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BlazBlue Centralfiction
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 51% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 12,431
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 15h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 51% 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 12,506 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 21.6h for positive, 15.3h 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 (51.4% 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 (48)
story milestone ending side
- FINISH HIM! Successfully executed 10 Fatal Counters. 100%
- ● REC [Training] Used the key record / playback feature. 98%
- So White! Successfully executed an instant block 10 times. 91%
- It's like... Slow motion Successfully blocked 10 overhead attacks. 76%
- Why does it feel so homey? [Network] Won "My room" match. 70%
- Favorite Color! [Item Shop] Purchased additional character colors. 55%
- Arrrrcade! [Arcade] Completed the arcade mode. 54%
- Power of Fate Successfully executed 10 Distortion Finishes. 54%
- Hang in there, partner [VS] Won with difficulty set to Normal or higher. 51%
- You can create "cute" [Network] Changed your icon, plate, title, lobby character, and accessories. 51%
- The end has COME! Successfully executed 10 Exceed Accels. 46%
- Master's Before and After [Network] Customized your own room. 42%
- Sudden Cancellation Successfully used Rapid Cancel 10 times. 39%
- The Beginning of the end [Story] Completed episode 1. 36%
- Gigaaaa Driiiiive FINISH! Successfully executed 10 Overdrive Finishes. 34%
- Fighting Game Academy [Tutorial] Played through a character's strategy guide. 28%
- Between you and me... [Item Shop] Played back a single location test voice. 26%
- Thanks, but no thanks Successfully executed 10 throw-escapes. 26%
- Destroyer of Guards Successfully executed a Guard Crush 10 times. 23%
- Bookworm [Abyss] Increased the level of a Grimoire to maximum. 23%
- Well Played! [Network] Won a Ranked Match. 20%
- True Blue Successfully executed 10 Astral Finishes. 19%
- Phantom of Labyrinth [Story] Completed episode 4. 18%
- Can we keep it? [Abyss] Successfully extracted skills from the Grimoire. 17%
- The First Step [Tutorial] Completed Tutorial Mode. 15%
- Is this what they call Love? [Challenge] Completed a total of 10% of the challenges. 15%
- Nightmare Memory [Story] Completed episode 7. 15%
- Let Hell Begin [Abyss] Completed all normal stages 1 through 3. 13%
- The Requiem [Story] Completed episode 10. 13%
- Skill Collector [Abyss] Acquired 30% of all Skills. 12%
- And on that bombshell... [Story] Completed the entire main story. 12%
- I Prefer Watching... [Replay Theater] Played back another person's replay. 12%
- Honey! Do these match? [Network] Collected 50 pieces of furniture for your "My Room." 12%
- 100% of shots you don't take Successfully used Counter Assault 10 times. 12%
- And the Legend Begins... [Network] Reached LV 11. 11%
- Keep your friends close [Network] Added a player to your favorites. 11%
- Sayonara! Dealt 10,000+ damage in a single combo. 7.6%
- Escape Velocity [Abyss] Increased a character's level to 50. 7.0%
- Grimoire Collector [Abyss] Acquired 50 Grimoires. 6.6%
- Lord of the Beeeeees Successfully executed a 100-hit combo. 6.6%
- Blue Flamed Challenger [Challenge] Completed all of a single character's challenges. 6.6%
- Thank you for playing [Gallery] Played back the credits. 6.4%
- Click click [Gallery] Opened up all guest illustrations. 6.2%
- Don't forget the extras [Story] Completed all sub stories. 5.3%
- The Azure Librarian [Abyss] Completed through stage 8. 4.3%
- BB Master [Glossary] Opened up everything. 3.5%
- Um... Is that my score? [Score Attack] Completed all courses. 3.1%
- Faster! [Speedstar] Completed all courses. 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.