Rivals of Aether II
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 15h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 69% 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 10,188 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 34.7h for positive, 16.5h 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 (68.8% 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 (75)
story milestone ending side
- Vainglory Win a match using a skin or palette 100%
- Power Down Defeat a cpu opponent in any mode 87%
- Quick To Listen Emote to your opponent before a match 77%
- A Thousand words Equip a Player Icon 74%
- Still Skeptical View hitboxes in training mode 56%
- Long Con As Forsburn keep a clone alive for 10 seconds 32%
- The Igneous Axe Get a Spike KO with Loxodont's Up Special 32%
- The Poisonous Storm Get a KO with Ranno's Up Special 23%
- The Rising Arrow Get a KO off the top with Fleet's Up Special 20%
- Friendly Symbiosis Play a 2v2 online match with a friend 17%
- The Boulder Barrage Get a KO with Kragg's rock shards 15%
- The Reckless Flame Get a KO with Zetterburn's Aerial Down Special 15%
- The Furnishing Flux KO an opponent with La Reina's Neutral Special 14%
- The Icy Plummet Get a KO with Etalus' Up Special. 13%
- Julesvale Juggle As Fleet hit an opponent with 3 Up Strongs in a row. 12%
- Future Foreseer As Clairen, hit 2 or more players at once with fully charged Neutral Special 12%
- Rock The Block As Kragg, hit an opponent with a rock 3 times in a row 10%
- The Terrible Tempest Get a KO with Wrastor's Neutral Special off the top. 10%
- Flash In The Pan As Zetterburn hit an opponent with 3 Neutral Specials in 1 second 9.7%
- The Bubble Butt Get a KO with Orcane's Forward Aerial 9.6%
- The Flame's Salvation Reach character level 20 as Clairen 9.3%
- Heavenly Polarity Piledriver Pile Drive an opponent with Up Special after falling 16 meters 8.9%
- The Fire's Roar Reach character level 20 as Zetterburn 8.6%
- The Unlimited Sight Get a KO with Clairen's Down Special 8.4%
- The Molten Emperor Reach character level 20 as Loxodont 8.4%
- The Vicious Vine Get a KO with Maypul's tether into an aerial 8.3%
- Earth's Bastion Reach character level 20 as Kragg 8.1%
- The Poisonous Pacifist Reach character level 20 as Ranno 7.8%
- The Deadly Deception Get a KO with Forsburn's Clone 7.7%
- The Elegant Electrocution Get a KO with Absa's fully-charged Down Special. 7.4%
- Ice is Right! As Etalus break an opponent's frozen shield. 6.5%
- The Daring Orca Hop Grab ledge after combining Orcane's Up Special with a jump deep below the stage. 6.5%
- Gone Fishing KO an opponent with Slade's Ledge Special 6.1%
- Achievemint Play a match with a mint palette 6.1%
- Sedimentary Stomp KO an opponent with Galvan's Aerial Down Special 5.5%
- Path Of Tyranny Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Loxodont 5.4%
- The Shimmering Somersault Get a spike KO with Olympia's Up air. 5.1%
- Hero of Julesvale Reach character level 20 as Fleet 5.1%
- The Exiled Flame Reach character level 20 as Forsburn 5.1%
- The Puddle Jumper Reach character level 20 as Orcane 5.1%
- The Amethyst Fist Reach character level 20 as Olympia 4.8%
- Stuck and Struck KO an opponent with a cloud after sticking it to them with Special Pummel. 4.8%
- Maypals! As Maypul have Lily, Poppy and Terry out at the same time 4.8%
- Path Of Vengence Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Clairen 4.7%
- Path Of Tenacity Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Kragg 4.5%
- The Sylvan Watcher Reach character level 20 as Maypul 4.5%
- Pacifist Punching Bag As Ranno deal over 50 damage to a bubbled opponent 4.5%
- Path Of Conquest Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Zetterburn 4.4%
- King's Court Hit a single Molten Boulder 5 times 4.2%
- The Wind's Fury Reach character level 20 as Wrastor 3.9%
- The Drills Are Alive Launch an opponent into 3 drills consecutively 3.8%
- Path Of Peace Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Ranno 3.6%
- The Towering Tornado As Wrastor, land a special pummel while standing on a tornado platform. 3.6%
- Path Of Revelation Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Fleet 3.2%
- The Crowd Magnet Reach character level 20 as La Reina 3.2%
- Slime Time Hit an opponent with 5 aerials before landing or grabbing the ledge 3.1%
- The Glacier's Might Reach character level 20 as Etalus 2.9%
- Path Of Vindication Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Forsburn 2.6%
- Path Of Vigilance Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Maypul 2.6%
- The Storm Architect Reach character level 20 as Absa 2.6%
- The Ferrous Fossil Reach character level 20 as Galvan 2.6%
- Path Of Restoration Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Orcane 2.5%
- Path Of Deputation Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Wrastor 2.5%
- Path of Refinement Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Olympia 2.3%
- Path of Solitude Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Etalus 2.2%
- Double Terminated As Olympia, crystalize the opponent while they're already crystalized 2.2%
- The Swagger of the Sea Reach character level 20 as Slade 1.7%
- Bootyful As Slade, have all four treasures equipped at the same time 1.6%
- Path of Inception Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Absa 1.5%
- Path of Grandiosity Complete arcade on hard difficulty as La Reina 1.5%
- Alley Goop KO an opponent while they are grabbed by the Mire 1.5%
- Path of Ferocity Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Galvan 1.3%
- The Lost Mireling Reach character level 20 as Gouie 1.2%
- Path of Plunder Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Slade 1.0%
- Path of Deliverance Complete arcade on hard difficulty as Gouie 0.7%