FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 13 reviews are negative (8%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Journey Begins” (Clear chapter 1) and “Those Who Unite the Skies” (Clear chapter 2): from 86% to 65% of starters.
- 85% 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 5,097 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 29.8h for positive, 21.4h 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 (84.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Journey Begins Clear chapter 1. 86% −14
- Those Who Unite the Skies Clear chapter 2. Most players quit here 65% −20
- Olderion Blues Clear chapter 3. 48% −17
- Viva la Revolución Clear chapter 4. 36% −12
- In Search of the Truth Clear chapter 5. 19% −17
- And the Winner Is... Clear chapter 6. 13% −6
- Past Glory Clear chapter 7. 9% −4
- Aspiration’s End Clear chapter 8. 6% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Kweh! Obtain a chocobo. 100%
- Princess’s Reward Receive a reward at Oblivion Palace for the first time. 87%
- A Journey Begins Clear chapter 1. 86%
- Magicite Hunter Defeat a cave master. 77%
- Those Who Unite the Skies Clear chapter 2. 65%
- Visions Assemble Obtain 10 visions. 58%
- Esper’s Covenant Gain help from 3 espers. 54%
- The First Step Towards Mastery Reach max Mastery Rank for a vision for the first time. 53%
- Gil Comes and Goes Spend a total of 100,000 gil. 49%
- Olderion Blues Clear chapter 3. 48%
- Viva la Revolución Clear chapter 4. 36%
- Airship Enterprise Obtain an airship. 35%
- Vision Connoisseur Reach max MR with 8 visions. 32%
- Just Getting Started Clear all Fledgling League fights in the Colosseum. 31%
- Awakened Light Awaken a vision to its limit for the first time. 27%
- The Bigger They Are... Defeat 5 cave masters. 27%
- Those Who Defy Fate Unlock all party members. 20%
- In Search of the Truth Clear chapter 5. 19%
- Memento Help the enigmatic princess regain her second memory. 18%
- Making Lid Proud Gain a total of 1,000,000 gil. 17%
- Mechabo Mania Upgrade Mechabo to his ultimate form. 14%
- And the Winner Is... Clear chapter 6. 13%
- Arena Fighter Clear all Brawler League fights in the Colosseum. 13%
- The Weapon that Suits the User Have Aileen craft a weapon for the first time. 12%
- Ancient Artifact Obtain one of the Twelve Legendary Arms for the first time. 9.9%
- Past Glory Clear chapter 7. 9.1%
- Keep Them on Their Toes Stagger enemies 1000 times. 8.5%
- Will Crystallized Obtain all visions. 8.0%
- The Sovereigns of the Planet Gain help from all espers. 7.6%
- Priceless Experience Defeat a Metal Gigantuar for the first time. 7.4%
- Conscience Renewed Clear all party member substories. 7.3%
- Career Fighter Clear all Gladiator League fights in the Colosseum. 6.3%
- Struck Gold Defeat a King Gil Snapper for the first time. 6.3%
- Aspiration’s End Clear chapter 8. 6.0%
- The Weaponsmith Have Aileen craft weapons for all party members. 3.4%
- My Name Is Ultima... Defeat Ultima Weapon. 3.2%
- The Harder They Fall Defeat all cave masters. 3.1%
- Legendary Arms Obtain all Twelve Legendary Arms. 2.7%
- Resonance Rapid Fire Use Resonances 400 times. 1.3%
- Ultimate Fantasy Obtain all achievements. 0.8%