ActionAdventure
Days Gone
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 33% of players who started
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 117,882
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 35h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Just a Flesh Wound” (Get out of Crazy Willie's) and “The Ends and the Means” (Discover what happened to NERO): from 92% to 74% of starters.
- 96% 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 118,397 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 39h for positive, 9.2h 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 (95.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Just a Flesh Wound Get out of Crazy Willie's 92% −8
- The Ends and the Means Discover what happened to NERO Most players quit here 74% −18
- Special Delivery Make a delivery to Tucker or Copeland 69% −5
- Lost and Found Drive south with Boozer 52% −17
- Brothers in Arm Check up on Boozer 47% −5
- Take Back Your Name Return the favor 41% −5
- Riding NOMAD Take to the road alone 41% −1
- Hold on Tight See a familiar face 40%
- It's Getting Cold Outside Reconnect with what you lost 38% −3
- Morior Invictus Ride out to take back what's yours 36% −2
- I've Been Waiting for This Take revenge, once and for all 34% −1
- Days Done Complete the story of Days Gone 33% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (67)
story milestone ending side
- Finders Keepers Unlock your first collectible 100%
- Just a Flesh Wound Get out of Crazy Willie's 92%
- Better Living through Chemistry Upgrade either your Health, Stamina, or Focus for the first time 85%
- Don't Stop Me Now Unlock your first skill 80%
- The Ends and the Means Discover what happened to NERO 74%
- Kitchen Courier Sell Animal Meat or Plants to any Encampment 71%
- Special Delivery Make a delivery to Tucker or Copeland 69%
- First Time Buyer Upgrade your bike for the first time 68%
- D.I.Y. Oregonian Craft 50 items 55%
- Farewell Original Purchase an upgrade under the Performance, Visual, and Paint Categories for your bike 52%
- Lost and Found Drive south with Boozer 52%
- One Down Defeat your first Horde 48%
- I'm Out of Control Unlock 15 skills 47%
- Brothers in Arm Check up on Boozer 47%
- Make it Rain Spend 20,000 credits at one Encampment 42%
- Surviving isn't Living Rescue 10 survivors 42%
- Take Back Your Name Return the favor 41%
- Riding NOMAD Take to the road alone 41%
- Hold on Tight See a familiar face 40%
- Lend Me Your Ears Collect 989 Freaker Ears 40%
- There's No Stopping Me Unlock 30 skills 39%
- Best Friends Forever Receive the Allied Trust status with an Encampment 39%
- Welcome to the Party, Pal Clear all Ambush Camps, Infestations, and NERO Checkpoints in a single region 38%
- It's Getting Cold Outside Reconnect with what you lost 38%
- Morior Invictus Ride out to take back what's yours 36%
- I've Been Waiting for This Take revenge, once and for all 34%
- Days Done Complete the story of Days Gone 33%
- Performance Enhanced Max out either your Health, Stamina, or Focus 26%
- Best Friends Forever (For Life) Gain the Allied Trust status with three different Encampments 25%
- The Art of Bike Repair Apply 100 scrap to your bike 24%
- Wannabe Fortune Hunter Unlock over 50% of the collectibles 24%
- This is a Knife Kill a Breaker, Reacher, or Rager with a knife 23%
- Old Reliable Kill 200 Enemies with a Crafted Weapon 21%
- Marauder Camp Hunter Complete the Marauder Camp Hunter storyline 21%
- Infestation Exterminator Complete the Infestation Exterminator storyline 20%
- You've Got Red on You Collect 541 Items from corpses 20%
- Ghost of Farewell Get 100 stealth kills 20%
- World's End Complete the World's End storyline 19%
- Mr. Fahrenheit Unlock 45 skills 19%
- Go Kick Rocks Knock down 12 Anarchist Cairns 14%
- Ambush Camp Hunter Complete the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline 12%
- Farewell Drift Accumulate 10 minutes of drifting while on your bike 11%
- Participation Award Earn your first Bronze Medal in a Challenge 10%
- Second (the) Best Earn your first Silver Medal in a Challenge 7.8%
- The Broken Roadshow Unlock over 75% of collectibles 7.5%
- Variety is the Spice of Life Kill an enemy with every type of crossbow bolt 6.0%
- Golden Boy Earn your first Gold Medal in a Challenge 5.1%
- Days Gone in 60 Seconds Defeat a Horde in under 1 minute in Survival Mode 4.3%
- Burnout Apocalypse Use nitro and drift at the same time on your bike for at least 5 seconds 4.2%
- Worthy Fully upgrade any Ring 3.5%
- I Make This Look Good Earn a Gold Medal in a Challenge with a Character Skin and Custom Accent equipped 3.4%
- One More Ride Complete the story of Days Gone in New Game+ 3.4%
- Surviving is Living Complete the story of Days Gone in Survival Mode 3.3%
- Lost & Damned Reach the Founder Rank 3.3%
- Gotta Patch 'Em All Unlock all Patches 2.9%
- Logan's Shadow Kill an enemy with every type of ammo from a mysterious weapon earned in New Game+ 2.7%
- Dolla Dolla Bills, Y'all Spend 3000 credits on your Loadout 2.6%
- 2 Days 2 Done Complete the story of Days Gone on Hard II or Survival II in New Game+ 2.6%
- Gold Team Rules Earn a Gold Medal in all Challenges 2.4%
- You Done Good, Kid Earn a Medal in all Sub-Challenges 2.2%
- One Percenter Go above and BEYOND, unlocking every trophy in Days Gone 1.8%
- More Freakers, More Problems Defeat an increased size horde in Horde Assault 1.4%
- Freakshow Survive Horde Assault for 15 minutes 1.4%
- I'm On Top of the World Beat the target score for all levels in Horde Assault 0.8%
- Sarah's Gift Find something important to Deacon that was thought lost 0.8%
- Survivor Achieve max level in Horde Assault 0.7%
- Dead Don’t Ride Complete the story of Days Gone in Permadeath Mode on any difficulty 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.