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DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 33% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 58,545
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Worse For Wear” (Complete the Saiyan Saga): only 64% of starters get there.
- 97% 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 58,828 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 24.5h for positive, 21.8h 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 (96.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Worse For Wear Complete the Saiyan Saga. Most players quit here 64% −36
- Emperor No More Complete the Frieza Saga. 52% −11
- Earth's New Champion Complete the Cell Saga. 40% −12
- Bye-Bye, Buu Complete the Majin Buu Saga. 33% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (42)
story milestone ending side
- Former Foe Win the simulation battle against Piccolo. 100%
- Tell Me More Unlock an entry in the Z Encyclopedia. 89%
- Newfound Power Acquire a Super Attack or Mastery in the Super Attack Skill Tree. 86%
- Helping Hand Complete a sub story. 77%
- A Dark Omen Defeat your first Villainous party. 67%
- Worse For Wear Complete the Saiyan Saga. 64%
- Medal Madness Collect 10 D Medals. 64%
- There's Nothing Like a Home-Cooked Meal! Make a full-course meal. 62%
- Thirsty for Knowledge Unlock 200 entries in the Z Encyclopedia. 61%
- The Voice in My Head Receive a telepathic message from King Kai. 54%
- Not Worth My Time Get an instant victory on an enemy. 54%
- Emperor No More Complete the Frieza Saga. 52%
- The Power of Friendship Use 10 Super Attack Assists. 51%
- Fountain of Knowledge Unlock 400 entries in the Z Encyclopedia. 48%
- Highly Skilled Acquire 50 Super Attacks or Masteries in the Super Attack Skill Tree. 47%
- Flashy Finish Win a battle with a Super Finish. 43%
- Do-Gooder Complete 10 sub stories. 42%
- Wish Maker Summon Shenron from the Dragon Ball menu to make a wish. 41%
- Earth's New Champion Complete the Cell Saga. 40%
- A Super Warrior Is Born Acquire 100 Super Attacks or Masteries in the Super Attack Skill Tree. 40%
- Excavator Destroy a boulder blocking a cave. 39%
- Heavy Medal Collect 100 D Medals. 38%
- Bye-Bye, Buu Complete the Majin Buu Saga. 33%
- Turtle School Trainee Complete a Turtle School training challenge and report to Master Roshi. 33%
- Push It to the Limit Complete 10 challenges at a Training Grounds location with any character. 29%
- Turtle School Master Complete 20 Turtle School training challenges and report to Master Roshi. 26%
- Turtle School Legend Complete 50 Turtle School training challenges and report to Master Roshi. 24%
- Let the Building Begin! Build a machine part. 23%
- Get out of My Head and Turn into My Car Build a hovercar. 21%
- Getting Greedy Summon Shenron 5 times from the Dragon Ball menu to make a wish. 21%
- Evil All Around Defeat 20 Villainous parties. 20%
- Z Combo Zealot Perform 10 Z Combos. 19%
- Who Needs a Phone? Receive 20 telepathic messages from King Kai. 18%
- Can't Touch This Get 50 instant victories on enemies. 18%
- Purging the Plague Defeat 30 Villainous parties. 17%
- Robot Rider Build a Bipedal Robo Walker. 16%
- Down with the Demon Realm! Win the battle against Mira. 15%
- Demolition Artist Destroy 10 boulders blocking caves. 11%
- Shenron's Favorite Summon Shenron 10 times from the Dragon Ball menu to make a wish. 11%
- Tough Enough Complete a Level 10 challenge in the Training Room. 10%
- Only the Finest Make 5 full-course meals. 8.8%
- Dragon Ball Master Obtain all achievements. 5.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.