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Batman™: Arkham Origins
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 81% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 65,963
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 15h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The biggest drop-off is between “City of Assassins” (Identify Black Mask's assassins) and “One eye open” (Defeat Deathstroke): from 100% to 72% of starters.
- 81% 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 66,287 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.4h 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 (80.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- City of Assassins Identify Black Mask's assassins 100%
- One eye open Defeat Deathstroke Most players quit here 72% −28
- Nobody that matters Who is the Joker? 68% −3
- Everyone wears masks Find the Black Mask 60% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- City of Assassins Identify Black Mask's assassins 100%
- One eye open Defeat Deathstroke 72%
- Nobody that matters Who is the Joker? 68%
- Everyone wears masks Find the Black Mask 60%
- One Rule Save a life 54%
- Silent Knight Complete a predator encounter using only silent takedowns 52%
- Anyone see that? Complete a predator encounter without ever being spotted 49%
- Perhaps sooner, Perhaps later Defeat the Joker 48%
- One down, several to go Complete a Most Wanted entry 48%
- Free Flow Fifty Reach x50 Combo 47%
- Shut Down Shut down an entire Tower Network 44%
- Point to Point Glide across Bridge without touching ground 40%
- Air Marathon Glide 26 miles total 38%
- The Innocent and the Predatory Capture all of Black Mask's Assassins 26%
- Counter-intelligence Decipher one Extortion File 21%
- Crime Fighter Stop 20 Crime in Progress 21%
- Crime Scene Investigator Complete all Casefiles 19%
- Around the World Use the Batwing to travel to all Fast Travel points 17%
- World's Greatest Detective Master the World's Greatest Detective Dark Knight track 17%
- Let it Snow Receive the Extreme Environment Suit (XE Suit) 13%
- Drilling for Justice Assemble the cryonucleation tunneller - the cryodrill 13%
- First Riddler Trophy Collect every collectible 12%
- Enigma Unravelled Collect all Enigma items 12%
- For Auld Lang Syne Stop Freeze and bring Boyle to justice 12%
- Stalact-tactician Takedown 2 enemies with one stalactite 12%
- Clean Streets Complete all Most Wanted missions 11%
- What hit me? Take down 100 enemies who didn't know you were there 11%
- Snowjob Get 3 enemies frozen in one attack 10%
- Down with the Revolution Stop Anarky thug operations in South Gotham 9.5%
- Master Wayne Take no damage when playing as Bruce Wayne 7.4%
- Breaking the Ice Free all civilians frozen in cryogenic ice 5.6%
- Gotham Protector Master the Gotham Protector Dark Knight track 5.2%
- Shadow Vigilante Master the Shadow Vigilante Dark Knight track 5.1%
- Point Counter-Point Complete Deathstroke without failing a single counter 4.8%
- Voice of the People Scan 20 Anarky Tags 4.8%
- Give Them Something to Believe Complete New Game Plus 4.8%
- Personal Trainer Obtain all the medals on Combat Training maps 4.6%
- Come Out of the Cold Perform 3 ice wall takedowns 4.3%
- Not An Ordinary Criminal As an Elite, earn 4000 XP in a single multiplayer match 4.2%
- Paint the Town Red Find all Activist tags in Cold, Cold Heart 4.1%
- Thanks, old friend Hear everything Alfred has to say 4.0%
- Flawless Display Successfully battle Shiva without taking any damage 3.7%
- I've Got This Acquire all upgrades 3.5%
- One of Each Use every Freeflow Focus gadget in one combo 3.5%
- Worst Nightmare Master the Worst Nightmare Dark Knight track 3.0%
- Know Thy Enemy Defeat each of the enemy players at least once in a multiplayer match 3.0%
- Legend of the Dark Knight Complete all Dark Knight challenges 2.9%
- Clutch Kill a Hero to bring back your entire gang when at 0 reinforcements on a full multiplayer server 2.7%
- Arsenal, Awesome Fully upgrade a weapon in multiplayer 2.7%
- Medalist Obtain all medals on the original Ranked Maps in Challenge mode (as Batman) 2.6%
- Olympian Obtain all medals on the original Campaign maps in Challenge mode (as Batman) 2.6%
- I Am The Night Finish I Am The Night Mode 2.6%
- Perfectionist Obtain all the medals on Custom maps in Challenge mode 2.5%
- Fallen Knight Reach max level with the Bane faction in multiplayer 2.4%
- Predator Paragon Take down 6 different Elites in a match, using 6 different methods as Batman or Robin in multiplayer 2.2%
- Killing Joke Reach max level with the Joker faction in multiplayer 2.2%
- Gotham All-Star Reach max overall level in multiplayer 2.2%
- Tales of Gotham Win a round of each map with each faction in multiplayer 2.2%
- I Like Those Odds As a Hero, defeat 4 Elites within 40 seconds without using melee in multiplayer 2.2%
- Legend Earn a level of prestige in multiplayer 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.