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GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2
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 67% of players who started
Started playing 37% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 11,131
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 67% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Crossroads” (Witnessed the Dramatic Finale): only 67% of starters get there.
- Only 37% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 11,204 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 9.9h for positive, 3.3h 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 (36.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Crossroads Witnessed the Dramatic Finale. Most players quit here 67% −33
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (42)
story milestone ending side
- Novice Angler Fished for the first time. 100%
- Emotions Are... Important Used your first "emotion." 95%
- License to Train [Tutorial] Completed your training. 94%
- New Type Played using Stylish Type. 91%
- They Call Me... The Revelator [Episode] Completed the mode with any character on any difficulty. 82%
- Wilson, Noo-! [Player Match] Kicked a ball for the first time in a room. 75%
- First Time Shopping Purchased content with World Dollars for the first time. 75%
- You Come Grand Opening! [Player Match] Hosted your own room. 74%
- Crossroads Witnessed the Dramatic Finale. 67%
- And Today's Look Is...? [AVATAR] Edited your avatar. 61%
- You've Been... Served Blew up a Servant using Organ Controls. 58%
- Besties [Versus] Played against a friend offline. 50%
- Meister [Combo] Solved 100 problems. 49%
- Throwing $$ at the Problem... Threw away valuable items taken in a Treasure Hunt. 49%
- King of Anglers Fished 100 times. 47%
- Covered in Dust Earned the badge, "Brand of War." 30%
- The Path to Passion [Combo] Solved 200 problems. 29%
- Everyone's Welcome [Player Match] Fought over 20 different characters. 20%
- Freshman [Ranked Match] Celebrated your first victory. 18%
- Emotional Destination [Story] Watched everything. 17%
- Key to the Future Is in the Past [Player Match] Spectated a total of 20 matches. 16%
- Commentator [Player Match] Used the comment feature. 14%
- Combo Master [Combo] Solved 400 problems. 14%
- An Ounce of Practice... [Player Match] Played Online Training. 9.5%
- Practice Makes Perfect [Mission] Completed 30 missions. 8.2%
- Image Training [Replay] Viewed at least 5 replays. 7.9%
- How Many Burgers Can I Buy? Spent 500,000 World Dollars. 7.6%
- Was That a Conversation? Tuned into Ramlethal and Lucifero's conversation during matches. 7.6%
- Roleplaying [Player Match] Used the character's persona voices 10 times. 7.4%
- Knowledge... Is Half the Battle [Training] Trained against 20 or more characters. 6.8%
- Puberty [M.O.M.] Class increased. 6.8%
- Wanna Be Crazy [Episode] Completed the mode with 20 characters on any difficulty. 4.4%
- Scorer [M.O.M.] Passed Lv 50. 3.3%
- To the Real World! [Mission] Completed 70 missions. 2.5%
- Battle Overload Cumulative Total damage is over 100,000! 2.5%
- Pankration [Player Match] Fought three times in a room set to M.O.M. Mode. 2.2%
- Red Belt [Ranked Match] Progressed to Rank 20. 1.9%
- Fearless [Ranked Match] Fought a total of 200 matches. 1.9%
- Spray and Pray [M.O.M.] Maximum combo damage exceeded 1,000. 1.9%
- Wicked Sick Time, Bro! [Tutorial] Completed the second round of tutorials within the time limit. 1.6%
- Medal of the Holy Order Collected a total of 150 badges. 1.4%
- The Absolute World Unlocked all achievements. 1.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.