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Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 78,838
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 15h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The biggest drop-off is between “One-Armed Bandit” (Hammer the point home) and “Communication Breakdown” (Clear the airwaves): from 77% to 64% of starters.
- 83% 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 79,116 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 14h for positive, 6.7h 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 (82.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I'm Batman Become the Bat 100%
- Acid Bath Save the damsel, but is she in distress? 96% −4
- Savior Save the medical volunteers 90% −6
- Chimney Sweep There is only one way in 83% −6
- One-Armed Bandit Hammer the point home 77% −6
- Communication Breakdown Clear the airwaves Most players quit here 64% −13
- Gladiator Last man standing 62% −2
- Wrecking Ball Stop the unstoppable 59% −3
- Lost And Found Uncover the secret of Arkham City 57% −3
- Sandstorm We are legion 56% −1
- Hide And Seek A deadly game of hide and seek 54% −2
- Ghost Train Fight for survival 51% −3
- Freefall Don't look down 50% −2
- Exit Stage Right All the world is a stage 49% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (64)
story milestone ending side
- I'm Batman Become the Bat 100%
- Acid Bath Save the damsel, but is she in distress? 96%
- Savior Save the medical volunteers 90%
- Chimney Sweep There is only one way in 83%
- One-Armed Bandit Hammer the point home 77%
- Arkham City Sirens Drop in on an old friend 74%
- Communication Breakdown Clear the airwaves 64%
- Gladiator Last man standing 62%
- Wrecking Ball Stop the unstoppable 59%
- Lost And Found Uncover the secret of Arkham City 57%
- Sandstorm We are legion 56%
- Hide And Seek A deadly game of hide and seek 54%
- Ghost Train Fight for survival 51%
- Pick Pocket Steal the score of a lifetime 51%
- Freefall Don't look down 50%
- Exit Stage Right All the world is a stage 49%
- IQ Test Solve the first riddle 48%
- Stop the Clock Time is running out 42%
- Conundrum Rescue the first hostage from Riddler 36%
- Broken Toys Destroy it all 34%
- Lost Property No crimefighter should be without this 32%
- Bargaining Chip Reunite the separated couple 32%
- Dial Z For Murder Stop the phone booth killer 27%
- Breaking and Entering Find a way into the secret base 26%
- Mastermind Rescue the second hostage from Riddler 26%
- How's It Hanging? Clean up the Dry Docks 25%
- The Last Laugh The joke's on who? 24%
- Contract Terminated Stop the contract operative 24%
- AR Knight Complete all augmented reality training exercises 22%
- Mystery Stalker Reveal the mystery watcher 18%
- Family Jewels Retrieve your stolen goods 18%
- Puzzler Rescue the third hostage from Riddler 17%
- Serial Killer Track down the serial killer 15%
- Fully Loaded Collect all of Batman's gadgets and upgrades 14%
- Intellectual Rescue the fourth hostage from Riddler 13%
- Gadget Attack Use 5 different Quickfire gadgets in one fight (any play mode) 13%
- Aggravated Assault Stop all assaults in Arkham City 13%
- Brainteaser Rescue the fifth hostage from Riddler 12%
- Flawless Freeflow Fighter 2.0 Complete one combat challenge without taking damage (any character) 11%
- Frequent Flyer Zip Kick 5 different thugs 11%
- Bomb Squad Defuse all bombs in 3 minutes or less 10%
- Genius Rescue all the hostages from Riddler 10%
- Battering Ram Shield Bash 5 different thugs 8.2%
- Sphinx' Riddle Complete all 40 of the Catwoman Riddler grid items 7.7%
- Pay Your Respects A moment of remembrance 7.6%
- Bronze Revenge Obtain 24 medals on the original Arkham City maps (as Batman) 6.0%
- Twice Nightly Complete New Game Plus 5.2%
- Silver Revenge Obtain 48 medals on the original Arkham City maps (as Batman) 4.7%
- A Few New Tricks Use 5 different Quickfire gadgets in one fight as Robin in Harley Quinn's Revenge 4.7%
- Campaign Bronze Obtain 36 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Batman) 4.0%
- Snap To It Snap Flash an unarmed thug, an armed thug, an environmental object and a Titan 4.0%
- Party's Over Destroy all Harley Balloons 4.0%
- Gold Revenge Obtain all 72 medals on the original Arkham City maps (as Batman) 3.9%
- Storyteller Have 12 murderous dates with Calendar Man 3.7%
- Campaign Silver Obtain 72 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Batman) 3.6%
- Campaign Gold Obtain all 108 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Batman) 3.4%
- Perfect Freeflow 2.0 Perform a perfect combo including all of Batman's combat moves (any play mode) 3.3%
- Perfect Knight - Day 2 Complete every challenge in Arkham City - Main Story, Side Missions, Upgrades, Collectables, New Game Plus and Riddlers Revenge (as Batman) 3.3%
- Feline Revenge Obtain all 72 medals on the original Arkham City maps (as Catwoman) 3.1%
- Campaign Kitty Obtain all 108 medals on the original Arkham City campaigns (as Catwoman) 3.0%
- Robin Revenge Obtain 78 medals on the original Arkham City and Robin Bundle Pack maps (as Robin) 3.0%
- Nightwing Revenge Obtain 78 medals on the original Arkham City and Nightwing Bundle Pack maps (as Nightwing) 3.0%
- Campaign Wonder Obtain 114 medals on the original Arkham City and Robin Bundle Pack campaigns (as Robin) 2.9%
- Campaign Nightwing Obtain 114 medals on the original Arkham City and Nightwing Bundle Pack campaigns (as Nightwing) 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.