Batman: Arkham City

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 2,131 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 30.6h for positive, 8.5h 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 (88.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (64)

• I'm Batman Become the Bat 100%
• Acid Bath Save the damsel, but is she in distress? 98%
• Savior Save the medical volunteers 94%
• Chimney Sweep There is only one way in 89%
• One-Armed Bandit Hammer the point home 84%
• Arkham City Sirens Drop in on an old friend 82%
• Communication Breakdown Clear the airwaves 72%
• Gladiator Last man standing 70%
• Wrecking Ball Stop the unstoppable 68%
• Lost And Found Uncover the secret of Arkham City 65%
• Sandstorm We are legion 65%
• Hide And Seek A deadly game of hide and seek 62%
• IQ Test Solve the first riddle 62%
• Ghost Train Fight for survival 59%
• Pick Pocket Steal the score of a lifetime 58%
• Freefall Don't look down 57%
• Exit Stage Right All the world is a stage 56%
• Stop the Clock Time is running out 53%
• Conundrum Rescue the first hostage from Riddler 47%
• Broken Toys Destroy it all 44%
• Bargaining Chip Reunite the separated couple 40%
• Dial Z For Murder Stop the phone booth killer 38%
• Mastermind Rescue the second hostage from Riddler 35%
• Contract Terminated Stop the contract operative 31%
• Mystery Stalker Reveal the mystery watcher 24%
• AR Knight Complete all augmented reality training exercises 24%
• Puzzler Rescue the third hostage from Riddler 22%
• Family Jewels Retrieve your stolen goods 22%
• Serial Killer Track down the serial killer 17%
• Fully Loaded Collect all of Batman's gadgets and upgrades 17%
• Gadget Attack Use 5 different Quickfire gadgets in one fight (any play mode) 16%
• Aggravated Assault Stop all assaults in Arkham City 16%
• Intellectual Rescue the fourth hostage from Riddler 16%
• Brainteaser Rescue the fifth hostage from Riddler 12%
• Lost Property No crimefighter should be without this 12%
• Flawless Freeflow Fighter 2.0 Complete one combat challenge without taking damage (any character) 12%
• Breaking and Entering Find a way into the secret base 11%
• How's It Hanging? Clean up the Dry Docks 11%
• Genius Rescue all the hostages from Riddler 10%
• The Last Laugh The joke's on who? 10%
• Pay Your Respects A moment of remembrance 7.5%
• Sphinx' Riddle Complete all 40 of the Catwoman Riddler grid items 6.0%
• Bronze Revenge Obtain 24 medals on the original Arkham City ranked maps (as Batman) 5.2%
• Frequent Flyer Zip Kick 5 different thugs 4.4%
• Bomb Squad Defuse all bombs in 3 minutes or less 3.8%
• Twice Nightly Complete New Game Plus 3.7%
• Silver Revenge Obtain 48 medals on the original Arkham City ranked maps (as Batman) 2.7%
• Battering Ram Shield Bash 5 different thugs 2.7%
• Campaign Bronze Obtain 36 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Batman) 1.9%
• Storyteller Have 12 murderous dates with Calendar Man 1.7%
• Gold Revenge Obtain all 72 medals on the original Arkham City ranked maps (as Batman) 1.7%
• A Few New Tricks Use 5 different Quickfire gadgets in one fight as Robin in Harley Quinn's Revenge 1.6%
• Campaign Silver Obtain 72 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Batman) 1.3%
• Perfect Freeflow 2.0 Perform a perfect combo including all of Batman's combat moves (any play mode) 1.2%
• Campaign Gold Obtain all 108 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Batman) 1.2%
• Snap To It Snap Flash an unarmed thug, an armed thug, an environmental object and a Titan 1.2%
• Party's Over Destroy all Harley Balloons 1.1%
• Perfect Knight - Day 2 Complete every challenge in Arkham City - Main Story, Side Missions, Upgrades, Collectables, New Game Plus and Riddlers Revenge (as Batman) 1.0%
• Feline Revenge Obtain all 72 medals on the original Arkham City ranked maps (as Catwoman) 1.0%
• Campaign Kitty Obtain all 108 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Catwoman) 0.9%
• Robin Revenge Obtain 78 medals on the original Arkham City and Robin Bundle Pack ranked maps (as Robin) 0.8%
• Campaign Wonder Obtain 114 medals on the original Arkham City and Robin Bundle Pack campaigns (as Robin) 0.8%
• Nightwing Revenge Obtain 78 medals on the original Arkham City and Nightwing Bundle Pack ranked maps (as Nightwing) 0.8%
• Campaign Nightwing Obtain 114 medals on the original Arkham City and Nightwing Bundle Pack campaigns (as Nightwing) 0.8%