Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Give it 15 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Recovered the Aque Blastia”: only 53% of starters get there.
- Only 63% 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.
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Based on all 4,963 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 46.6h for positive, 13.5h 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 (63.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Recovered the Aque Blastia Take back the aque blastia core from Barbos. That should fix the lower quarter's fountain. Most players quit here 53% −47
- Ended Alexei's Ambitions Put an end to Alexei's ambitions. Of course, the Adephagos will still remain. The battle continues! 32% −21
- Defeated the Adephagos Defeat the Adephagos with Duke, and bring about the beginning of a new world, one without blastia. 27% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (53)
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- Secret Mission 1 Defeat Zagi while protecting Estellise from Zagi's attacks. 100%
- Eureka! Synthesize yourself a new weapon and wreak havoc upon your enemies! 78%
- Little Mad Scientist Perform synthesis 20 times. Once you complete this, you'll have every recipe memorized! 56%
- First Strike Take out an enemy with a Fatal Strike! Master this technique to gain advantage in battles. 55%
- Recovered the Aque Blastia Take back the aque blastia core from Barbos. That should fix the lower quarter's fountain. 53%
- Grand Battles Defeat a thousand enemies. Not even the Hunting Blades have been able to pull that off! 53%
- Secret Mission 2 Down Goliath by attacking its Achilles' heel while it charges X Buster. 52%
- Big Game Greenhorn Giganto Monsters are...special. Big. Strong. Nasty. Have fun taking one down! 46%
- Secret Mission 8 Strike down the Cursed Wanderer while it is reloading. 45%
- Secret Mission 3 Take a page from Karol's book and use the billybally plants to knock down Gattuso. 44%
- Secret Mission 7 Take out the bridge supports to keep Barbos from calling out more of his thugs. 42%
- Secret Mission 10 Defeat the Leader Bat to prevent Pteropus from recombining. 42%
- Ended Alexei's Ambitions Put an end to Alexei's ambitions. Of course, the Adephagos will still remain. The battle continues! 32%
- Secret Mission 16 Hit Baitojoh three times during its Ice Edge attack and fish it out of the ice. 32%
- Secret Mission 5 Down the Dreaded Giant when it rears back and leaves itself wide open. 31%
- Secret Mission 22 Down Khroma by timing your strikes between certain attacks of hers. 29%
- Defeated the Adephagos Defeat the Adephagos with Duke, and bring about the beginning of a new world, one without blastia. 27%
- Secret Mission 12 Light up all candlesticks in the battle against Belius to eliminate the illusions. 23%
- Secret Mission 9 Allow Zagi to absorb too much magic and destroy his bodhi blastia in the third battle against him. 22%
- Secret Mission 19 Down Alexei by attacking him when he's tired after his mystic arte. 20%
- Secret Mission 21 Attack Gusios' tail, and then down him with a close attack while his feet are raised. 16%
- Secret Mission 4 Lure Zagi to the side of the ship and knock him overboard to cool him off! 16%
- Secret Mission 15 Use Karol's Nice Recovery Smash arte to heal Zagi's poison in the fourth battle against him. 15%
- Secret Mission 17 Use the Mother's Memento in Yuri's battle against Estellise. 15%
- Secret Mission 13 Time your strikes between Nan and Tison's attacks to knock them down. 14%
- Secret Mission 20 Use the Maris Stella in the fight against the second Cursed Wanderer. 14%
- Secret Mission 11 Destroy the core in the battle against Outbreaker to prevent magic from inverting day and night. 13%
- Big Game Hunter Defeat all Giganto Monsters, and prove nothing can stop you! Careful, though. It's a big world... 13%
- Secret Mission 6 Use Raven's Serpent arte to set a trap for the Gigalarva and prevent it from healing itself. 13%
- Secret Mission 14 Down Schwann by attacking when he clutches his heart after his mystic arte. 13%
- Jackpot Acquire 100,000 chips. Just be careful not to lose sight of your real goal... 12%
- Map Nerd Travel to the farthest reaches of the world and explore the entire map. Never know what you'll find! 11%
- Piggybank Acquire 10 million Gald, a feat no ordinary person could ever achieve. Use your earnings for good! 11%
- The Hit that Keeps On Hitting Get a 150-hit combo. Must. Keep. Hitting! 9.8%
- Secret Mission 23 During the battle against Flynn, have Flynn use every arte he can, including a mystic arte. 9.5%
- Too Much Free Time Play 100 hours. That's more than 4 whole days! Your journey can continue for as long as you want... 9.2%
- Secret Mission 24 In the fifth battle against Zagi, down him by attacking after he gets exhausted from Blastia Bane. 8.1%
- Secret Mission 25 Defeat Duke using a mystic arte during your second battle against him. 8.1%
- Secret Mission 18 After breaking Yeager's guard to create an opening, use Raven's Rain arte to make his heart explode. 7.6%
- Smarty-pants Answer every quiz question right and prove that you're the ultimate Tales fan! 7.1%
- Ahhh, Memories Clear the Labyrinth of Memories. Get ready for something special! 6.5%
- No More Grinding Reach level 200. Push yourself to the max, and once you hit it, use herbs to grow even stronger! 5.1%
- Nostalgia is Overrated Make your way through the Necropolis of Nostalgia, and defeat the strongest enemies out there! 4.6%
- Pro Boarder Finish the snowboarding mini-game in 40 seconds or less. You'll be a pro! 3.0%
- To Points Unknown Travel 50,000 km. That's 1185 marathons! 2.9%
- Monster Nerd Fill out the Monster Book completely, and turn yourself into a walking monsterpedia! 2.5%
- Speedster Complete the adventure quickly! Sometimes you need to relax and smell the roses. Just not now. 2.4%
- Item Nerd Fill out the Collector's Book completely, and prepare yourself for everyone asking to borrow it. 2.4%
- Character Study View every skit, and enjoy getting to know the characters better! 2.2%
- Back Up Plan Use every save point in the game. Talk about exploration! 2.2%
- Low Level Challenger Defeat Barbos at level 15 or below. If you can pull this off, you can do anything! Well, almost... 2.2%
- They Call Me... Acquire every title for every character. Some titles are awe-inspiring. Others... not so much. 2.1%
- Bunny Guild Member Play 5 hours with Yuri, Estelle, Rita, and Judith wearing bunny ears. Welcome to the Bunny Guild! 1.9%