RPG
Tales of Symphonia
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 14% of players who started
Started playing 72% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 5,223
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 35h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 14% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Cleared Sylvarant”: only 24% of starters get there.
- 72% 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 5,250 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 43.8h for positive, 15.1h 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 (71.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Cleared Sylvarant Lloyd and his party have now arrived in Tethe'alla. Most players quit here 24% −76
- Cleared Tethe'alla Lloyd and his party can now move between the two worlds. 17% −8
- Cleared Derris-Kharlan What is the name of this tree? 14% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- First-Time Cooking Cooked for the first time. Don't worry about messing up, just keep challenging yourself! 100%
- Love Me Tender Your maximum hit number is 10! Work with your friend and pummel the enemy! 89%
- Blacksmith's Hours Customized a weapon for the first time. There is no such thing as a useless weapon. 55%
- Celebrate 100! You've encountered 100 battles! Don't let your guard down. 44%
- Unison Attacker Performed a unison attack for the first time. Everyone was in unison. 37%
- Cleared Sylvarant Lloyd and his party have now arrived in Tethe'alla. 24%
- Finality Performed a mystic arte for the first time. Win gracefully! 23%
- Cleared Tethe'alla Lloyd and his party can now move between the two worlds. 17%
- Cleared Derris-Kharlan What is the name of this tree? 14%
- Universal Knight Lloyd has obtained 10 titles. He has many titles as a swordsman, but does that mean he's a great swordsman? 13%
- Celebrate 1000! You've encountered 1,000 battles! Battles never end. 9.1%
- Tottering Chosen Colette has obtained 10 titles. She's not ditzy all the time! 7.7%
- Sword Dancer Slayer Defeated all 3 Sword Dancers. You can open a weapon shop with all their swords. But that's too much work. 5.7%
- Raine the Healer Raine has obtained 10 titles. Professor Raine can be scary, but she is very kind at heart. 5.6%
- Ball and Stick Apprentice Genis has obtained 10 titles. Ball and stick is godly. 5.0%
- Abyssion Buster Defeated Abyssion. So there! 4.6%
- 100 Idol Your maximum hit number is 100! Why do your enemies even try? 4.3%
- Top of the Coliseum Defeated Gar, Farah, and Meredy in the Coliseum. Nice going! 3.8%
- Tenfold Summoner Sheena has obtained 10 titles. Mysterious in an assassin way? 3.8%
- The Sister: Seles Defeated Zelos' sister Seles in the Coliseum. Sisters are tough. 3.6%
- Regal Weapon Regal has obtained 10 titles. Just look at his abs. 3.2%
- Zelos Impact Zelos has obtained 10 titles. He's killing it. 3.1%
- 10 Presea Presea has obtained 10 titles. She looks like a child. 2.8%
- Hard Puncher Cleared the game with the difficulty set to "Hard." Challenge "Mania" next time. 2.7%
- Three Legendary Heroes Defeated Kratos, Yuan, and Mithos in Forbidden Anamnesis. You just caught a lucky break. 2.4%
- 100 Hours You played 100 hours! Thanks for playing! (I hope you were playing.) 2.4%
- Million Dollars You obtained one million casino chips! 2.0%
- Monster Fanatic You completed the Monster List! So how many monsters did you kill? 1.8%
- A Collector's Collector You completed the Collector's Book! You must now know the true meaning of the universe. 1.8%
- My Dear Colette Colette has obtained all titles. I guess you love Colette? 1.7%
- Kratos the Knight Kratos has obtained all titles. He is everyone's hero. 1.7%
- Worldwide Knight Lloyd has obtained all titles. 1.7%
- All-Healing Raine Raine has obtained all titles. She's scary, but she heals you. 1.7%
- True Mania Cleared the game with the difficulty set to "Mania." Were the battles epic? 1.5%
- Ball and Stick Master Genis has obtained all titles. Fear the younger brother. 1.5%
- Igaguri Style! Sheena has obtained all titles. The most powerful summoner that commands the summon spirits. 1.5%
- All of Presea Presea has obtained all titles. She'll keep swinging that ax. 1.4%
- Regal the Great Regal has obtained all titles. They're just filled with Regal's greatness. 1.4%
- Zelos the Harem Master Zelos has obtained all titles. He has bewitched all women. 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.