ActionAdventureRPG
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE
Give it 35 hours
Gets good by 35h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 34% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 54,648
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 35h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- 34% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Escape Artist” (Complete Chapter 2) and “Mercenary Endeavors” (Complete Chapter 3): from 81% to 66% of starters.
- 97% 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 54,929 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 30.9h for positive, 19.3h 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 (96.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Onetime Gig Complete Chapter 1. 89% −11
- Escape Artist Complete Chapter 2. 81% −8
- Mercenary Endeavors Complete Chapter 3. Most players quit here 67% −15
- Night on the Town Complete Chapter 4. 63% −4
- Plan E Complete Chapter 5. 61% −2
- Lights Out Complete Chapter 6. 58% −2
- Trapped like Sewer Rats Complete Chapter 7. 57% −1
- Reunited Complete Chapter 8. 51% −6
- Never the Bride Complete Chapter 9. 46% −5
- Sewer Survivor Complete Chapter 10. 45% −1
- Paranormal Investigator Complete Chapter 11. 43% −1
- The Collapse Complete Chapter 12. 42% −1
- Broken Dreams Complete Chapter 13. 41% −1
- Picking Up the Pieces Complete Chapter 14. 37% −4
- The Pizza in the Sky Complete Chapter 15. 37%
- No Appointment Needed Complete Chapter 16. 36% −1
- Emerging from Chaos Complete Chapter 17. 35% −1
- Destiny's Crossroads Complete Chapter 18. 34% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (63)
story milestone ending side
- Warming Up Win a battle. 100%
- Staggering Start Stagger an enemy. 96%
- Onetime Gig Complete Chapter 1. 89%
- Weakened Resolve Exploit an enemy's weakness. 88%
- Escape Artist Complete Chapter 2. 81%
- Bonds of Friendship Free a bound ally. 81%
- Gotta Start Somewhere Complete a quest. 72%
- Materia for Beginners Level up an orb of materia. 71%
- Mercenary Endeavors Complete Chapter 3. 67%
- My First Summon Invoke a summon. 64%
- Music Collector Collect 3 music discs. 64%
- Night on the Town Complete Chapter 4. 63%
- My First Ability Max out a weapon's proficiency. 61%
- Plan E Complete Chapter 5. 61%
- Lights Out Complete Chapter 6. 58%
- Trapped like Sewer Rats Complete Chapter 7. 57%
- In Lockstep Bypass the delta-level security lock in Mako Reactor 5. 56%
- Say It with Flowers Decorate the Leaf House with a floral arrangement. 52%
- Reunited Complete Chapter 8. 51%
- Snappy Dresser Obtain three bridal candidate outfits. 46%
- Never the Bride Complete Chapter 9. 46%
- Summon Slayer Defeat a summon in battle. 45%
- Sewer Survivor Complete Chapter 10. 45%
- Paranormal Investigator Complete Chapter 11. 43%
- The Collapse Complete Chapter 12. 42%
- Broken Dreams Complete Chapter 13. 41%
- Cleanup Crew Obtain the Chocobo & Moogle materia. 40%
- Picking Up the Pieces Complete Chapter 14. 37%
- The Pizza in the Sky Complete Chapter 15. 37%
- Crate Annihilator Complete all Normal difficulty Whack-a-Box challenges. 36%
- No Appointment Needed Complete Chapter 16. 36%
- Emerging from Chaos Complete Chapter 17. 35%
- Destiny's Crossroads Complete Chapter 18. 34%
- Dancing Queen Received a gift from Andrea for being a dance superstar. 28%
- Heavenly Dart Player Rise to the top of the Seventh Heaven darts leaderboard. 28%
- Returning Champion Emerge victorious from a colosseum sparring session. 27%
- Sultan of Squat Complete all squat challenges. 24%
- Divine Gratitude Receive a letter from an angel. 20%
- The Johnny Experience Witness all Johnny-related incidents. 19%
- Takes Two IDs to Tango Complete Chapter 1 of INTERmission. 18%
- Out of Darkness's Clutches Complete Chapter 2 of INTERmission. 17%
- Turtle-tastic Collect all the Happy Turtle flyers. 14%
- Whack-a-Box Wunderkind Complete all Hard difficulty Whack-a-Box challenges. 13%
- Peeress of Pull-Ups Complete all pull-up challenges. 12%
- Game, Set, Master Become the Fort Condor grandmaster. 12%
- Building Character Attain level 50 with a character. 11%
- Biker Boy Get praised by Jessie at the end of the motorcycle mini-game. 7.1%
- Intelligence Agent Complete all battle intel reports. 5.8%
- Disc Jockey Collect all music discs. 5.4%
- Weapons Expert Learn all weapon abilities for Cloud, Barret, Tifa, and Aerith. 4.9%
- Staggering Feat Deal 300% damage to a staggered enemy. 4.6%
- That's the Smell Defeat a malboro. 4.2%
- Materia Maven Obtain all materia available from Shinra Box Buster challenges. 4.2%
- Best in the Business Complete all quests. 4.0%
- Ultimate Weapon Defeat the Pride and Joy prototype. 3.3%
- Hardened Veteran Complete all chapters of the main story on Hard difficulty. 3.2%
- Master of Mimicry Learn all enemy skills. 3.0%
- Corrupter of the Immaculate Defeat Weiss. 3.0%
- Condor Queen Become the Fort Condor grandmaster on Hard difficulty. 2.9%
- Dressed to the Nines Obtain all nine bridal candidate outfits. 2.8%
- The Road to Revenge Complete both chapters of INTERmission on Hard difficulty. 2.7%
- Ultimate Weapon 2.0 Defeat the Pride and Joy Mk 0.5. 2.7%
- Master of Fate Earn all FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE achievements. 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.