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Red Dead Redemption
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 29% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 22,337
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 15h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “That Government Boy” (Complete "Exodus in America") and “Land of Opportunity” (Complete "The Assault on Fort Mercer"): from 100% to 46% of starters.
- 87% 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 22,496 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 22.8h for positive, 8.9h 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 (87.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- That Government Boy Complete "Exodus in America". 100%
- Land of Opportunity Complete "The Assault on Fort Mercer". Most players quit here 46% −54
- Sons of Mexico Complete "The Gates of El Presidio". 35% −11
- No More Fancy Words Complete "An Appointed Time". 35%
- A Savage Soul Complete "At Home with Dutch". 34% −1
- The Benefits of Civilization Complete "And the Truth Will Set You Free". 32% −2
- Into the Sunset Complete "The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed". 29% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- That Government Boy Complete "Exodus in America". 100%
- Strange Things are Afoot Complete a task for a Stranger. 63%
- The Gunslinger Score a headshot on any enemy using Expert targeting mode. 61%
- Land of Opportunity Complete "The Assault on Fort Mercer". 46%
- Clemency Pays Capture a bounty alive. 41%
- Bullseye Get 250 headshots in any game mode. 37%
- Sons of Mexico Complete "The Gates of El Presidio". 35%
- No More Fancy Words Complete "An Appointed Time". 35%
- A Savage Soul Complete "At Home with Dutch". 34%
- The Benefits of Civilization Complete "And the Truth Will Set You Free". 32%
- Spurred to Victory Complete 20 story missions without switching to a new horse at a hitching post. 31%
- Long Arm of Marston Kill 500 enemies with any rifle, repeater, or shotgun in any game mode. 30%
- Into the Sunset Complete "The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed". 29%
- Exquisite Taste Purchase a rare weapon from a gunsmith. 26%
- He Cleans Up Well! Obtain the Elegant Suit. 25%
- Nurture or Nature? Complete "Remember My Family". 24%
- The Downward Spiral Complete "Curious Tales from Blackwater, USA" Survivor Mission. 24%
- Gold Medal Earn a Gold Medal Rank for a combat mission. 19%
- Six Years In The Making Find and kill a sasquatch. 18%
- Evil Spirits Complete Tumbleweed and Tesoro Azul Hideouts. 16%
- Instinto Asesino Complete Fort Mercer and Nosalida Hideouts. 15%
- Judge A Man By The... Complete "Cure For Most of What Ails You" and "Get Back in that Hole, Partner" Survivor Missions. 13%
- More than a Fistful Earn $10,000. 13%
- Austin Overpowered Complete Twin Rocks, Pike's Basin, and Gaptooth Breach Hideouts. 13%
- People are Still Strange Complete 15 tasks for Strangers. 12%
- The Superior Dance Complete "Mother Superior Blues Survivor Mission". 11%
- All's Right With the World Complete "On a Pale Horse". 11%
- High Roller Win over 2000 chips in a hand of Poker. 10%
- Frontiersman Obtain Legendary rank in any Ambient Challenge. 10%
- Man of Honor / Chivalry's Dead Attain highest Fame rank and either highest Honor rank or lowest Honor rank. 9.6%
- What About Hand Grenades? Get a ringer in a game of Horseshoes. 9.5%
- On the Trail of de Vaca Uncover every location on the map. 9.3%
- Spinning Plates Have every territory saved at the same time during the Undead Nightmare. 8.5%
- No Dice Complete a game of Liar's Dice without losing a single die. 8.0%
- In a Hail of Bullets Kill 500 enemies with any pistol or revolver in any game mode. 7.6%
- Axe Master Complete all Tomahawk challenges. 6.6%
- Buckin' Awesome Break the Kentucky Saddler, the American Standardbred, and the Hungarian Half-bred. 6.5%
- Master Exploder Complete the Explosive Rifle Challenge. 6.5%
- Bearly Legal Kill and skin 18 grizzly bears. 6.4%
- Dastardly Place a hogtied woman on the train tracks, and witness her death by train. 6.1%
- Manifest Destiny Kill the last buffalo in the Great Plains. 5.6%
- Chupathingy Find and kill a chupacabra. 5.3%
- Fan Service Find and break a unicorn. 5.2%
- Mad Marston: The Trail Warrior Attain Rank 5 in all Undead Nightmare Challenges. 4.8%
- Friends in High Places Use a pardon letter with more than $5000 bounty. 4.7%
- Unnatural Selection Kill one of every animal species in the game in any game mode. 4.6%
- Redeemed Attain 100% in the Game Completion stat. 4.5%
- Zed's Dead, Baby Attain 100% Game Completion statistic in Undead Nightmare. 4.2%
- Fightin' Around the World Knock someone out in melee in every saloon in the game. 4.1%
- Heading South on a White Bronco Evade the US Marshals while riding the Hungarian Half-Bred horse. 4.0%
- Mowing Them Down Kill 500 enemies with a mounted weapon in any game mode. 3.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.