Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 3h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 75% of games we track.
- At least 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “New Challenger” (Defeat Matthew Patel without losing a life) and “Twin Dragons” (Defeat the Twins simultaneously): from 79% to 33% of starters.
- Only 17% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 3,715 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.5h for positive, 0.9h 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 (16.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- New Challenger Defeat Matthew Patel without losing a life. 79% −21
- Twin Dragons Defeat the Twins simultaneously. Most players quit here 33% −46
- Get The Girl Clear the game once with Scott. ≥18% −15
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (19)
story milestone ending side
- Dirty Trick Defeat an enemy by throwing an object at him while he’s already down. 100%
- New Challenger Defeat Matthew Patel without losing a life. 79%
- Shopaholic Buy all the items of a shop during the same visit. 34%
- Twin Dragons Defeat the Twins simultaneously. 33%
- Wallace the novice! Complete your first online match. 25%
- Vigilante Defeat 1000 enemies. 21%
- Armed And Dangerous Defeat at least 200 enemies using interactive objects. 18%
- Get The Girl Clear the game once with Scott. 18%
- The Power Of Friendship In a multiplayer game, reanimate another player at least 25 times. 18%
- Wallaciraptor! Knockout 200 enemies in online mode. 8.9%
- And… It’s a Wrap! Clear the game once with Wallace Wells. 5.3%
- Invulnerable Play through a World and reach the boss without getting hit. 4.7%
- One Man Army Clear the game in single player on the “Supreme Master” difficulty setting. 4.7%
- “Chaudown” Unlock and call all strikers. 2.4%
- Speed Run Clear the game in 90 minutes or less with Knives. 2.4%
- Gourmet Eat every food item. 2.4%
- It’s All In The Reflexes Catch a flying object at least 25 times with Knives. 1.8%
- Ninja Somersault Perform at least 10 consecutive head stomps successfully with Knives. 1.8%
- Everybody wants to play Play Online with all characters at least once (including Wallace Wells). 0.6%