ActionAdventure
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 40% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 128,601
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome to the Family, Son” (Escape from the guest house) and “You Ain't Gettin' Away” (Escape to the yard): from 86% to 63% of starters.
- 96% 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 129,439 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 7.4h 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 (96.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- She's Alive Travel to Louisiana. 100%
- Welcome to the Family, Son Escape from the guest house. 87% −13
- You Ain't Gettin' Away Escape to the yard. Most players quit here 63% −23
- The Grave Will Out the Truth Uncover the secret in the old house. 57% −6
- You Better Start Running Escape from the Baker family home. 54% −3
- Into the Depths Escape from the ship. 51% −3
- The Nightmare's Finally Over Complete the game on Normal. 40% −10
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (58)
story milestone ending side
- She's Alive Travel to Louisiana. 100%
- A-ha! Obtain something by closely examining an item. 94%
- Welcome to the Family, Son Escape from the guest house. 87%
- Behind Closed Doors Close an open door by yourself. 84%
- Arms in the Air Block an enemy attack by guarding. 78%
- Master of Unlocking Use a lock pick to open something. 76%
- He's Here, There, Everywhere! Destroy a Mr. Everywhere statuette. 74%
- Things Got Personal Finish off an enemy with the knife. 64%
- Can't Catch Me Complete the "Mia" videotape without being spotted by Marguerite. 63%
- You Ain't Gettin' Away Escape to the yard. 63%
- Open Your Eyes Use psychostimulants. 63%
- In the Bag Increase your item slots. 61%
- Nice Try Put an unrelated object on a shadow plinth. 60%
- The Grave Will Out the Truth Uncover the secret in the old house. 57%
- You Better Start Running Escape from the Baker family home. 54%
- Into the Depths Escape from the ship. 51%
- Playing it Safe Complete the game on Easy. 50%
- Less is More Take down two or more enemies with one shot. 46%
- Be Kind, Please Rewind Watch all the videotapes in a single playthrough. 44%
- End of the Night Get ending 1. 43%
- The Nightmare's Finally Over Complete the game on Normal. 40%
- Mission Accomplished Complete Not a Hero on Easy or Normal difficulty. 20%
- Back Off, Mrs. B! Fight off Marguerite while she wanders the old house to make her run away. 19%
- Fly Swatter Shoot and knock back Marguerite while she's leaping at you. 17%
- Slash Slash, Slashity Slash! Clear insects off a door using a knife. 16%
- Just A Memory Now Get ending 2. 15%
- Queensberry Rules Perform a 4-hit combo with your bare fists in End of Zoe. 15%
- Promise Kept Complete End of Zoe on Easy or Normal. 14%
- Swamp Warfare Stealth kill 5 enemies in End of Zoe. 12%
- Duck If You Love Life Avoid Jack's scissor attack by crouching. 12%
- Eye in the Sky Complete 21. 9.1%
- Like Mama Used to Make Complete Bedroom. 8.5%
- Butterfly Effect Get the bad ending in Daughters. 8.4%
- 1st Place at the Science Fair Create all items that contain Chem Fluid and Strong Chem Fluid. 8.0%
- Just Get Me Outta Here Complete the game within 4 hours. 7.4%
- One Instinct: Survival Get the true ending in Daughters. 7.0%
- Who's Your Daddy Now? Complete the game on Madhouse. 6.3%
- That's a Spicy Meat-a-ball Kill an enemy by attaching a Remote Bomb to them and detonating it. 6.0%
- Mr. Nowhere Destroy all Mr. Everywhere statuettes. 5.7%
- Walk it Off Complete the game using only 3 First Aid Meds or less. 5.6%
- Dead by Dawn? Complete Nightmare. 5.6%
- The Devil Is in the Details Read all of the files in a single playthrough. 5.3%
- Card Shark Complete Survival mode in 21. 5.1%
- Out Before Dessert Complete the "Happy Birthday" videotape within 5 minutes. 5.0%
- Ratcatcher Find all the dead rats in Bedroom in a single play. 4.6%
- Pelicans in Your Pocket Obtain all of the Antique Coins in Easy or Normal difficulty. 4.4%
- Fastest Man in the Swamp Complete an Extreme Challenge in End of Zoe. 3.3%
- Mad Pelicans Obtain all of the Antique Coins in Madhouse difficulty. 3.2%
- Resource Manager Complete the game without opening the Item Box more than 3 times. 3.1%
- Sleepless in Dulvey Complete Night Terror. 3.0%
- Ethan Never Dies Complete Ethan Must Die. 3.0%
- You Gotta Know When To Hold 'Em Complete Survival+ mode in 21. 3.0%
- You're the Hero Now Complete Not a Hero on Professional difficulty. 2.9%
- Best Birthday Ever Get an S Rank or higher on all stages in Jack's 55th Birthday. 2.6%
- King of the Swamp Complete End of Zoe on Joe Must Die. 2.6%
- Miracle Chef Feed Jack every type of food and drink in Jack's 55th Birthday. 2.4%
- The Only Guns You Need Complete End of Zoe on Normal or Joe Must Die using no weapons. 2.4%
- Don't Keep the Man Waiting Clear a stage with a 10 minute time bonus or higher in Jack's 55th Birthday. 2.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.