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Resident Evil Village
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 68% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 155,789
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 68% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Four Lords” (Escape the mine) and “That Sucked!” (Defeat the mutated Dimitrescu): from 91% to 79% of starters.
- 86% 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 156,727 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 14.7h for positive, 14.6h 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 (86.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Not Lycan This... Survive the lycan attack. 98% −2
- Four Lords Escape the mine. 91% −7
- That Sucked! Defeat the mutated Dimitrescu. Most players quit here 79% −12
- Got No Strings Defeat Donna and Angie. 74% −5
- Fish Out of Water Defeat the mutated Moreau. 72% −2
- Up Urs! Defeat Uriaș in the stronghold. 71% −1
- Temporary Measures Place the Giant's Chalice in the ceremony site. 71%
- Iron Giant Down Defeat the mutated Heisenberg. 69% −2
- The Root of the Matter Find the Megamycete in the underground ruins. 69%
- Great Dad Finish the story on at least Casual difficulty. 68% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- Crafter Craft an item in the Crafting menu. 100%
- Not Lycan This... Survive the lycan attack. 98%
- Four Lords Escape the mine. 91%
- Patron Purchase something from the Duke in the story. 89%
- Cynic Destroy a Goat of Warding. 89%
- Petty Thief Unlock a simple lock with a lockpick. 87%
- Gunsmith Equip a gun with a customizable part. 87%
- Hunter Hunt an animal during the story. 80%
- That Sucked! Defeat the mutated Dimitrescu. 79%
- Strategist Defeat at least three enemies with one attack in the story. 78%
- Get the Ball Rolling Solve a Labyrinth. 77%
- Got No Strings Defeat Donna and Angie. 74%
- Fish Out of Water Defeat the mutated Moreau. 72%
- Up Urs! Defeat Uriaș in the stronghold. 71%
- Temporary Measures Place the Giant's Chalice in the ceremony site. 71%
- Iron Giant Down Defeat the mutated Heisenberg. 69%
- The Root of the Matter Find the Megamycete in the underground ruins. 69%
- Great Dad Finish the story on at least Casual difficulty. 68%
- Repairer Combine a treasure into its complete form. 67%
- Photographer Use Photo Mode. 59%
- Best Dad Ever Finish the story on at least Standard difficulty. 56%
- Medium Rare Set fire to a Moroaică in the story. 53%
- Push Comes to Shove Push away an enemy after guarding in the story. 50%
- Trick Shot Defeat an enemy from long range with the sniper rifle in the story. 49%
- Mapmatician Complete the village map. 43%
- Leader of the Pack Take down the Vârcolac Alfa in the story. 35%
- Quit Hanging Around Shoot down a Soldat hanging from the production line in the Factory. 23%
- When You Gotta Go... Open the door to every outhouse in the village in a single playthrough. 21%
- It's Starting to Grow on Me Use Rose's mutamycete powers at least 20 times. 20%
- World's Best Dad Finish the story on at least Hardcore difficulty. 18%
- Squawk Shot Shoot down five flying crows in the story. 18%
- Timber Defeat Uriaș during the first lycan attack when you enter the village. 17%
- Green Teen Finish Shadows of Rose on at least Casual difficulty. 17%
- Goooaaal! Move the ball from the Winterses' bedroom into the study. 16%
- Combo King Get a combo of at least 30 during The Mercenaries. 15%
- Serene Teen Finish Shadows of Rose on at least Standard difficulty. 15%
- Fast Reflexes Knock a flaming arrow out of the sky with a close combat weapon in the story. 13%
- Don't Trust That Snake Oil Finish the story only using four or less recovery items. 12%
- Universe's Best Dad Finish the story on the Village of Shadows difficulty. 11%
- Doll Collector View all character and weapon models. 11%
- Hooligan Break every breakable window in Castle Dimitrescu in a single playthrough. 10%
- Art Collector View all concept art. 9.6%
- Dashing Dad Finish the story within 3 hours. 9.3%
- Bookworm Read every single file in the story. 8.1%
- Veteran Gunsmith Equip every gun with their customizable parts in the story. 7.2%
- Heretic Destroy all the Goats of Warding. 6.7%
- Artisan Collect every crafting recipe. 6.7%
- Frugal Father Finish the story without spending more than 10,000 Lei. 6.6%
- Craftsmaster Craft every type of item in Shadows of Rose. 6.3%
- Lucky Number 7 Have 777, 7,777, or 77,777 Lei in your possession in the story. 5.7%
- Village of Blood Complete the Bloody Village in Additional Orders. 5.6%
- Tinkerer Create every type of item available in the Crafting menu. 5.3%
- River of Blood Complete the Bloody River in Additional Orders. 5.3%
- Legendary Cowboy Achieve at least an S Rank on all stages in The Mercenaries. 5.0%
- Supreme Teen Finish Shadows of Rose on Hardcore difficulty. 5.0%
- Knives Out Not including some boss fights, finish the story using nothing but close combat weapons. 4.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.