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Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 18% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 6,820
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- At least 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Huge Goal” and “Otomo Quartet”: from 100% to 53% of starters.
- 94% 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 6,868 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 16.8h for positive, 2.8h 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 (93.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Huge Goal Scored a goal against Germany in the prologue match. 100%
- Otomo Quartet Beat Otomo MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. Most players quit here 53% −47
- Sharp Razor Beat Azumaichi MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 45% −8
- Aerial Soccer Beat Hanawa MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 37% −7
- Soft & Hard Combination Play Beat Hirado MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 35% −2
- Player No. 10 Beat Furano MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 33% −2
- Tiger Tenacity Beat Toho Academy in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 28% −5
- Japan Representative! The custom player was referred by Katagiri to represent Japan. 28%
- Catenaccio Vaporized Beat Italy in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 31% +3
- Surpassing Admiration Beat the Netherlands in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 30% −1
- What's Important in Soccer Beat Senegal in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 29%
- Prodigy vs Prodigy Beat Argentina in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 29% −1
- Pride of the Fatherland Beat France in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 28%
- The Young Emperor and Sprite Beat Germany in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 28% −1
- Invincible Toho Academy Won the Junior Hero League as a Toho Academy player. ≥18% −9
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 (50)
story milestone ending side
- Huge Goal Scored a goal against Germany in the prologue match. 100%
- Goal Route Activated 10 zones by connecting successful dribbles. 64%
- Bonding Goal Scored a goal with V-Zones activated. 61%
- Knockout Shot Denied! Stopped the opposing offense with Critical Defense 10 times. 61%
- Otomo Quartet Beat Otomo MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 53%
- Hat Trick! Scored three goals with the same player in a single match. 51%
- Sharp Razor Beat Azumaichi MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 45%
- First Step to the Top Created a custom player. 41%
- Aerial Soccer Beat Hanawa MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 37%
- For What Lies Ahead Purchased a Card Pack from the Shop for the first time. 36%
- Not Alone Raised Friendship Rank for the first time. 36%
- Courageous Performance! Activated 10 block moves. 35%
- Soft & Hard Combination Play Beat Hirado MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 35%
- Player No. 10 Beat Furano MS in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 33%
- Do or Die! Won a penalty kickoff. 33%
- Even More Potential Used a Training Item in EPISODE: NEW HERO. 32%
- Catenaccio Vaporized Beat Italy in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 31%
- New Team Edited a Dream Team for the first time. 30%
- Surpassing Admiration Beat the Netherlands in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 30%
- What's Important in Soccer Beat Senegal in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 29%
- Prodigy vs Prodigy Beat Argentina in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 29%
- Pride of the Fatherland Beat France in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 28%
- Tiger Tenacity Beat Toho Academy in the National MS Soccer Tournament. 28%
- Man's Honor Won 10 Duels. 28%
- Japan Representative! The custom player was referred by Katagiri to represent Japan. 28%
- The Young Emperor and Sprite Beat Germany in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 28%
- Almighty Knockout Shot Score 10 goals with Super Shooting Moves. 27%
- True Bond Maxed out Friendship Rank for the first time. 25%
- Golden Duo Activated 10 combo moves with 2 or more players. 25%
- Invincible Toho Academy Won the Junior Hero League as a Toho Academy player. 18%
- Equal Aces Won the Junior Hero League as a Musashi MS player. 17%
- Rival Lineup Acquired all Friend Cards. 16%
- Furano's Bond Won the Junior Hero League as a Furano MS player. 14%
- Chasing Our Dreams Together Registered a Custom Player to Custom Team. 13%
- Unique Player Edited a character for the first time. 13%
- Soulful Save Stopped 10 super move shots. 13%
- Soccer Cyborg Beat Brazil in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 11%
- 100 Match Veteran Played 100 matches total. 10%
- New Ace Registered a custom player with at least 150 cost. 9.6%
- Tyrant of the Field Beat America in the Junior Youth World Challenge. 8.7%
- Path to Victory Won 100 matches total. 8.4%
- 3 Team Championships! Became champions of the National MS Soccer Tournament at the same time as Toho Academy. 8.1%
- No Equals Beat the CPU on the hardest difficulty in a Single Match. 7.9%
- Scouted by Germany The custom player was scouted by Germany. 6.8%
- Back to Roberto & Tsubasa The custom player was scouted by Roberto. 5.0%
- Scouted by America The custom player was scouted by America. 4.1%
- Perfect Partner Raised a Friend Card to level 6. 4.0%
- Memory of a Fierce Battle All MOVIE became accessible. 2.4%
- Scouted by Brazil The custom player was scouted by Brazil. 2.0%
- Soccer Prodigy All Achievements completed. 1.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.