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Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 28% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 32,467
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 7h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 28% 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.
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Based on all 32,677 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 6.7h for positive, 5.3h 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 (27.5% 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 (45)
story milestone ending side
- Breaking the Cycle Retaliate against repetition. 100%
- Prolix Words are fun - expand your vocabulary. 26%
- Threads of Fate Follow all threads of fate to their inevitable conclusions. 25%
- Call the Wardrobe Department Make dozens of costume changes. 17%
- The Beast Within My, your skeleton is looking positively punishing today! 17%
- Sküllgirls Graduation day has arrived at last! Mrs. Victoria’s so proud of you. 16%
- A Normal Life "Painwheel?" Must be foreign. 16%
- Instant Hair Dash Let your parasite feel the wind between his tendrils. 13%
- Nadia Fortune and the Mystery of the Missing Fishfolk They already took one family from her, and like hell she's going to let them do it again. 13%
- Happy Birthday You got a present! 12%
- Real Circus Damage And now, for the main attraction... Grappling! 12%
- Until You Next Awaken It would appear they've become quite inseparable. 12%
- And It's All Thanks To You Poor Ms. Fortune. 12%
- Training the Next Generation One sister's safety dooms another. 12%
- World Warrior Princess Wander the world... unintentionally. 12%
- Not What It Used To Be -- But Neither Am I This city and he, they've been through a lot. 11%
- Lab Monster Get out of the Training Room and fight! 10%
- Me and My Shadows Tag-team your opponent all alone. 10%
- Let Them All Bathe In My Glory It is time for a new kingdom, and a new age! This world so badly needs a wake-up call. 9.8%
- Command Override Does he really think he can control her...? 9.5%
- Picking Up Where Marie Left Off Bloodying mafia fools? What a hoot! 9.5%
- Getting A Head In the Game Sometimes you just need to relax and take the weight off your shoulders. 9.1%
- Good Hunting, Commander A good commander knows how to wield her forces effectively. 9.1%
- Kind of an Idiot, But Not a Bad Guy Hope you can rest in peace, big guy. Or this piece of you can, anyway. 8.7%
- My Pain Will Be Visited Upon You Sometimes you can take it, and sometimes you just want to lash out. 8.0%
- Days of Future Cats It is for your own good, BEEP BOOP MEOW. 7.3%
- Prima Donna Sopranos should always be center stage. 7.3%
- Deeper Into Enemy Lines Nothing more than a pawn. 6.5%
- The Other Candidates Will Be Consumed As she denied her purpose, they denied her continued existence. 5.8%
- April Fact's Day The joke is that she's not a joke. 5.5%
- Museum of Unnatural History A gallery of strange and peculiar things awaits. 5.1%
- An Ensemble Cast There may be no I in “team,” but there is in “variety.” 4.7%
- Independent Study Before you can hope to master others, you must master yourself. 4.7%
- Toil and Trouble A sesquidecemvir of seven simulacra synergizing simultaneously. 4.4%
- Beau-coup de Grâce You get a Blockbuster! Everyone gets a Blockbuster! 4.0%
- The Kitchen Sink Throw everything at them, including... 4.0%
- By the Scruff of Their Necks Just give me five minutes of peace, you unruly Wulfamaniacs! 3.6%
- Survival Serenity Survival is no horror. 3.6%
- Medical Board Will Be Notified Your opponents aren’t the only ones under the knife. 3.6%
- Foreshadowing and Cymbalism The crash of cymbals, the sound of failure... for your opponent. 1.8%
- Conqueror No challenge is too great, no obstacle too high. 1.1%
- Funded! A heartfelt thanks to everyone that believed in Skullgirls and made this happen. 1.1%
- Overruled! The prosecution rests, your honor. 1.1%
- Still "Alive" WHY - WHY WAS I PROGRAMMED TO FEEL PAIN? 1.1%
- Two Weeks Will Squigly decide on her choice and move towards the changing winds? 1.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.