Resident Evil
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- At least 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Deep Sixed” (Defeat mother Neptune): only 40% of starters get there.
- 76% 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 37,287 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 15.9h for positive, 4.8h 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 (76% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Deep Sixed Defeat mother Neptune. Most players quit here 40% −60
- Spider Sense Defeat Black Tiger. 37% −4
- Alpha Team's Finest Finish the game using Jill. ≥29% −7
story milestone ending (most common 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
- First Kills Are Special Defeat a zombie. 100%
- Get Used To It Die for the first time. 90%
- Seeing Red Defeat a Crimson Head. 53%
- Not Taking Any Chances Burn up a zombie. 50%
- Deep Sixed Defeat mother Neptune. 40%
- Who's the Hunter Now? Defeat a Hunter. 40%
- Delaying the Inevitable Save Richard with a serum. 37%
- Spider Sense Defeat Black Tiger. 37%
- Like Taking Candy from a Baby Finish the game on Very Easy difficulty or higher. 36%
- Grave Digger Defeat a Crimson Head prototype1 using Jill. 36%
- What a Great Guy Save Jill using Barry. 35%
- Not Waiting to Exhale Survive your first encounter with Yawn. 35%
- The Key Master Obtain the Helmet Key using Jill. 32%
- Giant Snake Got Nothin' Defeat Yawn using Jill. 31%
- Where the Magic Happens Break into the laboratory using Jill. 30%
- Alpha Team's Finest Finish the game using Jill. 29%
- Not in the Mood to Die Finish the game on Easy difficulty or higher. 29%
- Trust Him Save Barry from Lisa Trevor. 28%
- Sorry About the Wait Save Chris from confinement using Jill. 27%
- I'm a Member of S.T.A.R.S. Finish the game saving Chris and Barry using Jill. 24%
- Not Just Any Object Obtain the Stone & Metal Object using Chris. 23%
- Herbicide Defeat Plant 42 using Chris. 21%
- Written Word is Dead Obtain the "Last Book Vol. 2" using Chris. 20%
- An End to a Poor Girl's Misery Defeat Lisa Trevor using Chris. 20%
- You da Man, Chris Finish the game using Chris. 20%
- Break Out the Marshmallows! Burn up two zombies at the same time with the lighter. 19%
- Sorry I Made You Wait Save Jill from confinement using Chris. 19%
- That Was Nice of You Save Rebecca from a Hunter. 16%
- Bravo, Rebecca Save Chris using Rebecca. 16%
- The Nightmare Ends Finish the game saving Rebecca and Jill using Chris. 15%
- Take that, Zombies! Finish the game on Normal difficulty or higher. 15%
- We're in This Together Finish the game with Jill and Chris. 12%
- Racing and Pacing Finish the game in five hours. 8.9%
- Oh, the Horror Finish the game on Hard difficulty. 6.8%
- Don't Stop Running Finish the game in three hours. 6.8%
- Every Woman for Herself Finish the game without saving anyone using Jill. 6.4%
- Every Nook and Cranny Visit all places on all maps. 6.4%
- Ink is for Squids Finish the game without saving. 5.5%
- Every Man for Himself Finish the game without saving anyone using Chris. 5.3%
- Starsenal Obtain all weapons. 5.1%
- Passion for Fashion Obtain all costumes. 4.6%
- The Survival Horror Finish the game in Real Survival mode. 4.5%
- CQC FTW Finish the game using only your knife. 4.3%
- Ghost of a Chance Finish the game in Invisible Enemy mode. 3.9%