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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 30% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 3,057
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 4h it's 1 in 13 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Travel to Another World” (Clear the Akihabara stage): only 82% of starters get there.
- 88% 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 3,065 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 4.3h for positive, 1.1h 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 (87.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Travel to Another World Clear the Akihabara stage Most players quit here 82% −18
- The Starting Place Clear the College of Music stage 66% −16
- Strange Things Clear the boat building stage 52% −14
- Cocoa's Dream Clear the Ikebukuro stage 44% −8
- Into the Country of Darkness Clear the Shinjuku stage 39% −5
- The Sealed Shrine Clear the Kumon Shrine stage 36% −3
- The Phantom World Clear the Demonsphere stage 31% −4
- Escape from the Demonsphere Clear the escape stage 30% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- A New Battle Start the Game 100%
- Don't Be Picky Restore health by eating food you don't like 88%
- Travel to Another World Clear the Akihabara stage 82%
- Ding! Level up a character 77%
- Restoring Powers Lost... Unlock a new skill with any character 74%
- Marvelous! Land a 100-hit or more combo 71%
- Dodged Use slip shift to dodge an enemy attack 67%
- The Starting Place Clear the College of Music stage 66%
- Strange Things Clear the boat building stage 52%
- Get ready! Kurisu is here. Thank you for your purchase. 50%
- Cocoa's Dream Clear the Ikebukuro stage 44%
- Into the Country of Darkness Clear the Shinjuku stage 39%
- I think I got it! Read the Tutorial 38%
- The Sealed Shrine Clear the Kumon Shrine stage 36%
- An Unexpected Train Ride Enter the Yuritsubame train bonus stage 34%
- Level 25 Get any character's level to 25 33%
- The Phantom World Clear the Demonsphere stage 31%
- Stop it at the Source! Destroy the mysterious keystone 30%
- Escape from the Demonsphere Clear the escape stage 30%
- Level up with Kurisu Level up with Kurisu 30%
- Me Too, Me Too! Unlock a hidden character 29%
- Rapid Fire While playing as Yuzuha, repeatedly press the SP button during a jump 26%
- Clear a stage with Kurisu Clear any stage with Kurisu 26%
- Connected Execute a strong special move by canceling a special move 22%
- A Perfect Train Ride Get a perfect score on the Lily Sparrow bonus stage 22%
- Who's your type? Use every starting character 17%
- Get serious when Frau comes Thank you for your purchase 17%
- As a Phantom Breaker Clear any stage in online co-op play 15%
- Maximum Level Get any character's level to 50 13%
- That's Everyone! Unlock all hidden characters 10%
- Into the Nightmare Start a game on Nightmare difficulty 9.9%
- Perfectionism Unlock every skill for one character 9.4%
- Level 25 with Kurisu Get Kurisu's level to 25 9.3%
- Level Up as Frau Level Up as Frau 6.7%
- Clear a stage with Frau Clear any stage with Frau 5.3%
- Get to Level 10 as Frau Frau has reached Level 10 4.8%
- Like a Scavenger Play until the very end of an online match 4.6%
- Clear the game with Kurisu Clear all of the stages playing as Kurisu 4.6%
- Kurisu and Phantom Breaker Clear any stage in online co-op play while playing as Kurisu 4.2%
- What is This Power? Raise any character's level to the maximum level 3.8%
- Get to Level 25 as Frau Frau has reached Level 25 2.5%
- Kurisu and the Scavenger Play until the very end in an online match as Kurisu 2.3%
- A Perfect Fall Get a perfect score on the Shinjuku Building bonus stage 2.2%
- Frau and Phantom Breaker Clear any stage in online co-op play while playing as Frau 2.0%
- Get to Level 50 as Frau Frau has reached Level 50 1.9%
- Clear the game with Frau Clear all stages with Frau 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.