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Resident Evil 6
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 72,427
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Longest Night” (Complete the tutorial) and “Gone to Hell” (Complete Chapter 1 in Leon's campaign): from 100% to 67% of starters.
- 88% 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 72,778 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 14.6h for positive, 9h 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 (87.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Longest Night Complete the tutorial. 100%
- Gone to Hell Complete Chapter 1 in Leon's campaign. Most players quit here 67% −33
- Buried Secrets Complete Chapter 2 in Leon's campaign. 58% −10
- Get on the Plane Complete Chapter 3 in Leon's campaign. 54% −4
- Big Trouble in China Complete Chapter 4 in Leon's campaign. 51% −4
- The Trouble with Women Complete Chapter 5 in Leon's campaign. 47% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (70)
story milestone ending side
- The Longest Night Complete the tutorial. 100%
- One Is Better Than None Purchase one skill. 72%
- Gone to Hell Complete Chapter 1 in Leon's campaign. 67%
- Buried Secrets Complete Chapter 2 in Leon's campaign. 58%
- Lifesaver Help or rescue your partner ten times. 56%
- Get on the Plane Complete Chapter 3 in Leon's campaign. 54%
- Big Trouble in China Complete Chapter 4 in Leon's campaign. 51%
- Zombie Massacre Defeat 500 zombies. 48%
- The Trouble with Women Complete Chapter 5 in Leon's campaign. 47%
- Silent Killer Use a stealth attack to take down five enemies. 46%
- Rescue the Hostages Complete Chapter 1 in Chris' campaign. 45%
- Titular Achievement Earn 10 different titles. 41%
- Tragedy in Europe Complete Chapter 2 in Chris' campaign. 39%
- Down, Not Out Defeat an enemy while dying, then recover without any help. 37%
- Money Talks Complete Chapter 1 in Jake's campaign. 37%
- Finish What You Start Perform a coup de grâce on ten enemies. 35%
- After Her! Complete Chapter 3 in Chris' campaign. 35%
- There's Always Hope Complete Chapter 4 in Chris' campaign. 34%
- A Revolting Development Complete Chapter 2 in Jake's campaign. 34%
- Let's Blow This Joint Complete Chapter 3 in Jake's campaign. 32%
- Check Out My Dogs Customize your dog tags. 32%
- J'avo Genocide Defeat 500 J'avo. 31%
- Duty Calls Complete Chapter 5 in Chris' campaign. 30%
- Still on the Run Complete Chapter 4 in Jake's campaign. 30%
- See You Around Complete Chapter 5 in Jake's campaign. 29%
- I Spy Complete Chapter 1 in Ada's campaign. 29%
- Counterintelligence Complete Chapter 2 in Ada's campaign. 26%
- Rising Up Earn a level-four title. 24%
- This Takes Me Back Complete Chapter 3 in Ada's campaign. 24%
- Ada's Demise Complete Chapter 4 in Ada's campaign. 24%
- What's Next? Complete Chapter 5 in Ada's campaign. 23%
- I Prefer Them Alive Rescue two female survivors at the cathedral. 21%
- Green around the Ears Complete the entire game on Amateur. 18%
- Normal Is Good Complete the entire game on Normal. 14%
- Bob and Weave Counter an enemy's attack three times in row. 11%
- Flying Ace Pilot the VTOL without getting a scratch on it. 9.9%
- B.O.W.s Are Ugly Defeat 100 enemies that have come out of a chrysalid. 9.0%
- Give a Little Push Knock ten enemies off a high place. 8.1%
- They're ACTION Figures! Collect 3 figures. 7.9%
- Bring the Heat Take down an enemy from 50 meters away with a headshot using the thermal scope. 6.4%
- Covered in Brass Earn 150 different medals. 5.9%
- Mad Skillz Max out all the skills that allow you to level up. 5.6%
- Back in My Day Complete the entire game on Veteran. 4.8%
- Hard Choice Shoot the helicopter pilot with a Magnum at point-blank range. 4.1%
- Stuntman Defeat 20 enemies with the Hydra using a quick shot. 3.8%
- Leave It to the Pro Complete the entire game on Professional. 3.3%
- High Voltage Defeat ten enemies with a stun rod charge attack. 3.2%
- Sneaking Around Get through the aircraft carrier's bridge area without being noticed. 2.6%
- Weapons Master Use all the weapons in the game and kill ten enemies with each of them. 2.5%
- Heirlooms Collect all the serpent emblems. 2.5%
- Easy Pickings Eliminate all players as Ustanak in less than a minute. 2.5%
- Killer Combo Achieve a 30-combo chain. 2.1%
- Staying Alive Return to the game as a human character. 1.8%
- Team Effort Win without any members of your team being killed. 1.8%
- Invincible Defeat Ustanak without anyone on your team being captured. 1.7%
- Held Captive Defeat Ustanak with only one Agent remaining. 1.7%
- Murder Spree Defeat the BSAA as a creature without dying once. 1.7%
- Take the Stage Defeat your opponent and achieve victory in 3 stages. 1.6%
- Kill or Be Killed Win while in the dying state. 1.6%
- Last Man Standing--Again Win five times in a row. 1.6%
- Kung Fu Fighting Survive to the end only using physical attacks. 1.6%
- Protect and Serve Protect the BSAA without any of them getting hurt. 1.6%
- Surrounded on All Sides Send 2,000 enemies to your opponent's map. 1.5%
- You Are S.O.L. Defeat your opponent 10 times with enemies you sent. 1.5%
- Take 'Em All Down Defeat 100 agents. 1.5%
- Not without a Fight Defeat Ustanak 20 times. 1.5%
- One Is Never Enough As Ustanak, capture a total of 50 humans. 1.5%
- Two Sides of the Same Coin Win 10 times. 1.5%
- Everybody Dies Defeat 100 player-controlled agents and 100 player-controlled creatures. 1.4%
- Civilian Casualties Defeat the BSAA 100 times. 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.