When does Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming get good?

Give it 20 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 20h it's 1 in 35 (3%). Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.

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Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming

Apr 4, 2014 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 20 hours

Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 14% of owners

Steam reviews 92% positive of 564

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 20h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
Only 14% 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 568 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 20.5h for positive, 6.1h 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 (14.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (32)

Casino Time Unlocked "Three Venus" title. 100%
Half an Overture Unlocked half of the quest titles in Overture. 84%
Gone Home Unlocked "Return of the Hero" title. 81%
Student of Beauty Found Evil Lord Medals 31-40. 67%
Freeze Time Unlocked "No. 30, The World" title. 67%
Revolutionary Unlocked half of the quest titles in Revolution. 66%
DESTINY's Child Unlocked half of the quest titles in Destiny. 65%
Bonds Unlocked "Fateful Reunion" title. 65%
Judge... Unlocked half of the quest titles in Judgement. 63%
Enemies Yesterday, Friends Today Unlocked "Take Their Hand" title. 63%
Admirer of Beauty Found Evil Lord Medals 1-10. 61%
Fan of Beauty Found Evil Lord Medals 11-20. 61%
You Can't Go It Alone Unlocked "True Leader" title. 59%
Adherent of Beauty Found Evil Lord Medals 51-60. 59%
Disciple of Beauty Found Evil Lord Medals 61-70. 58%
Connoisseur of Beauty Found Evil Lord Medals 21-30. 57%
Overture Overlord Unlocked all 24 quest titles in Overture. 56%
BFF's in Denial Unlocked "Ultimate Tag Team" title. 54%
Lieutenant of Beauty Found Evil Lord Medals 41-50. 54%
...ment Unlocked all 26 quest titles in Judgement. 47%
Always Pay Back What You've Borrowed Unlocked "Goddess Loan Hero" title. 47%
Ragnarok Rising Unlocked half of the quest titles in Ragnarok. 46%
Master of all things Beautiful Found Evil Lord Medals 71-80 and obtained all other "Beauty" achievements. 45%
You say you want a Revolution? Unlocked all 44 quest titles in Revolution. 41%
♪♪♪Coo's Song♪♪♪ Listened to ALL of Coo's song. 39%
Ragnarok 'n' Roll Unlocked all 46 quest titles in Ragnarok. 35%
Mr DESTINY Unlocked all 14 quest titles in Destiny. 32%
Sexy and Sengoku Unlocked all DLC quest titles(6 total). 31%
Keep Piling on the Debt Unlocked "Debt Bird Buster" title. 28%
Infinite Hero Unlocked "Infinite Clear" title. 27%
Francisca's Top Client Unlocked "Crafting Mania" title. 25%
The True Infinite Hero Unlocked "Infinite Master" title. 14%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.