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Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Give it 35 hours
Gets good by 35h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 60h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 16% of players who started
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 13,067
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 60h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 60.
- The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.
- At least 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- 92% 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 13,140 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 59.4h for positive, 23.2h 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 (91.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Defier of the Condemnation Fused with the Proto-fiend Aogami. 100%
- Primordial Chaos Took the girl's hand, and returned all to chaos, unto a new beginning. ≥16% −84
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Defier of the Condemnation Fused with the Proto-fiend Aogami. 100%
- Conductor of Divine Providence Learned 5 Miracles. 82%
- Sharp Eyes and Sharper Blade Defeated a Mitama demon. 81%
- Eat Or Be Eaten Defeated a Magatsuhi Demon. 76%
- Press Turn King Struck enemy weaknesses during battle 100 times. 75%
- Netherworld Handyman Completed 5 subquests. 75%
- You Ready? Used Magatsuhi Skills during battle 20 times. 58%
- Press Turn Usurper Managed to Evade, Null, Repel, or Drain enemy attacks 50 times. 53%
- Scavenger God Examined Search Points 100 times. 51%
- The Whims of Fate Triggered a fusion accident. 46%
- Silver-Tongued God Recruited 30 demons through negotiation during battles. 41%
- Ever-Changing Essence Performed Essence Fusion 20 times. 37%
- True Blue Buddy Earned recognition from demons in a demon haunt 10 or more times. 37%
- Seeker of Lost Children Found 100 Miman. 34%
- Abscess Absolution Destroyed 24 Abscesses. 32%
- The Makings of a King Completed the subquest "Fionn's Resolve." 27%
- Compendium Scholar Filled the Demon Compendium to over 75% completion. 26%
- Almighty Fixer Completed 90 or more subquests. 24%
- Talisman Collector Collected 36 different talismans. 23%
- Omnipotent Strike Dealt over 9999 damage in a single blow. 23%
- The Pralaya That Follows Re-Creation Completed the subquest "A Universe in Peril." 22%
- Periapt Collector Collected 21 different periapts. 22%
- Macca Beam Paid a total of 100,000 Macca through negotiation during battles. 20%
- Archaeophile Acquired relics from relic spots 400 times. 19%
- Dig Two Graves Defeated Agrat's projection twice. 18%
- Guardian of Glory Obtained 50 Amalgams. 17%
- Savior of Lost Children Found 200 Miman. 17%
- A Humble Offering Given gifts to demons in a demon haunt 20 times. 16%
- Primordial Chaos Took the girl's hand, and returned all to chaos, unto a new beginning. 16%
- Demi-fiend Overcome Defeated the Demi-fiend. 15%
- Scholar of Idolatry Examined 19 different demon statues. 15%
- Aogami Extraction Squad Examined Aogami husks 20 times. 14%
- Genesis from Apocalypse Took the girl's hand, and created a world where all wishes are fulfilled. 14%
- Battle-Hardened God Won a battle after triggering reinforcements four times. 14%
- Architect of Divine Providence Learned 120 Miracles. 13%
- The Sun Will Rise Again Completed the subquest "The Succession of Ra." 12%
- Right of the Godborn Defeated Satan. 9.8%
- We Shall Protect Our Tokyo Defeated Masakado. 8.7%
- The World of the Myriad Gods Re-created the world and saved Tokyo. 8.6%
- Man Is a Thinking Reed Destroyed the throne in the name of a world for humanity. 8.0%
- Mortal Hubris in Seven Agonies Defeated Ishtar without weakening her system of Magatsuhi at all. 7.8%
- Farewell, My Friend Assumed the throne and created a world without demons. 7.5%
- Defender of Law, Ever and Always Re-created the world and upheld God's order. 6.4%
- The Will of the Godborn Decided the fate of a merciless world wrought with terrifying foes. 4.0%
- Compendium Loremaster Filled the Demon Compendium to 100% completion. 3.9%
- Purger of Memories Experienced all virtual trainer battle sequences in Original Mode. 2.3%
- He Who Revels in Carnage Experienced all virtual trainer battle sequences in Challenge Mode. 2.2%
- King Eternal, Immortal, Unbroken Obtained all achievements. 2.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.