RPG
Persona 4 Golden
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 87,972
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 13 reviews are negative (8%); after 35h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “A Prince Appears” (Rescue Yukiko Amagi): only 78% of starters get there.
- 77% 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 88,392 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 53.2h for positive, 38.5h 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 (77.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Prince Appears Rescue Yukiko Amagi. Most players quit here 78% −22
- A True Man's Stand Rescue Kanji Tatsumi. 63% −16
- The Lounge Is Closed Rescue Rise Kujikawa. 54% −9
- Game Over Secure Mitsuo Kubo. 49% −5
- Boarded-Up Lab Rescue Naoto Shirogane. 45% −4
- The Return of the Angels Rescue Nanako Dojima. 41% −3
- Breaking Through the Fog Secure Tohru Adachi. 38% −4
- Welcome Back Rescue Marie. 29% −8
- The Truth In Your Hands Defeat Izanami. 27% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- The Other Self Obtain the Persona Izanagi. 100%
- Advantage Mine Enter a battle with Player Advantage. 89%
- A Prince Appears Rescue Yukiko Amagi. 78%
- Grasping at Greed Defeat a Golden Hand. 77%
- Fashion Plate Fight a battle in costume. 71%
- A Favor for Marie Register a Skill Card. 67%
- Tactical Fighter Exploit enemy weaknesses 100 times. 66%
- A True Man's Stand Rescue Kanji Tatsumi. 63%
- Skilled Commander Perform 50 All-Out Attacks. 62%
- Persona Shopper Buy a Persona from the Compendium. 58%
- Displaying Adaptability Switch Personas 5 times in 1 battle. 55%
- The Lounge Is Closed Rescue Rise Kujikawa. 54%
- A True Bond Max out a Social Link. 50%
- Granter of Your Desires Buy 5 things from Tanaka's Amazing Commodities. 50%
- Game Over Secure Mitsuo Kubo. 49%
- Head of the Class Rank #1 in your class on an exam. 49%
- A Special Lady Enter a special relationship with someone. 47%
- Going Nova Deal over 999 damage in 1 attack. 46%
- Lucky Me! Win a prize from the vending machine. 45%
- An Acquired Taste Drink the coffee at Chagall Café. 45%
- Boarded-Up Lab Rescue Naoto Shirogane. 45%
- The Return of the Angels Rescue Nanako Dojima. 41%
- The Nose Doesn't Always Know Experience a fusion accident. 39%
- It's Working Today Buy an item from the Capsule Machine. 39%
- Fill Your Hand Get 50 Sweep Bonuses. 38%
- Breaking Through the Fog Secure Tohru Adachi. 38%
- Movie Buff Go to 3 movies at 30 Frame. 36%
- Mr. Perfect Max out all social qualities. 36%
- Special Fusion Expert Use 4 or more Personas in a special fusion. 35%
- Bond Maniac Max out 10 Social Links. 35%
- Moderate Bookkeeper Register over 50% of the Compendium. 34%
- Seize the Moment Buy a special croquette from Sozai Daigaku. 33%
- Cooking With Gas Make 5 perfect boxed lunches. 32%
- Welcome Back Rescue Marie. 29%
- Bug Hunter Swing the net with perfect timing. 29%
- Fusion Expert Perform 50 Persona fusions. 28%
- The Truth In Your Hands Defeat Izanami. 27%
- Food Fighter Finish Aiya's special dish. 24%
- Fishing Master Catch the Sea Guardian. 15%
- The Reaper Becomes the Reaped Defeat The Reaper. 14%
- Big Bro is Worried Visit Nanako in the hospital 3 times. 11%
- Legend of Inaba Max out all Social Links. 7.9%
- Card Collector Register 100 Skill Cards. 7.8%
- Hardcore Risette Fan Hear 250 of Rise's navigation lines. 7.0%
- Compulsive Reader Read all books. 7.0%
- A New Quiz King Win the Miracle Quiz Finals. 6.7%
- Thorough Bookkeeper Complete the Persona Compendium. 5.4%
- The Power of Truth Create Izanagi-no-Okami. 4.8%
- One Who Has Proven Their Power Defeat Margaret. 4.0%
- Golden Completed Earn all achievements 2.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.