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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 49% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 89,305
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 49% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “File R-00: Status - Closed” (Complete File R-00: Guard Duty) and “File R-01: Status - Closed” (Complete File R-01: Coup d'État): from 100% to 76% of starters.
- 86% 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 89,779 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 13.2h for positive, 8.6h 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 (85.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- File R-00: Status - Closed Complete File R-00: Guard Duty. 100%
- File R-01: Status - Closed Complete File R-01: Coup d'État. Most players quit here 76% −24
- File R-02: Status - Closed Complete File R-02: Research Facility. 67% −9
- File R-03: Status - Closed Complete File R-03: Mile High. 62% −5
- File R-04: Status - Closed Complete File R-04: Hostile Takeover. 57% −5
- File R-05: Status - Closed Complete File R-05: Escape From Denver. 56% −1
- File R-06: Status - Closed Complete File R-06: Badlands Showdown. 55% −1
- File R-07: Status - Closed Complete File R-07: Assassination Attempt. 49% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- File R-00: Status - Closed Complete File R-00: Guard Duty. 100%
- File R-01: Status - Closed Complete File R-01: Coup d'État. 76%
- Looking Out for the Little Guys Destroy a total of 30 Dwarf Gekkos during story mode. 75%
- File R-02: Status - Closed Complete File R-02: Research Facility. 67%
- Anti-Cyborg Sentiment Destroy a total of 100 Cyborgs during story mode. 67%
- Datsu Right Successfully complete 50 Zandatsus during story mode. 64%
- File R-03: Status - Closed Complete File R-03: Mile High. 62%
- Silverback Destroy a total of 10 Mastiffs during story mode. 62%
- Slider Strike Destroy a total of 10 Sliders during story mode. 62%
- Rip 'Em Apart! In story mode, kill 100 enemies by cutting them. 61%
- What Doesn't Kill You... In story mode, successfully parry 10 attacks in a row in one minute or less. 61%
- Herpetophobia Destroy a total of 10 Gekkos during story mode. 60%
- File R-04: Status - Closed Complete File R-04: Hostile Takeover. 57%
- File R-05: Status - Closed Complete File R-05: Escape From Denver. 56%
- File R-06: Status - Closed Complete File R-06: Badlands Showdown. 55%
- Extinction Level Event Destroy a total of 10 Raptors during story mode. 52%
- Assault with a Deadly Weapon Dismember three enemies during Blade Mode with a single attack. 50%
- File R-07: Status - Closed Complete File R-07: Assassination Attempt. 49%
- Pond Scum Destroy a total of 5 Vodomjerka during story mode. 41%
- Dwarf Raiden Incapacitate all the soldiers in File R-02 using a Dwarf Gekko. 34%
- Assassin Behind Closed Doors Successfully complete 30 Ninja Kills during story mode. 31%
- You Don't Run from Chance Successfully complete 50 Executions during story mode. 24%
- DL-Story-01: Status - Closed Complete DL-Story-01: Brazilian Wind 20%
- Wolf Hunter Destroy a total of 10 Fenrirs during story mode. 20%
- Jumping the Shark Destroy a total of 10 Hammerheads during story mode. 20%
- No Flash Photography! Destroy all the Gun Cameras in File R-01. 15%
- DL-Story-02: Status - Closed Complete DL-Story-02: Blade Wolf. 14%
- A Walk in the Dark Complete the abandoned railroad sequence in File R-03 without using AR Mode. 12%
- Steel Tail Cut off Metal Gear RAY's metal tail during File R-00. 12%
- Great Escape Complete File R-05 in less than 7 minutes. 9.5%
- The Bigger They Are... Destroy a total of 100 Custom Cyborgs during story mode. 8.3%
- Predatory Instincts Defeat 30 enemies in DL-Story-02: Blade Wolf via Hunt Kills. 7.7%
- Menace to Society Cut off the finial at the top of the pagoda in File R-04. 7.0%
- Prodigal Murderer Defeat Mistral without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. 6.4%
- Love at First Sight While remotely operating a Dwarf Gekko in story mode, find and communicate with all Dwarf Gekkos. 6.2%
- Peekaboo Discover all of the soldiers hidden in cardboard boxes. 6.2%
- Humanitarian Assistance Rescue all the civilians. 5.7%
- Chosen by History Defeat Samuel without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. 5.5%
- A Big Fan of Lefties Acquire all enemy officers' left arms. 4.9%
- Truly Human Defeat Sundowner without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. 4.6%
- Genius Destroyer Defeat Monsoon without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. 4.1%
- Analysis Complete Unlock every VR Mission. 4.0%
- Data Mining Acquire all data storage devices. 4.0%
- The Politics of Silencing Foes Defeat Sen. Armstrong without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. 3.3%
- Demilitarized Zone Destroy a total of 100 Heavily Armed Cyborgs during story mode. 3.2%
- Ich Liebe Kapitalismus! Acquire all customization items. 3.2%
- Surprise Attack! Arrive at the objective in File R-07 without being spotted. 3.0%
- A Lover, Not a Fighter Successfully complete 10 No Kill battles during story mode. 2.6%
- Virtually Flawless Set the highest score on every VR Mission. 2.5%
- VR Master Complete every VR Mission. 2.5%
- Wolf's Pride Defeat Khamsin without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. 2.5%
- DL-VR Master Complete every DL-VR Mission. 2.2%
- Tearing Away the Disguise Destroy all of the humanoid Dwarf Gekkos during story mode. 2.2%
- You're Hired Defeat Sen. Armstrong without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. 2.2%
- Hero of the Metaverse Set the highest score on every DL-VR Mission. 2.1%
- Draw, Pardner! Defeat 100 enemies in DL-Story-01: Brazilian Wind's Story Mode using Quick Draw. 2.0%
- Amateur Radio Operator Listen to most of the codec conversations. 1.9%
- Fangs of Fury Complete DL-Story-02: Blade Wolf on Revengeance difficulty in one hour or less. 1.9%
- Jetstream Complete DL-Story-01: Brazilian Wind on Revengeance difficulty in one hour or less. 1.9%
- Stormbringer Complete story mode on Revengeance difficulty with all S rankings. 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.