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GUILTY GEAR Xrd -SIGN-
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 10% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 2,816
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Cradle Will Rock” ([STORY] Finished the entire story): only 10% of starters get there.
- 91% 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 2,832 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 4.6h for positive, 0.8h 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 (91.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Cradle Will Rock [STORY] Finished the entire story. Most players quit here 10% −90
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Game Install Fired up the game. 100%
- Basically [TUTORIAL] Finished all the basic training. 47%
- Illyria Calling Triggered Danger Time during a proper match. 43%
- Handy With The Steel Landed an Overdrive Special from a disadvantageous situation in a proper match. 39%
- When In Rome Used all the colors of Roman Cancels during a proper match. 34%
- Gear Up [ARCADE] Finished any one of the characters' stories. (Any difficulty). 32%
- Killing, For Instants Landed an Instant Kill in a proper match. 28%
- Pitch-Perfect Scored a perfect victory in a proper match. 25%
- That's How It Starts [DATABASE] Purchased your first piece of content in Gallery Mode. 19%
- Shoulder to Shoulder [VERSUS] Fought a match in local versus mode. 17%
- Sins of the Father Used Sin for the first time in a proper match. 17%
- Ourcade [Player Match] Hosted a room. 17%
- Groupie [CHALLENGE] Cleared 50 challenges. 16%
- Gimmie a Head with Hair Witnessed Ky let his hair down during a proper match. 15%
- Training Kept A Rolling [TRAINING] Trained for more than 1 hour. 13%
- Profligate Profiling [DATABASE] Edited your profile. 12%
- I Been Here For Years Got a come-back victory in a proper match. 11%
- Turn of the Century Used 100 Roman Cancels during proper matches. 11%
- Cradle Will Rock [STORY] Finished the entire story. 9.6%
- Roadie [CHALLENGE] Cleared 150 challenges. 7.7%
- I'm Mortal Landed 10 Mortal Counters during a proper match. 7.3%
- Matchless Skill [Player Match] Fought in more than 100 matches. 5.3%
- :D [Player Match] Used the in-game comment functionality for the first time. 5.1%
- You've Got A Peel [M.O.M.] Slipped on a banana. 5.0%
- In A Different Key [Player Match] Used the alternate character voice greetings. 4.9%
- Communication Breakdown Listened to Ramlethal and Lucifero's conversation. 4.9%
- I'll Be Watching You [Player Match] Observed 10 matches. 4.7%
- Record Deal [Ranked Match] Your first victory. 4.3%
- Gold [MISSION] Completed 5 missions. 3.3%
- Soloist [CHALLENGE] Cleared 300 challenges. 3.1%
- We're Getting The Band Back Together [Player Match] Played the online training. 3.1%
- Take Me Out To The Ballgame Hit a homerun with Faust. 2.3%
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent [ARCADE] Finished all 14 characters' stories. (Any difficulty). 2.2%
- Aegis Successfully executed and landed a Blitz Shield during a proper match. 2.1%
- Guaranteed To Blow Your Mind Landed a 100% combo. (Excludes Instant Kills). 2.1%
- I Got It On Tape [DATABASE] Watched at least 10 replays. 1.9%
- Tie Your M.O.M. Down [Player Match] Fought in a room set to M.O.M. mode. 1.6%
- Single [Ranked Match] Promoted to rank xx. 1.5%
- Aeplusgis Successfully executed a total of 100 Blitz Shields during proper matches. 1.5%
- Everyone's A Critic [Player Match] Made 50 comments while spectating a Player Match. 1.3%
- Radio Edit [TUTORIAL] Finished the second round of basic training within the designated time. 1.2%
- Platinum [MISSION] Completed 30 missions. 1.2%
- Album [Ranked Match] Fought a total of 100 matches. 1.2%
- Cash On The Table Collected 1,000,000 World Dollars. 1.1%
- World Tour [Ranked Match] Defeated a higher ranked opponent. *Requires you to be at rank 11 or higher. 1.1%
- But This One Goes To 14 [M.O.M.] Unlocked rank 14. 1.0%
- A Man of Wealth and Taste [M.O.M.] Collected all items. 1.0%
- Xrd Times The Charm Unlocked all achievements. 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.