Sonic Adventure 2
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 15h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Hello World” (Clear stage 1 on either side in story mode) and “HERO!” (Clear HERO side in story mode): from 100% to 31% of starters.
- 79% 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 28,944 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11.3h for positive, 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 (79.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hello World Clear stage 1 on either side in story mode. 100%
- HERO! Clear HERO side in story mode. Most players quit here 31% −69
- DARK! Clear DARK side in story mode. 26% −5
- Beyond Good And Evil Clear LAST part in story mode. 20% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (15)
story milestone ending side
- Hello World Clear stage 1 on either side in story mode. 100%
- HERO! Clear HERO side in story mode. 31%
- DARK! Clear DARK side in story mode. 26%
- Chao! Name your Chao for the first time. 24%
- Beyond Good And Evil Clear LAST part in story mode. 20%
- Chao Raiser Raise all 5 properties of any one Chao up to level 10. 11%
- Heaven or Hell Raise a HERO Chao and a DARK Chao with your hero and dark characters respectively. 9.7%
- Mission Complete Win all A RANKs (5 A RANKs) in any one stage in story mode. 8.2%
- Speedy Racer Win NO.1 in expert level in kart race. 5.0%
- Emblem Collector Unlock 90 emblems. 5.0%
- Boss Attack Clear all 3 modes in Boss Attack Mode. 4.5%
- Karate Master Beat all your enemies in Super Level in Chao Karate 1P mode. 4.5%
- You Are The Legend Win A RANK in all stages in Story Mode. 2.6%
- Level 4! Play all level 4 stages in Action Race, Treasure Hunter and Shooting Battle. 2.4%
- Emblem Mania Unlock all 180 emblems. 2.4%