When does ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

How many players finish ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN?

36% of players who start reach the ending.

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ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN

Jan 31, 2019 Steam: Very Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

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 36% of players who started

Started playing 86% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 57,514

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
36% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “First Flight” (Completed Mission 01 in campaign mode) and “Spreading Your Wings” (Completed Mission 02 in campaign mode): from 100% to 81% of starters.
86% 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 57,861 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 18.7h for positive, 8.6h 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 (86.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
First Flight Completed Mission 01 in campaign mode. 100%
Spreading Your Wings Completed Mission 02 in campaign mode. Most players quit here 81% −19
Looming Shadow Completed Mission 03 in campaign mode. 74% −8
Outlaw Completed Mission 04 in campaign mode. 67% −7
Going Down Completed Mission 05 in campaign mode. 62% −5
Just A Pawn Completed Mission 06 in campaign mode. 57% −5
A Chance Encounter Completed Mission 07 in campaign mode. 54% −3
Painting The Scenery Completed Mission 08 in campaign mode. 52% −2
Distortion Completed Mission 09 in campaign mode. 50% −2
Heading Places Completed Mission 10 in campaign mode. 49% −1
Resurgence Completed Mission 11 in campaign mode. 47% −2
Stonehenge Back On Track Completed Mission 12 in campaign mode. 45% −2
Search And Destroy Completed Mission 13 in campaign mode. 43% −1
Tearing Through The Dark Completed Mission 14 in campaign mode. 42% −1
Silence Completed Mission 15 in campaign mode. 41% −1
Jumping At Shadows Completed Mission 16 in campaign mode. 40% −1
Cutting The Cord Completed Mission 17 in campaign mode. 38% −1
Let's Settle This Completed Mission 18 in campaign mode. 38%
Giant Slayer Completed Mission 19 in campaign mode. 37% −1
Reaching New Heights Completed Mission 20 in campaign mode. 36% −1
What A Wonderful World Completed campaign mode. 36%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

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

All achievements (49)

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First Flight Completed Mission 01 in campaign mode. 100%
Spreading Your Wings Completed Mission 02 in campaign mode. 81%
Looming Shadow Completed Mission 03 in campaign mode. 74%
Outlaw Completed Mission 04 in campaign mode. 67%
Budding Buyer Obtained a total of 15 aircraft, special weapons, and upgrade parts combined. 63%
Going Down Completed Mission 05 in campaign mode. 62%
Craft Collector Obtained 5 or more aircraft. 58%
Just A Pawn Completed Mission 06 in campaign mode. 57%
A Chance Encounter Completed Mission 07 in campaign mode. 54%
Painting The Scenery Completed Mission 08 in campaign mode. 52%
Distortion Completed Mission 09 in campaign mode. 50%
Heading Places Completed Mission 10 in campaign mode. 49%
Resurgence Completed Mission 11 in campaign mode. 47%
Stonehenge Back On Track Completed Mission 12 in campaign mode. 45%
Search And Destroy Completed Mission 13 in campaign mode. 43%
Tearing Through The Dark Completed Mission 14 in campaign mode. 42%
Silence Completed Mission 15 in campaign mode. 41%
Jumping At Shadows Completed Mission 16 in campaign mode. 40%
Cutting The Cord Completed Mission 17 in campaign mode. 38%
Let's Settle This Completed Mission 18 in campaign mode. 38%
Giant Slayer Completed Mission 19 in campaign mode. 37%
Reaching New Heights Completed Mission 20 in campaign mode. 36%
What A Wonderful World Completed campaign mode. 36%
Need A Bigger Wallet Obtained 5,000,000 MRP in total. 32%
High Achiever Obtained a new medal in campaign mode after having already obtained 4 or more medals. 28%
All Aces Played multiplayer mode for the first time. 23%
Regular Customer Obtained a total of 100 aircraft, special weapons, and upgrade parts combined. 16%
Fighter Fanatic Obtained 20 or more aircraft. 15%
Even Higher Achiever Obtained a new medal in campaign mode after having already obtained 9 or more medals. 14%
Aircraft Annihilator Destroyed a total of 3,000 enemies in campaign mode. 13%
There And Back Again Completed all takeoffs, mid-air refuelings, and landings in each campaign mode mission. 12%
Best Of Both Worlds Played a match using Team Death Match and Battle Royal rules. 7.9%
Last One Flying Came first in Battle Royal. 6.9%
Together We Fly Won a Team Death Match. 6.6%
Need A Bigger Bank Account Obtained 25,000,000 MRP in total. 6.6%
Great Job Obtained 50 performance evaluations in multiplayer mode. 5.9%
Globetrotter Played all maps in multiplayer mode. 5.7%
MRP Aplenty Obtained 40,000,000 MRP in total. 4.9%
Going It Alone Sortied 20 times in Battle Royal. 4.1%
Amazing Job Obtained 150 performance evaluations in multiplayer mode. 2.8%
Bird Of Prey Destroyed all named aircraft in campaign mode. 2.7%
Patron Of The Parts Obtained all aircraft, special weapons, and upgrade parts. 2.2%
Hardened Vet Completed all missions in campaign mode on all difficulties. 2.1%
Thirsty For Blood Sortied 50 times in Battle Royal. 2.0%
ACE OF ACES Completed all campaign mode missions on ACE difficulty with an S rank. 1.7%
Frequent Flyer Flew a total of 76,500 km in campaign mode. 1.5%
Go Team Go Sortied 20 times in Team Death Matches. 1.4%
The Highest Achiever Obtained a new medal in campaign mode after having already obtained 24 or more medals. 1.2%
All For One Sortied 50 times in Team Death Matches. 0.9%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.