River City Girls
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 7h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Real Workout” (K.O. Misuzu) and “Defeating the Dark Arts” (K.O. Yamada): from 87% to 59% of starters.
- 74% 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 3,844 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9h for positive, 4.7h 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 (74.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Real Workout K.O. Misuzu. 87% −13
- Defeating the Dark Arts K.O. Yamada. Most players quit here 59% −28
- Fashionable Beatdown K.O. Hibari. 48% −11
- A Bye Bye K.O. Abobo. 43% −5
- So Metal K.O. Noize. 39% −4
- An Explosive Entrance Enter the Penthouse. 37% −2
- Like Father Like Daughter K.O. Sabuko. 37%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Your lessons are boring! Attacked Mr. Rudis. 100%
- Full Service Destroy a vending machine. 96%
- A Real Workout K.O. Misuzu. 87%
- Stylish! Equip a new outfit. 85%
- Friendly Beatdown Defeated an enemy by hitting them with another enemy. 76%
- Shop until they drop? Enter the Mall. 66%
- Defeating the Dark Arts K.O. Yamada. 59%
- Bona fide bargain Obtain an item from the Pawn Shop. 52%
- Fashionable Beatdown K.O. Hibari. 48%
- Master of Unlocking Find the keys in the junk yard. 45%
- A Bye Bye K.O. Abobo. 43%
- So Metal K.O. Noize. 39%
- An Explosive Entrance Enter the Penthouse. 37%
- Carpe diem Defeated an enemy with a fish. 37%
- Like Father Like Daughter K.O. Sabuko. 37%
- Help an Old Pal? Completed all of Godai's quests. 30%
- River City Ransom Collected $5000 27%
- Perfect Parry Parry 10 enemy attacks. 19%
- Smashed Statues Destroyed all Sabu statues. 17%
- Don't mess with us! Complete the game in Co-Op. 16%
- O.M.G. Seriously? K.O. the secret boss. 15%
- Renegade That wasn't very nice! 13%
- TAKE THE WORLD ON Completed the game on Hard. 13%
- Back at me! Catch a boomerang. 12%
- Power Up Reached Max Level. 12%
- Killed by Math Was defeated in detention. 10%
- A New Challenger Completed the game with a secret character. 8.5%
- You're out! Catch a dodgeball thrown by your ally. 6.7%
- Completionist Reach 100% completion. 6.6%