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Sonic Frontiers
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 26% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 28,723
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 15h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Journey Begins” (Completed the Kronos Island tutorials) and “The Beginning”: from 83% to 52% of starters.
- 87% 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.
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Based on all 28,918 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 17h for positive, 6.9h 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 (87.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Journey Begins Completed the Kronos Island tutorials. 83% −17
- The Beginning Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Kronos Island. Most players quit here 52% −31
- Ancient Defiance Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Ares Island. 38% −14
- Futile Resistance Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Chaos Island. 30% −7
- Hope Across Ages Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Ouranos Island. 27% −4
- A Land at Peace Defeated the final threat and completed the main story. 26%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Unknown Threat Defeated a guardian for the first time. 100%
- The Journey Begins Completed the Kronos Island tutorials. 83%
- Speed Demon Activated a Power Boost for the first time. 71%
- Superior Ranking Achieved Rank S time, for the first time in a Cyber Space area. 70%
- Hermit Koco Encounter Spoke with Hermit Koco for the first time. 70%
- Combo Convert Performed a Phantom Rush for the first time, outside of the training simulator. 67%
- Elder Koco Encounter Spoke with Elder Koco for the first time. 64%
- Perfect Run Completed all Missions in one Cyber Space area. 64%
- Swath of Destruction Destroyed 100 breakable objects. 59%
- Celestial Rain Encountered a starfall for the first time. 53%
- The Beginning Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Kronos Island. 52%
- Ticket to Tranquility Earned 100 Purple Coins. 51%
- Big Encounter Completed the fishing tutorial. 50%
- Koco Leader Gathered 200 Koco. 42%
- Ancient Defiance Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Ares Island. 38%
- Kronos Island Memories Repaired all Portals on Kronos Island. 37%
- Futile Resistance Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Chaos Island. 30%
- Kronos Island Explorer Completed all Challenges on Kronos Island and fully revealed the map. 29%
- Unrivaled Aptitude Unlocked all Skills. 28%
- Angler's Club Landed all catches at one fishing spot. 27%
- Hope Across Ages Defeated the Titan and completed the main story on Ouranos Island. 27%
- A Land at Peace Defeated the final threat and completed the main story. 26%
- Easy Prey Defeated all enemy types. 24%
- Ares Island Explorer Completed all Challenges on Ares Island and fully revealed the map. 23%
- Kronos Island Expert Viewed all Side Stories on Kronos Island. 21%
- Ares Island Memories Repaired all Portals on Ares Island. 20%
- Hypersonic Hedgehog Raised Speed Level to MAX. 19%
- Combo Crackerjack Performed Phantom Rush 50 times, outside of the training simulator. 19%
- Chaos Island Explorer Completed all Challenges on Chaos Island and fully revealed the map. 18%
- Herculean Hedgehog Raised Power Level to MAX. 18%
- Ouranos Island Explorer Completed all Challenges on Ouranos Island and fully revealed the map. 18%
- Chaos Island Memories Repaired all Portals on Chaos Island. 17%
- Hearty Hedgehog Raised Ring Level to MAX. 17%
- Hardened Hedgehog Raised Defense Level to MAX. 17%
- Ares Island Expert Viewed all Side Stories on Ares Island. 17%
- Threats Identified Defeated all guardian types. 14%
- Ouranos Island Memories Repaired all Portals on Ouranos Island. 14%
- Chaos Island Expert Viewed all Side Stories on Chaos Island. 14%
- Ouranos Island Expert Viewed all Side Stories on Ouranos Island. 13%
- Expert Historian Viewed all Side Stories. 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.