When does Epic Battle Fantasy 4 get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 20h it's 1 in 110 (1%). Fully opens up by hour 15.

How many players finish Epic Battle Fantasy 4?

31% of players who start reach the ending.

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Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Feb 25, 2014 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 31% of players who started

Started playing 77% of owners

Steam reviews 97% positive of 3,352

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 20h it's 1 in 110 (1%).
Fully opens up by hour 15.
Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
31% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Deforestation Problem” (Enter Ashwood Forest for the first time) and “Digging Too Deep” (Enter the Crystal Caverns for the first time): from 94% to 70% of starters.
76% 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 3,354 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 22.9h for positive, 24.9h 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 (76.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Deforestation Problem Enter Ashwood Forest for the first time. 94% −6
Digging Too Deep Enter the Crystal Caverns for the first time. Most players quit here 70% −24
The Gang's All Here Find all of your missing party members. 70%
Realm of Robots Enter the Waste Disposal Plant for the first time. 60% −11
I See Dead People Enter Graybone Graveyard for the first time. 59% −1
Plants Eat You Enter Lankyroot Jungle for the first time. 54% −5
Ancient Civilization Enter the Temple of Godcat for the first time. 48% −7
The World is Saved Beat the game and save the world. 31% −17

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (110)

story milestone ending side

Slime Cat Find a Slime Cat and discover the Warp Zone. 100%
Deforestation Problem Enter Ashwood Forest for the first time. 94%
First Blood Defeat your first foe, and become a hardened killer. 94%
Chicken Molester Seriously stress out a chicken. Just don't stab it. 91%
Burn Baby Burn Set a foe on fire, and watch them burn. 88%
Used Strength Push an unwanted block out of the way. It will not be missed. 88%
Limits Were Broken Use an awesome limit break for the first time. 84%
New Skill Learnt Learn the first of many new skills. 82%
Zoology Student Scan a foe and begin filling in the bestiary. 81%
300 Damage Deal 300 damage with a single hit. 80%
New Skill Found Find a new special skill. You can find them in chests or get them from quests. 80%
First Casualty Watch a player die, as you do nothing to help. 77%
Water Conducts Shock a wet foe with a thunder attack (or ice, if you prefer). 73%
Monster Hunter Defeat 100 foes in total, and develop a taste for their flesh. 72%
Permanent Stat Boost Eat a stat-boosting snack and boost your stats permanently. Protip: Don't give them all to one character. 72%
Panty Thief Steal some underwear. Perverts pay good money for stuff like this. 72%
Used Cut Cut down a dangerous path-blocking bush. Don't worry, they don't have feelings. 71%
Digging Too Deep Enter the Crystal Caverns for the first time. 70%
The Gang's All Here Find all of your missing party members. 70%
Level 10 Reach level 10. That's a good start, but there's still a long way to go. 69%
Keys Unlock Stuff Use a key to access new treasures, but you should have figured that out on your own. 68%
Used Flash Light a torch with your candle. Fire magic doesn't work for some reason. 67%
Overkill Completely obliterate a feeble enemy. The cute ones deserve it. 65%
Winter is Coming Freeze a foe, and then hit them again for massive damage. 64%
Slimy Situation Get turned into a slime. Some people have a fetish for that sort of thing. 62%
3K Damage Deal 3,000 damage with a single hit. 62%
Unknown Power Level Find an unscannable secret foe. 62%
Power On Power up a set of factory doors, and open the next area. 60%
Realm of Robots Enter the Waste Disposal Plant for the first time. 60%
Step Over the Dead Clear away a player's rotting corpse. 59%
I See Dead People Enter Graybone Graveyard for the first time. 59%
Level 20 Reach level 20. Getting well into the game now. 57%
Treasure Thief Collect 111 treasure chests. Those chests aren't left out there for you, but you seem to take them anyway. 56%
Marathon Runner Take 10,000 steps. Fun. 55%
Blacksmith Fully upgrade any item of equipment. 55%
Used Rock Smash Smash a nice boulder. You could even find some diamond inside. 55%
Plants Eat You Enter Lankyroot Jungle for the first time. 54%
Start the Game Already Smash 100 Idols on the loading screen, because clicking randomly makes the game load faster. 54%
Lunchtime Take a break and have something to eat outside of battle. 53%
NPC Helper Complete 10 quests for NPCs. They can't do anything by themselves. 52%
Extra Lives Survive death: Be killed, but do not die. 52%
Extinction Event Defeat 1,000 foes in total, and become a serious threat to the ecosystem. 52%
Mega Resistance Absorb some elemental damage. 50%
Lava Burns Walk on lava and get hurt, because that's not smart. 50%
Best Customer Completely buy-out an equipment shop. 50%
Keen Eye Discover 30 secrets. There's actually way more than that though. 50%
Death Penalty Kill a foe with an instant-death attack. 49%
30K Damage Deal 30,000 damage with a single hit. 49%
Ancient Civilization Enter the Temple of Godcat for the first time. 48%
Used... Ladder? Bridge a gap, with the power of ladders. 46%
Treasure Collector Collect 222 treasure chests. That's more chests than original Pok*mon! 46%
Pervert Please don't leave 100,000 comments about this. Seriously. 44%
NPC Servant Complete 20 quests for NPCs. Saving the world can wait. 43%
Level 30 Reach level 30. Should be strong enough to take on the final boss. Almost. 43%
Art Appreciator Check out some of the art galleries. 42%
Millionaire Save up 1,000,000 chocolate coins. 42%
Lost Ruins Find the hidden ruins in the jungle. 41%
Equipment Collector Collect 145 pieces of equipment. 35%
Leet Hacker Defeat the glitch on any difficulty. 34%
Kamikaze Kill yourself with a spell or summon. 34%
Master Blacksmith Fully upgrade 30 weapons. Don't just use the same weapons all the time, that's boring! 33%
The World is Saved Beat the game and save the world. 31%
Taste Pain Drink a whole bottle of Chilli Sauce, and eat the actual bottle too. 31%
Power of Courage Survive a powerful attack with 1HP. 30%
Invaders from Space Summon the most powerful creature to obliterate your enemies. 28%
Dress Up Game Fully upgrade 30 hats or armors. You'll need plenty of different armor for the hardest battles! 27%
NPC Slave Complete 30 quests for NPCs. They own you now. 26%
Slime Cat King Find all the Slime Cats, and rule the world map. 26%
Eagle Eye Discover 60 secrets. There may be a few more, but we won't force you to find them all. 24%
Lumberjack Defeat Mighty Oak on Epic difficulty. 22%
Treasure Hunter Collect 333 treasure chests. There's more, but getting all of them could be frustrating. 22%
Rock Miner Defeat Crystal Golem on Epic difficulty. 21%
Beastmaster Unlock all summon creatures. 20%
Overpriced Snacks Destroy the economy by buying rare food. 19%
Electrical Engineer Defeat Praetorian on Epic difficulty. 19%
300K Damage Deal 300,000 damage with a single hit. 17%
Extreme Gardener Defeat Rafflesia on Epic difficulty. 17%
Zoology Expert Scan all foes and complete the bestiary. 17%
Trees Go To War Defeat the stronger version of Mighty Oak, on Epic Difficulty. 17%
Worm Control Defeat Sand Worm on Epic Difficulty. 16%
Lo And Behold Defeat Beholder on Epic Difficulty. 16%
Die For Diamonds Defeat the stronger version of Crystal Golem, on Epic Difficulty. 15%
Unprotected Defeat Protector on Epic Difficulty. 15%
Hardware Upgrade Defeat the stronger version of Praetorian, on Epic Difficulty. 14%
Dragon Slayer Defeat Zombie Hydra on Epic Difficulty. 14%
End Of The Rainbow Defeat the stronger version of Rafflesia, on Epic Difficulty. 13%
Dark Seductress Defeat a busty succubus on Epic Difficulty. 12%
Shadow Huntress Defeat a ranger of the night on Epic Difficulty. 12%
Level 40 Reach level 40. Well, if you don't have anything better to do, you might as well go even further. 12%
Fallen Comrade Defeat a zombie soldier on Epic Difficulty. 12%
Captain Of Death Defeat an undead pirate on Epic Difficulty. 12%
Stomach Pains Reset the stat boosting items on any player. (There's no penalty!) 11%
Cat Person Defeat Godcat on Epic difficulty. 10%
Miniboss Rush Beat the first boss marathon, on Epic Difficulty. 9.0%
Boss Rush Beat the second boss marathon, on Epic Difficulty. 9.0%
Mighty Fighters Defeat 10 waves of enemies in Endless Battles. That's a good start. 8.9%
Foe Rush Beat the monster marathon, on Epic Difficulty. 8.8%
Second Quest Beat the game a second time, continuing from a completed file. 8.6%
Mega Boss Rush Beat the third boss marathon, on Epic Difficulty 8.5%
Dark Boss Rush Beat the fourth boss marathon, on Epic Difficulty. 8.0%
Epic Crusaders Defeat 20 waves of enemies in Endless Battles. Time to start getting serious. 8.0%
10 More Years Look through 10 years of fan-made art in the fan art gallery. 7.7%
Legendary Heroes Defeat 30 waves of enemies in Endless Battles. This should be quite the challenge! 7.3%
Mammoth Feast Defeat Wooly Mammoth on Epic difficulty. 7.1%
Cheeky Cheater Win a battle with any battle-related cheat enabled. 6.7%
3M Damage Deal 3,000,000 damage with a single hit. That's a lot! 6.7%
Smashing Pumpkins Defeat Jack on Epic difficulty. 6.5%
Final Chapter Beat the game a third and final time. 5.9%
30M Damage Deal 30,000,000 damage with a single hit. Is that even possible?! 5.0%
Ace Challenger Defeat any boss on Epic difficulty with all challenges enabled. 4.3%

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