ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Illegal Entry” and “Operation Wallclimber”: from 100% to 83% of starters.
- 91% 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 86,884 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 36.4h for positive, 18.5h 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 (91.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Illegal Entry Cleared mission: "Illegal Entry." 100%
- Operation Wallclimber Cleared mission: "Operation Wallclimber." Most players quit here 83% −17
- Contact Cleared mission: "Attack the Watchpoint." 73% −10
- Ocean Crossing Cleared mission: "Ocean Crossing." 67% −6
- A New Threat Cleared mission: "Attack the Old Spaceport." 57% −11
- Ayre and the Coral Cleared mission: "Destroy the Ice Worm." 54% −3
- Into Unknown Territory Cleared mission: "Underground Exploration – Depth 3." 52% −2
- Re-education Cleared mission: "Reach the Coral Convergence." 49% −3
- The Floating City Cleared mission: "Take the Uninhabited Floating City." 48% −1
- The Fires of Raven Reached ending: "The Fires of Raven." ≥40% −8
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 (30)
story milestone ending side
- Illegal Entry Cleared mission: "Illegal Entry." 100%
- Hardware Engineer Assembled an AC. 95%
- Graphic Designer Changed the coloration of your AC. 89%
- Operation Wallclimber Cleared mission: "Operation Wallclimber." 83%
- Data Log Collector Obtained ten data logs. 78%
- Software Engineer Upgraded your AC's OS. 78%
- Contact Cleared mission: "Attack the Watchpoint." 73%
- Training Complete Cleared all training programs. 69%
- Ocean Crossing Cleared mission: "Ocean Crossing." 67%
- A New Threat Cleared mission: "Attack the Old Spaceport." 57%
- Ayre and the Coral Cleared mission: "Destroy the Ice Worm." 54%
- Into Unknown Territory Cleared mission: "Underground Exploration – Depth 3." 52%
- Testing Complete Cleared all combat aptitude evaluation programs in the Arena. 49%
- Re-education Cleared mission: "Reach the Coral Convergence." 49%
- The Floating City Cleared mission: "Take the Uninhabited Floating City." 48%
- The Fires of Raven Reached ending: "The Fires of Raven." 40%
- Liberator of Rubicon Reached ending: "Liberator of Rubicon." 38%
- Expansion Collector Obtained all Core Expansions. 37%
- Tuning Expert Performed all OS upgrades. 32%
- Master of Arena Cleared all Arena programs. 29%
- MIA Cleared mission: "MIA." 28%
- Alea Iacta Est Reached ending: "Alea Iacta Est." 28%
- Stargazer Cleared all missions. 26%
- Combat Log Collector Obtained all combat logs. 17%
- Internal Parts Collector Obtained all inner parts. 16%
- External Parts Collector Obtained all frame parts. 15%
- Weapon Collector Obtained all weapon parts. 12%
- Asset Holder Obtained all parts. 12%
- The Perfect Mercenary Cleared all missions with an S Rank rating. 6.9%
- Armored Core Unlocked all achievements. 6.7%