AdventureRPG
Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 79% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 11,181
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 35h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The biggest drop-off is between “King in Exile” (Awarded for finishing Chapter 1) and “King Reborn” (Awarded for finishing Chapter 2): from 100% to 82% of starters.
- 79% 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 11,217 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 34h for positive, 26h 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 (78.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- King in Exile Awarded for finishing Chapter 1. 100%
- King Reborn Awarded for finishing Chapter 2. Most players quit here 82% −18
- Kingdom Creator Awarded for finishing Chapter 3. 66% −16
- A Destiny Discovered Awarded for finishing Chapter 4. 54% −12
- A Matter of Time Awarded for finishing Chapter 5. 47% −7
- The Price of Progress Awarded for finishing Chapter 6. 39% −8
- The Mark of Kings Awarded for finishing Chapter 7. 37% −2
- Peace Breaks Out Awarded for finishing Chapter 8. 33% −3
- Onward to Unity Awarded for finishing Chapter 9. 27% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (63)
story milestone ending side
- King in Exile Awarded for finishing Chapter 1. 100%
- Make Your Best Offer Awarded for giving the right gift to a higgledy stone. 89%
- King Reborn Awarded for finishing Chapter 2. 82%
- To Arms! Awarded for winning your first skirmish. 80%
- Wakey Wakey Awarded for being awakened by a golden ball. 74%
- Kingdom Creator Awarded for finishing Chapter 3. 66%
- A Bit on the Side Awarded for completing your first side quest. 63%
- Raw Recruiter Awarded for recruiting your first new subject. 62%
- Cooking Up a Treat Awarded for cooking your first dish. 60%
- Dream a Little Dream Awarded for entering your first Dreamer's Door. 60%
- Toppler of the Tainted Awarded for defeating your first tainted monster. 56%
- A Destiny Discovered Awarded for finishing Chapter 4. 54%
- Ocean-Going King Awarded for making your first sea voyage. 50%
- Errand Boy Awarded for completing your first errand. 49%
- Soldier King Awarded for defeating 1,000 enemies. 48%
- A Matter of Time Awarded for finishing Chapter 5. 47%
- Master Builder Awarded for building 20 facilities in Evermore. 44%
- Lord Treasurer Awarded for opening 100 treasure chests. 40%
- The Price of Progress Awarded for finishing Chapter 6. 39%
- King of the Skies Awarded for making your first trip in the Zippelin. 39%
- The Mark of Kings Awarded for finishing Chapter 7. 37%
- Side-Tracked Awarded for completing 50 side quests. 35%
- Recruiting Sergeant Awarded for recruiting 50 new subjects. 34%
- Peace Breaks Out Awarded for finishing Chapter 8. 33%
- All About the Errands Awarded for completing 50 errands. 31%
- Warrior King Awarded for defeating 2,000 enemies. 30%
- Onward to Unity Awarded for finishing Chapter 9. 27%
- Royal Treasurer Awarded for opening 200 treasure chests. 25%
- Beside Yourself Awarded for completing 100 side quests. 24%
- Tripple Threat Awarded for having 50 trip doors remember you. 24%
- Superpower Awarded for increasing your influence to 70,000,000. 19%
- Master of Magic Awarded for upgrading your spells 50 times. 18%
- Bad Dream Awarded for hitting Danger Lv. 5 in a Dreamer's Maze. 18%
- Knight Errand Awarded for completing 100 errands. 17%
- Royal Mint Awarded for amassing 500,000 guilders. 15%
- No Downside Awarded for completing 150 side quests. 15%
- Recruiting Consultant Awarded for recruiting 100 new subjects. 13%
- King of the Castle Awarded for upgrading Evermore Castle to Level 4. 13%
- Ball Boy Awarded for collecting a total of 2,000 balls. 10%
- Wide Awake Awarded for being awakened 50 times. 9.7%
- Weapon Whizz Awarded for creating 50 different types of weapon. 9.5%
- Higgledy Hotshot Awarded for cooking up 50 different higgledies. 9.0%
- Inn Business Awarded for building the New Moon Rooms. 8.8%
- Cooking Up a Storm Awarded for cooking 50 dishes. 7.6%
- Dream Big Awarded for surviving 10 Dreamer's Doors. 7.5%
- Armor Ace Awarded for creating 50 different types of armor. 7.1%
- Scourge of the Tainted Awarded for defeating 50 tainted monsters. 6.7%
- Music Buff Awarded for acquiring 30 songbooks. 6.2%
- Higgledy Gaggle! Awarded for getting a set of matching higgledies! 5.5%
- No Stone Unturned Awarded for satisfying every single higgledy stone. 4.5%
- Sword of the Gods Awarded for acquiring Zeta's blade. 4.5%
- Plumbing the Depths Awarded for clearing floor 40 of the Dreamer's Maze. 4.1%
- How Low Can You Go Awarded for fully exploring the labyrinth. 3.2%
- God of War Awarded for overcoming 50 skirmish challenges. 2.9%
- The Nightmare is Over Awarded for defeating the Great Madshadow. 2.8%
- Ruiner of Wraiths Awarded for clearing the labyrinth in Hard Mode or above. 2.4%
- All President & Correct Awarded for finding all of Roland's journal entries. 2.0%
- Ding Dong Done Awarded for maxing out Ding Dong Discipline points. 2.0%
- One True King Awarded for achieving 100% completion. 1.7%
- Tech It to the Max Awarded for maxing out Gizmo Supremo points. 1.7%
- Solosseum Supremo Awarded for an S-Rank Solosseum Slog clearance. 1.5%
- Magic Master Awarded for maxing out Wizard's Companion points. 1.3%
- Higgledy Hotshot Awarded for maxing out Martha's Methods points. 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.