The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki Kai

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 683 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 42.6h for positive, 13.3h 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 (85.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (49)

• Rookie Detective Received the Police Handbook. 100%
• A Determined Step Completed the Prologue. 75%
• The Energetic Lion Cleared a chapter without retreating once. 73%
• Reversal Recovered a party member's HP during a pinch in battle. 70%
• Frequent Fighter Won 100 battles. 70%
• The Willing Step Completed Chapter 1. 67%
• Quick as a Flash Initiated 100 advantage encounters. 62%
• Shaking Away Doubts Completed Chapter 2. 62%
• Determined to Confront Completed Chapter 3. 57%
• The Will to Pursue Completed Chapter 4. 53%
• A New Decision Completed the Finale. 52%
• Hunter of the Stars Defeated Ogre Village. 50%
• Cross-Class Love Invited Elie to attend the Schwartz Auktion. 50%
• Advanced Veteran Won 500 battles. 49%
• Hunter of the Moon Defeated Bijou. 49%
• Hunter of the Sun Defeated Dark Legend. 49%
• Eightfold Obliteration Defeated 8 enemies at once. 49%
• The Undefeated Hero Cleared a chapter without being KO'ed once. 49%
• Elie's Bond Forged a strong bond with Elie. 41%
• Unsophisticated Siblings Invited Tio to attend the Schwartz Auktion. 36%
• Lake Lord Caught all varieties of fish. 33%
• The Cutting Edge Acquired the strongest weapon for any character. 31%
• A Playmate's Invitation Invited Randy to attend the Schwartz Auktion. 31%
• Citizen's Hero Completed all the Support Requests. 31%
• Transcendence Skill Used 100 S-Breaks in battle. 29%
• Interior Collector Collected all furniture and Enigma Covers. 29%
• Book Collector Collected all ”Dark Doctor Glenn” and ”Crossbell Times” volumes. 28%
• Cafeteria Commando Obtained all recipes. 28%
• First-Rate Detective Obtained Detective Rank 1st. 28%
• Three-Star Chef Made all varieties of Outstanding Dishes. 27%
• Unorthodox Chef Made all varieties of Stunning Dishes. 27%
• Millionaire Acquired over a million mira. 25%
• Invincible Patriot Defeated over 2000 enemies. 25%
• Chain Breaker Won 3 consecutive Chain Battles. 25%
• Tio's Bond Forged a strong bond with Tio. 23%
• Top-Class Detective Cleared the game at Hard Level or above. 21%
• Warfare Master Won 1000 battles. 19%
• Quartz Collector Collected all Quartz of all varieties. 19%
• Unparalleled Champion Raised a party member's level to 50. 18%
• Dazzling Tactics Performed a Tactical Bonus with a rate over 3.00. 16%
• Detective of Legend Cleared the game at Nightmare Level. 16%
• Randy's Bond Forged a strong bond with Randy. 16%
• Hunter of Darkness Defeated Regna Vriel. 15%
• Trails in the Couch Played for over 100 hours. 15%
• The Aloof Detective Cleared the game with all your party members' levels below 40. 14%
• Can't Touch This! Canceled enemy arts and crafts 100 times. 14%
• All-Eyed Sage Completed the Monsterpedia. 14%
• Treasure Hunter Opened every treasure chest in a single playthrough. 13%
• THE LEGEND OF HEROES Earned all achievements. 12%