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NARUTO X BORUTO Ultimate Ninja STORM CONNECTIONS
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 62% positive of 5,434
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 7h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “First Ninja Handbook” (Cleared Chapter 1: Genin Training): only 49% of starters get there.
- 95% 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 5,499 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.1h for positive, 9.9h 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 (94.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Ninja Handbook Cleared Chapter 1: Genin Training. Most players quit here 49% −51
- A Parting of Close Friends Cleared Chapter 2: Chasing Sasuke. 42% −6
- Age of the Gale Cleared Chapter 3: Arrival of the New Age. 38% −4
- Birth of a Hero Cleared Chapter 4: Akatsuki Riot. 35% −3
- A United Ninja World Cleared Chapter 5: The Five Kage Summit. 32% −3
- Hard Fight of the Allied Shinobi Forces Cleared Chapter 6: The Fourth Great Ninja War, Part 1. 31% −1
- The Endless Struggle Cleared Chapter 7: The Fourth Great Ninja War, Part 2. 29% −2
- Unison Sign Cleared Chapter 8: The Last Battle. 29%
- The Footprints of Heroes Cleared History Mode. 27% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Raging Ninjutsu Combo Performed a Ninjutsu Combo in any battle. 100%
- Ninjutsu Master Activated Ninjutsu 1 and Ninjutsu 2 twice each during a single round in any battle. 97%
- Training Begins Raised a character's Proficiency for the first time. 95%
- Secret Technique Unleashed Defeated an opponent in any battle with a Secret Technique Finish. 85%
- Turning the tides! Defeated an opponent in any battle while Awakened. 73%
- Shutout Won a 3-round battle without losing a single round in any battle. 71%
- Telepathy Defeated an opponent in any battle with a Combination or Linked Secret Technique Finish. 68%
- A Disrupted Ninja World Cleared Clash of the Best. 50%
- First Ninja Handbook Cleared Chapter 1: Genin Training. 49%
- Intense Combo Attack Achieved a 50-hit combo in any battle. 46%
- A Parting of Close Friends Cleared Chapter 2: Chasing Sasuke. 42%
- Age of the Gale Cleared Chapter 3: Arrival of the New Age. 38%
- Ninja Gamers Cleared Days of Youth. 36%
- Birth of a Hero Cleared Chapter 4: Akatsuki Riot. 35%
- A United Ninja World Cleared Chapter 5: The Five Kage Summit. 32%
- Hard Fight of the Allied Shinobi Forces Cleared Chapter 6: The Fourth Great Ninja War, Part 1. 31%
- The Endless Struggle Cleared Chapter 7: The Fourth Great Ninja War, Part 2. 29%
- Unison Sign Cleared Chapter 8: The Last Battle. 29%
- Approaching Disturbance Cleared A Swirl of Dark Clouds. 28%
- The Footprints of Heroes Cleared History Mode. 27%
- Bonded Power Defeated an opponent in any battle during a Linked Awakening. 27%
- Shattered Peace Cleared The Ninja World Where Zero Creeps. 26%
- Revival of Memories Cleared Ninjas Torn by Memories. 23%
- Tournament Champ Won first tournament. 22%
- Zero the Destroyer Cleared Moonlight Duel. 22%
- Memory of Open Light Cleared A Path in the Sunlight. 20%
- Ninja Paragon Cleared all Special Story Mode missions. 20%
- A New Legend Achieved S Rank in all Special Story Mode missions. 17%
- Shrewd Collector Accumulated 1,000 different items that can be kept in Collection. 16%
- League Champ Won a league for the first time. 15%
- Customize and win! Won using a customized character in any battle. 15%
- Cleared Beginner Ability Cap Survival! Cleared all Beginner Ability Cap Survival courses. 15%
- Cleared Intermediate Ability Cap Survival! Cleared all Intermediate Ability Cap Survival courses. 10%
- Seeking More Power Raised Proficiency to 30 for one character. 9.4%
- Rich in Knowledge Unlocked 100 unique NARUTO X BORUTO Encyclopedia pages. 8.7%
- Ninja Gathering Used a total of 100 characters. 8.6%
- A Perfect History Achieved S Rank in all History Mode chapters. 8.4%
- Completely Solved Achieved S Rank in all Special Story Mode stories. 7.4%
- Advanced Ultimate Survival: 10 Wins! Defeated 10 opponents in Advanced Ultimate Survival. 7.1%
- Beginner Ultimate Survival: 10 Wins! Defeated 10 opponents in Beginner Ultimate Survival. 7.0%
- Cleared Advanced Ability Cap Survival! Cleared all Advanced Ability Cap Survival courses. 7.0%
- Supreme Domain Raised Proficiency to 30 for five characters. 5.3%
- Intermediate Ultimate Survival: 10 Wins! Defeated 10 opponents in Intermediate Ultimate Survival. 5.2%
- Multi-Title Holder Earned 100 titles. 5.0%
- Perfect Storm Master All achievements unlocked. 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.