When does Ultra Street Fighter® IV get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

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Ultra Street Fighter® IV

Aug 7, 2014 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

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

Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 46% of owners

Steam reviews 91% positive of 17,151

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 46% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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 17,255 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 9.9h for positive, 3.7h 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 (45.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (67)

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Special Movement Do a Special Move 100 times! If you're a true student of the Rindo-kan dojo, it's your duty! 100%
Keep on Truckin' If you want to focus on nothing but the fight, entering an Endless Battle is for you! 51%
EXtra! EXtra! Battle requires courage! Train by using your EX Gauge to successfully land 100 EX Moves! 48%
It Takes Focus Your mission, should you wish to join Delta Red, is to connect with 100 Focus Attacks! 38%
Road to Victory You wanna get that fight money? You're gonna have to win 10 Multiplayer Battle matches first, sucka! 34%
Good Start All of nature must withstand a trial. You must clear 10 trials in Trial mode to succeed. 34%
First Timer I'll never forget my first time for Ryu's sake! Win one Ranked Match! Gotta aim for the top! 34%
It Begins The fight starts here! Set your Title and Icon, and begin fighting on Multiplayer Battle! 32%
Clear Headed Hey! Got time to kill? Try to clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher! That's all you gotta do! 31%
Three For The Road In the pursuit of strength, one must have a goal! In Endless Battle win 3 matches in a row. 29%
Worldly Warrior Let's do this, amigo! Fight 50 Multiplayer Battle matches, because that's the only way to become strong! 29%
Ultra, Man! If yer gonna fight, give it your all, pal. Performing 100 Ultra Combos oughta do it, eh? 26%
Battle Master Only winners can attain such beauty. Win 30 Multiplayer Battle matches and I may share my beauty secrets. 23%
Bring it on! No comrade, this will not do! We must become stronger, for our fans! Fight 100 Multiplayer Battle matches! 22%
Super, Man! To battle is to win a fight with overwhelming strength! Show me you can do 100 Super Combos! 20%
Ultimate Ultra Candy always says you gotta win with style, so go out there and perform 50 Ultra Combo finishes! 20%
Threepeat You think being this good is easy? Let's see you win 3 Ranked Matches in a row, champ! 19%
Moving On Up Ya need to do anything to reach the top of the food chain! Let's see a Rank Up via Ranked Match! 16%
Herculean Effort Can you finish Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue? Show me you can! 15%
Legendary Fighter I shall make you the right hand of Shadaloo if you can win 100 Multiplayer Battle matches! 14%
This is Madness! Fighting is fun, huh? Well then, let's aim for 300 Multiplayer Battle matches fought, OK buddy? 14%
Now You C Me... I wrestle only the strong! You shall rank up to C Rank if you wanna face me, comrade! 14%
Fivepeat This is your real power, child? Show me it's not luck by winning 5 Ranked Matches in a row! 13%
Absolute Perfection Lauren's waiting, so how about you finish your fights quickly and get 30 Perfects. Sound good? 11%
New Threads Use a new Title and Icon, and fight in one Multiplayer Battle match. Right on! 11%
Superior Super Trust your instincts and winning will come easy. Let's begin with 50 Super Combo finishes! 9.8%
Hard Times To escape death is to beat the strongest of the strong. Finish Arcade Mode on Hardest, kid! 9.6%
Endless Ten Throw away your fears and focus on the fight! Win 10 fights in a row in Endless Battle! 9.4%
Oh! My Car! Hee hee, destruction is so much fun! Score 80,000 points or more in the Car Crusher bonus stage! 9.0%
Ultra Effective New adventures await! Win a Ranked Match with a character added in Ultra Street Fighter IV! 8.5%
Double Feature Initiative is everything! Surprise the enemy by using both Ultra Combos in a single Ranked Match! 8.3%
Sunspotter Amigo, perform 365 Super or Ultra Combo finishes against your opponents! The dawn is coming! 7.7%
Tenpeat Don't hold back your true potential! Win 10 Ranked Matches in a row! 6.6%
Barrel of Laughs No need for barrels without oil! Score 110,000 points or more in the Barrel Buster bonus stage! 6.1%
Team Player A 1-on-1 fight is fun, but it's more fun with friends! Try fighting in a Team Battle! 6.1%
Trail of Trials There is no shortcut in the art of Yoga. Aim to clear any character's Trial mode! 6.1%
Endless Lobbyist It's only natural for warriors to seek fights! Create 30 Endless Battle lobbies! 5.7%
Quarter Up Fight 30 opponents via Arcade Fight Request. It'd be easy with the right bait, he he. 5.7%
Team Mate Win 1 Team Battle match, and you will learn that teamwork can help you become stronger! 4.8%
Overwhelming Power If you seek power, clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Evil Ryu. 4.6%
Prep Time You need study materials to make your battle plan. Follow one player in the Leaderboards. 4.6%
Replayer Watch 30 Replays via the Replay Channel! Isn't it fun watching people go at it tooth and nail!? 4.2%
Transcendent Ascend beyond oneself by clearing Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Oni. 3.7%
Giant Attack Reach the league's top and clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Hugo. 3.3%
Toxic Beauty No more mocking! Clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Poison. 3.1%
Dan the Man Mastery of the Saikyo arts requires mastery of the Personal Action! Collect 'em all, punk! 3.1%
Fashion Plate Even a top rate fighter needs to coordinate properly! You gotta get all of the Colors first! 3.1%
A dish best served cold Follow your anger by clearing Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Decapre. 2.8%
For the Utopia! Assert leadership and clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Rolento. 2.8%
Iconoclast Oh my gosh, those Icons are so adorable! I gotta find Don-chan and catch 'em all! 2.8%
Entitled A Title does not tell all of a man, sir, but if I were to see one Title, I'd want them all... 2.8%
All Clear To get strong takes lots of fighting! Clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher with all characters! 2.6%
Just Enough! Dude, just clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Yun! Piece of cake! 2.6%
Up to Snuff Clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Yang. It's simple! 2.6%
The world is my stage Dance with everyone! Clear Arcade Mode on Medium or higher without using a continue with Elena! 2.6%
Good old times A strong fighter has no fear of change! Defeat your Street Fighter IV self on the Hardest difficulty! 2.6%
The Awakening As if you could ever defeat Evil Ryu in Arcade Mode on the hardest difficulty. See for yourself! 2.4%
Speed Freak Finish each round in Arcade Mode on Medium or higher in 20 seconds or less. Too easy. 2.4%
Rival Schooled See your future by clearing every Rival Battle on Medium or higher with every character. 2.4%
Trial Athlete I shall assimilate all and be all-powerful! Clear all Trial challenges, and so can you! 2.4%
All For One Strength in numbers! Gather a team of four and defeat another in any Team Battle! 2.2%
Long Time No See Do you wish for defeat? If so, complete Arcade Mode on Hardest difficulty and beat Gouken! 2.2%
Birth of the Oni To surpass the power of Oni, you must defeat him in Arcade Mode on the hardest setting. 2.2%
Teamworker A pro can win with any team. Win 10 Team Battles but don't forget, you have to win too! 2.2%
Overachiever Attain all the Achievements! The path of the warrior demands this from those who walk on it! 2.0%
From C to Shining C You think you're good, don't you? Prove it by ranking up all characters to C Rank! 2.0%
Team Lobbyist Hey mon, battlin' is fun, no? Go out and create 30 Team Battle lobbies and enjoy the rhythm! 2.0%

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