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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection

Q: When does Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%). Fully opens up by hour 4.

Jan 31, 2013 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 75% of owners

Steam reviews 93% positive of 17,889

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
Fully opens up by hour 4.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
75% 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 17,979 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 7.7h for positive, 2.6h 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 (75.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (50)

story milestone ending side

Racing Transformed Go All-Star! 100%
Magic Second Finish 0.5 seconds ahead of an opponent in a Race 84%
You Got The Horn! Level-up a character 77%
Parts Shop Win any event with a Mod equipped 61%
Meteor Strike Collect 10 Stars in World Tour 57%
Crack Down Get a total of 20 hits with weapons in a Race 56%
Catcher Pitcher Absorb a weapon with the Glove and fire it back at your attacker 53%
Cosmic Smash Detonate the Hot Rod at the very last second 50%
Scud Racer Finish 1st in a Race without getting hit by weapons 49%
Lock On Sight Score 90% accuracy with aimed weapons in an event 49%
Buzz Bomber Hit 1st, 2nd and 3rd place with a Swarm attack 45%
Rank B Earn your B Class License 44%
Arrow of Light Freeze an opponent using Ice from at least 100 meters away 38%
Fighting Viper Evade or Block a homing-weapon 3 times in a Race 35%
Welcome to the Fantasy Zone Finish 1st a Grand Prix tournament 32%
Blast Processing Hit 2 opponents with a single Hot Rod Blast 28%
Genesis Triple-Stunt while transforming into a car or boat 28%
Rank A Earn your A Class License 27%
Eyes on the Road Hit an opponent with a weapon while looking backwards 26%
Battle Outrunner Do 5 overtakes in a single Drift 26%
Mega Jet Do a Reckless Boost 25%
Sonic Drift Do a 10 second Drift as Sonic 25%
De Rol Le Credits Unlock Superstar Showdown in World Tour 19%
Tornado Do a Level 3 Air-Drift 19%
Ax Battler Finish a Battle Race without losing any lives 17%
Sumo Wrestled Beat your first Staff Ghost in Time Attack 15%
Hardcore Complete a World Tour event on Expert difficulty 14%
Holosseum Unlock Mirror Grand Prix mode 13%
Rank S Earn your S Class License 12%
Spin Dash Do a Boost-Start in each vehicle mode 12%
Shadow Step Do 10 Stunt Combos in a single event 12%
Justice Shot Get 10 hits by firing weapons backwards in a single event 11%
Virtua Trickster Roll Left, Roll Right, Backflip, Forward Flip and land as a car or boat 9.5%
Race Leader Win a Matchmaking game 8.5%
Nomad Visit every location in the game 7.7%
Racing Hero Get a Podium Finish in every Grand Prix tournament 7.7%
Drift More! Get a Perfect Drift score on any Drift Challenge event 6.3%
Newtron Manually select a Random Character for a Matchmaking game 5.1%
The King of Speed Finish 1st in a Grand Prix tournament at Expert difficulty 5.1%
SEGA All Star Earn your Star License 4.9%
Takes Ages Unlock every Character in the game 4.8%
Link Chain Complete the Dream Valley Ring Race and pass every Ring as NiGHTS or Reala 3.6%
House Party of the Dead Complete an event with 4 local friends 3.3%
All Stars Collect every Star in World Tour 3.2%
Gale Racer Get a Podium Finish in every Grand Prix tournament on Expert difficulty 2.9%
Vyse The Legend Beat 01:11.16 in Time Attack as Vyse in Rogue's Landing 2.8%
Welcome To Victory Lane Finish in 1st Place in all Grand Prix tournaments at Expert difficulty 2.4%
Team Sonic Finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th with local friends in a 10 player Race 2.3%
SEGA Super Star Earn your Triple-Star License 1.6%
Yokozuna Beat all the Staff Ghosts in Time Attack 1.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.