DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- At least 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 41% 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 3,848 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 14.8h for positive, 1.2h 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 (41.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Rinne Utopia Watched Rinne Utopia's true ending. ≥25% −75
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- Start of Eden Started Rinne Utopia. 100%
- Let's Go On A Date Selected one of the heroines on the map. 87%
- Noisy Neighbors Selected one of the sub-characters on the map. 75%
- Shido's Digest Watched the digest scenarios. 52%
- Quiet Awakening Started Arusu Install. 47%
- Tohka's Wedding Watched Tohka's good ending in Rinne Utopia. 37%
- Tobiichi's Family Watched Origami's good ending in Rinne Utopia. 37%
- Neo Eden Started Rio Reincarnation. 33%
- Yoshino's Wonder Watched Yoshino's good ending in Rinne Utopia. 33%
- Kurumi's Remnants Watched Kurumi's good ending in Rinne Utopia. 32%
- Itsuka's Fortune Watched Kotori's good ending in Rinne Utopia. 31%
- Rinne Utopia Watched Rinne Utopia's true ending. 25%
- Rinne's Fantasia Watched the "What if?" ending in Rinne Utopia. Miracles do happen. 23%
- Data Retrieval Collected 50% of the CGs. 21%
- Kurumi's Duo Watched Kurumi's good ending in Arusu Install. 20%
- Tohka's Adieu Watched Tohka's good ending in Arusu Install. 19%
- Origami's Desire Watched Origami's good ending in Arusu Install. 19%
- Miku's Shyness Watched Miku's good ending in Arusu Install. 18%
- Rinne's Mitosis Watched Rio Reincarnation's true ending. 18%
- Yoshino's Playhouse Watched Yoshino's good ending in Arusu Install. 18%
- Kotori's Journey Watched Kotori's good ending in Arusu Install. 18%
- Kaguya's Stroll Watched Kaguya's good ending in Arusu Install. 17%
- Yuzuru's Lover Watched Yuzuru's good ending in Arusu Install. 17%
- Marina the Romantic Watched Marina's ending. 16%
- Arusu Install Watched Arusu Install's true ending. 15%
- Arusu's School Days Watched Maria's ending in Rio Reincarnation. 15%
- Rio Reincarnation Watched Rio's ending in Rio Reincarnation. 15%
- Remember Our Days Watched all movies. 14%
- Maestro Aficionado Listened to all BGM tracks. 13%
- Rinne's Memories Watched all possible endings in Rinne Utopia. 13%
- Data Live Collected 100% of the CGs. 11%
- Maria's Realization Watched all possible endings in Arusu Install. 11%
- World on Repeat Watched all bad endings. 10%
- Date A Side-story Watched all sub-character scenarios. 9.7%
- Emotional Cycle Watched all endings. 9.5%
- The Days We Spent All memories obtained. 9.5%
- Date A Completionist Obtained all Achievements. 9.0%