Epic Battle Fantasy 5
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 35h it's 1 in 155 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Alien Landscape” and “World Saved?”: from 54% to 33% of starters.
- 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 6,192 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 36h for positive, 26.4h 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 (88% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Wandering Out Begin your adventure by wandering away from home and into the jungle. 100%
- Over the Wall Enter the fascists' fortress with a dangerous mission in mind. 80% −20
- Swamped I have a feeling these woods might actually be haunted. 70% −10
- Arctic Expedition Unpreparedness won't stop this adventure. 63% −7
- Dim Depths The plot thickens as buried secrets are uncovered. 62% −1
- River Rapids Sail towards unknown lands on a dinky raft that's totally sea-worthy. 60% −1
- Alien Landscape Look upon the remains of a devastated landscape. 54% −6
- World Saved? Defeat the final boss and finish the main story. Most players quit here 33% −21
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (133)
story milestone ending side
- Wandering Out Begin your adventure by wandering away from home and into the jungle. 100%
- Limits Broken Use a limit break - and if you're reading this in advance - remember to set up a combo first! 98%
- Slave Trader Enslave a beast, later to be forced into combat against its will. 97%
- Mercy Let a surrendered foe go free. Sometimes it feels good to be good. 97%
- Instant Knowledge Learn a completely new skill through sheer willpower alone - no practice involved. 94%
- No Mercy Execute a surrendered foe in cold blood. You get EXP either way, so it really is senseless violence. 93%
- Conductive Status Exploit a status effect that increases elemental damage. 91%
- Roid Rage Get a taste of performance-enhancing steroids, like bacon or bread. 90%
- 1K Damage Deal over 999 damage with an attack - just smack an enemy hard. 87%
- Slip 'n' Slide Get familiar with some annoying puzzle mechanics. 86%
- Cooling Off And now, we wait. Quite a while, too. 86%
- Confusion Get inflicted with the Confused status, and lose control of your own body. 85%
- Beast Tamer Tame a strong monster as you work your way up the food chain. 84%
- Freebie Watch your enemies be killed by their own environment, or by each other. 84%
- Not Pok*mon Equip more than 6 summons, but no more than 18, as that would be simply unfair. 84%
- Art Connoisseur View a fine piece of framed artwork. 83%
- Disarmed Get inflicted with the Disable status, and have some of your skills become unusable for a few turns. 81%
- Bonus Skills Adjust your default abilities to something more unique, and show off the real you. 81%
- Over the Wall Enter the fascists' fortress with a dangerous mission in mind. 80%
- Sometimes Invincible Have fun with the Enchanted and Invisible status effects. They may or may not be useful. 80%
- Second Chance Don't die when you have been killed - the Morale and Auto-Revive statuses can get you out of trouble! 79%
- Berzerker's Rage Get inflicted with the Berserk status, and go mad with power. 79%
- Back Attack What? Not even backup players are safe from taking damage?! 77%
- Uncontrollable Hunger Get inflicted with the Hungry status, and pig out on whatever you can find. 77%
- 10K Damage Deal over 9,999 damage with an attack - a bit of levelling up should do the trick. 76%
- Owned Sometimes the enemies don't even have to do anything. 76%
- Upgrade Complete Fully upgrade a weapon - this is the best use of your cash! 75%
- Party Hard A bunch of poorly drawn cartoon characters get together and smash things. 75%
- Unusual Torture Melt down a captured foe and use it as a crafting material. The foe's consent is not required. 72%
- Where's Satan? Discover the demon hiding in plain sight. 72%
- Fog of War Get inflicted with the Shroud status, and succumb to the pain of missing information. 71%
- Swamped I have a feeling these woods might actually be haunted. 70%
- Cat Person Intimidate NoLegs into surrendering, rather than beating him to a pulp. 69%
- What Game? Paint the loading screen with the ooze of 100 dead slimes. 69%
- Helping Hand Complete 10 quests for NPCs, and experience the joy of helping others. 69%
- -□□□ .¬ □□□□□- -□□□-□□□ ■□□? -□□□?? 67%
- Treasure Hunter Open 200 treasure chests. That's a lot, but also just the beginning. 67%
- None Are Safe Capture 50 different foes. No living creature can escape the completionist's snare. 67%
- RIP in Peace Honour the dead by shuffling away their corpses and bringing in reinforcements. 66%
- Like a Bird Find 50 secret treasures - keep an eye out for hidden shiny things! 63%
- Arctic Expedition Unpreparedness won't stop this adventure. 63%
- Squishy Click on something squishy a few times. There's several ways of getting this one... 62%
- Boss's Boss Imprison your boss in a shipping container, for later use. 62%
- Dim Depths The plot thickens as buried secrets are uncovered. 62%
- Out of Bounds Find a hidden arcade machine. You're pretty sure it wasn't there before. 60%
- River Rapids Sail towards unknown lands on a dinky raft that's totally sea-worthy. 60%
- X-Ray Goggles Scan 125 different foes. (Captured foes count as scanned!) 59%
- Generic Holiday Complete a rare holiday quest. (There's totally no way to cheat the system...) 58%
- 100K Damage Deal over 99,999 damage with an attack - remember to exploit buffs, weaknesses, and statuses! 58%
- EXP Pipeline Cut down over 1,337 innocent foes, for those sweet battle rewards. 56%
- Secret Soundboard Find the secret soundboard, just as the name of this achievement suggests. 56%
- Alien Landscape Look upon the remains of a devastated landscape. 54%
- Give 100% Buff yourself to the max. Some equips will help out with this... but the foes may beat you to it. 53%
- Public Servant Complete 20 quests for NPCs, hoping they'll ignore all of the damage you've done. 53%
- Secret Farm Help a wizard grow totally legal herbs in a barn. 52%
- Code Breaker Discover one of several secret codes. 51%
- Child Minder Force an exhausted Anna to surrender, rather than having to knock out a child. 50%
- Chest Grabber Open 400 treasure chests. You should be in jail by now. 49%
- None Are Free Capture 100 different foes. Leave no free animals to graze the fields - all bow before their master. 47%
- Best Customer Buy everything in the equipment shop. Maybe some new stuff will appear during certain months...? 46%
- Epidemic Let everyone on the battlefield become infected with the virus status. Probably not a viable strategy for most fights... 45%
- Unlimited Blade Works Collect 150 different items of equipment. You don't even need all of that. 45%
- Video Games Talk to every type of games console. They won't talk back. 45%
- Eagle Eye Find 100 secret treasures - and remember, not all of them shine! 44%
- Family Roots Remember what you came from, and keep visiting your family even when you're famous. 43%
- Book Worm Read every book in the library - not just for this achievement, but to actually learn! 42%
- Cartographer Fill in the entire world map - which doesn't include secret underground areas. 40%
- Quest Cuck Complete 30 quests for NPCs, as apparently they can't do anything for themselves. 39%
- Uncharted Islands Sail south of the map, across the Great Sea, to discover exciting new lands! 37%
- Nice Guy Flirt with Natalie to calm her down, avoiding the unsightly beating up of a girl. 37%
- Secret World Use the three Spiritual Stones to open the... Door of Time? 34%
- Pop Eye Defeat Jotun on Epic difficulty. 33%
- World Saved? Defeat the final boss and finish the main story. 33%
- Dungeon Crawler Defeat all 5 mega bosses in their optional dungeons, on any difficulty. 32%
- Bash the Fash Defeat Lance and Neon Valkyrie on Epic difficulty. 30%
- Firewood Defeat Anna and the Mighty Oak on Epic difficulty. 30%
- Seduction Exploit Lance's weakness to make him surrender, but only during his 3rd and final appearance. 30%
- Tunnel Vision Find all of the treasure chests in the underground labyrinth. (Not counting any rooms!) 30%
- The Cat King Defeat Laurelin on Epic difficulty. 27%
- Trading Cards Collect 25 monster cards. Maybe they'll be valuable someday. But maybe not. 27%
- Reformat Even if you delete me, I'll be with you forever... 26%
- Booty Burglar Open 600 treasure chests. Not even the developer knows exactly how many there are. 25%
- Double Trouble Defeat Sól and Skadi on Epic difficulty. 24%
- Forgotten Myths Defeat Poseidon on Epic difficulty. 24%
- List of Fame Spend a minute or two watching the credits roll by. A lot of people were involved in the making of this game! 23%
- History Lessons Beat all simulations on the B2 floor in the Data Bunker, on any difficulty. 22%
- 1M Damage Deal over 999,999 damage with an attack - you'll need to setup a serious combo for this one! 22%
- Real Deal Defeat all 5 bosses in the Temple of Trials, on any difficulty. 22%
- Catastrophe Defeat Telperion on Epic difficulty. 20%
- Burning Soul Defeat the 3-headed Blaze Hydra on Epic difficulty. 20%
- Gladiators Complete the Battle Arena with all players on any difficulty. 19%
- Drill Breaker Defeat Neon Valhalla on Epic difficulty. 18%
- Golden God Defeat Chibi Knight's ultimate form on Epic difficulty. 18%
- Triple Death Defeat the 3-headed Zombie Hydra on Epic difficulty. 17%
- Fry, You Fools Defeat Vulcan on Epic difficulty. 17%
- No Respawns Defeat the Crystal Hydra on Epic difficulty. 17%
- Nuclear Holocaust Destroy the world several times over by trying out every single Limit Break attack. 17%
- Determination Defeat Snowflake on Epic difficulty. 16%
- Gotta Catch 'em All Capture 151 different foes. This game won't actually make you catch all of them, but there was a time when 151 was considered impressive. 16%
- Sixth Sense Find 200 secret treasures - there's a lot more than that, but let's stay reasonable! 15%
- Quest Completionist Complete 40 quests for NPCs. You'll need to complete some of the holiday quests too. 15%
- Critical Condition Get a triple critical hit, with the power of status effects! (check which ones increase your critical hit chance) 14%
- Retaliation Win 30 battles with the "Counter-Attacking Foes" challenge option enabled. These foes aren't just going to sit there and take a beating! 14%
- EBF1 Done Beat both Epic Battle Fantasy 1 simulations on Epic difficulty. 14%
- Adventure Remix Start a new Custom Game with any settings, and get to Greenwood Village. It's just like the normal game, but fresher! 14%
- New Strats Win 30 battles with the "More Foe Resistance" and "Less Player Resistance" challenge options enabled. 13%
- Dust to Dust Defeat the hungry golem on Epic difficulty. 13%
- Twisted Metal Defeat the killer android on Epic difficulty. 13%
- Purifying Flame Defeat the dark priestess on Epic difficulty. 13%
- Demon Hunter Defeat the horned demon on Epic difficulty. 13%
- Paper Shredder Defeat the Greenwood Library bosses on Epic difficulty. 13%
- Solo Swordsman Complete the Battle Arena with Matt on Epic difficulty. 13%
- EBF2 Through Beat both Epic Battle Fantasy 2 simulations on Epic difficulty. 12%
- Extreme Difficulty Defeat any boss with all challenge options enabled. Epic difficulty not recommended, but you can try it if you're bored. 12%
- Wizard Battle Complete the Battle Arena with Natalie on Epic difficulty. 12%
- Game Collector Complete all of the hidden arcade games. This unlocks the boss rush at Matt's house. 12%
- 10M Damage Deal over 9,999,999 damage with an attack - this is actually possible at around level 35! 12%
- EBF3 Clear Beat both Epic Battle Fantasy 3 simulations on Epic difficulty. 12%
- Cat Attack Complete the Battle Arena with NoLegs on Epic difficulty. 12%
- Bow Master Complete the Battle Arena with Anna on Epic difficulty. 12%
- Shooting Range Complete the Battle Arena with Lance on Epic difficulty. 11%
- Super Sa*yan Defeat the strongest being in the universe on Epic difficulty. 11%
- EBF4 No More Beat both Epic Battle Fantasy 4 simulations on Epic difficulty. 11%
- Ultimate Hero Defeat the final boss on Epic difficulty. 11%
- Boss Slayer Beat the Boss Rush on Epic difficulty. 11%
- Miniboss Slayer Beat the Miniboss Rush on Epic difficulty. 11%
- Deathbringer Beat the Foe Marathon on Epic difficulty. 11%
- Endgame Reach wave 30 in the Endless Battle. 10%
- Mega Boss Slayer Beat the Mega Boss Rush on Epic difficulty. 9.9%
- Epic Duo Beat the 2-Player Boss Rush on Epic difficulty. 9.7%
- Epic Trio Beat the 3-Player Boss Rush on Epic difficulty. 9.1%
- Card Shark Collect all 50 monster cards. Huh? Some of these are just normal animals and household objects...!? 8.6%
- Retro Gamer Beat the Arcade Boss Rush at Matt's house on Epic difficulty. 7.4%