Been There, Done That Replay Any Single Player Level. 22%
Colosseum Recruit Complete Your First Multiplayer Campaign. 22%
There's No Such Thing As Luck Kill An Enemy By Perfectly Deflecting An Arrow. 18%
Bloody Centurion Defeat 100 Enemies In Multiplayer. 14%
Monstrum Combo Defeat 25 Enemies In A Row Without Sustaining Damage. 13%
Bad To The Bone Complete The Game On Centurion Difficulty. 10%
Brothers In Arms Perform A Co-op Execution. 10%
We'll Never Survive Play A Round Of Survival Mode. 7.9%
Uh, He's Already Got One, You See Complete Barbarous. 6.7%
It's Just A Flesh Wound Revive Another Player 3 Times. 6.7%
Double-Down Perform 50 Double Executions In Any Game Mode. 6.2%
Mmmm, Beacon Complete Beacon. 5.8%
Grace Of The Gods Unlock The First Reward Of The Gods. 5.7%
Say Hello To My Little Friend! Equip Your First Tier 2 Item In Multiplayer. 5.6%
Marketer Get In Combat With All Executions And Upgrades Purchased. 5.5%
You Shall Put No Other Gods Before Me! Complete False Gods. 5.4%
Build A Bridge Out Of Her Complete Invictus. 5.3%
Only The Finest Equip Your First Rare Item In Multiplayer. 5.2%
I Have A Story To Tell (Legendary) Complete The Beginning On Legendary Difficulty. 5.1%
Colosseum Veteran Complete 20 Multiplayer Campaigns. 4.4%
I Will Avenge You, Father (Legendary) Complete S.P.Q.R. On Legendary Difficulty. 4.1%
Survivor Play A Round Of Survival On Island. 4.0%
Oh, Let Me Have A Little Bit Of Peril? Survive For 7 Minutes In Dockyard (Survival Mode). 3.4%
Saving Private Marius (Legendary) Complete Trial By Fire On Legendary Difficulty. 3.2%
Trouble In Sherwood Forest (Legendary) Complete The King On Legendary Difficulty. 3.1%
Avid Reader Complete A Comic Book By Collecting 6 Chronicles In A Level. 3.0%
Heart Of Darkness (Legendary) Complete Edge Of The World Legendary Any Difficulty. 2.9%
Siege Me If You Can (Legendary) Complete Pax Romanum On Legendary Difficulty. 2.7%
Ave, Caesar (Legendary) Complete The Wrath of Nemesis On Legendary Difficulty. 2.6%
Settling Old Debts (Legendary) Complete The Son Of Rome On Legendary Difficulty. 2.6%
Trueblood Perform 1000 Executions In Multiplayer. 2.4%
You Were In Terrible Peril Survive For 7 Minutes In Courtyard (Survival Mode). 2.4%
No, It's Too Perilous Survive For 7 Minutes In Firestorm (Survival Mode). 2.4%
Son Of Vulcan Equip Your First Tier 5 Item In Multiplayer. 2.3%
Simply The Best Achieve Rank 100 In Multiplayer. 2.3%
Ancient Scholar Collect All The Scrolls. 2.2%
Big Bling Equip Your First Tier 6 Item In Multiplayer. 2.2%
Best Of The Best Achieve Rank 150 In Multiplayer. 2.2%
Master Of The Colosseum Achieve Rank 200 In Multiplayer. 2.2%
Champion Of The Gods Unlock All The Rewards Of The Gods. 2.2%
Finders Keepers Collect All The Chronicles. 2.1%
Photo Album Collect All The Vistas. 2.1%
Colosseum Warrior Fight On Each Multiplayer Arena Environment. 1.9%
This Is My Island Perform 30 Environmental Executions On Island. 1.8%
A Walk In The Park Perform 30 Environmental Executions In Forbidden Forest. 1.6%

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