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Guacamelee! 2
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 17% of players who started
Started playing 76% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 3,398
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 10h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Re-Resurrección” (Regain the mask) and “Show's Over, Go Home” (Defeat El Muñeco): from 87% to 61% of starters.
- 76% 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 3,416 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 13.2h for positive, 9.7h 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 (76.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I Remember That Being Harder Defeat Calaca 100%
- Re-Resurrección Regain the mask 87% −13
- Show's Over, Go Home Defeat El Muñeco Most players quit here 61% −26
- Severed Defeat Uay Pek 47% −13
- King of the Hill Defeat El Trio de la Montaña 42% −6
- Prickly Pair Defeat Cactuardo and Zope 40% −1
- Severed 2 Defeat Uay Pek a second time 37% −3
- Nacho Libre Defeat Salvador 37%
- Legend of the Timelines Reach the good ending (collect all keys) 17% −20
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- I Remember That Being Harder Defeat Calaca 100%
- Re-Resurrección Regain the mask 87%
- Talented Player Dodge 10 enemies' attacks by rolling 79%
- I Was Told There'd Be Candy Defeat a Piñataface 70%
- Show's Over, Go Home Defeat El Muñeco 61%
- y cant guacamelee crawl Complete a Pollo challenge dungeon 60%
- Cluckstorm Kill 50 enemies as chicken 52%
- Santa Golpiza! Reach 150 on your hit-meter 47%
- Severed Defeat Uay Pek 47%
- Questionable Plumbing Discover the Pollo Illuminati's headquarters 46%
- Juan Punch Man One-shot an enemy with a fully upgraded super move 45%
- I Have Nothing Left to Teach You Fully purchase one trainer's skill tree 45%
- Grapple Expert Use all four of Coscorrona's special throws 42%
- Luchonarrative Resonance Kill 1000 mean, nasty skeletons without families 42%
- King of the Hill Defeat El Trio de la Montaña 42%
- He Looks Portable Find Juan and Lupita in the Darkest Timeline 41%
- One Down... Complete a secret Chicken Key Challenge 41%
- Prickly Pair Defeat Cactuardo and Zope 40%
- You Survived Enter the Heart of Dankness... and return 39%
- Severed 2 Defeat Uay Pek a second time 37%
- Nacho Libre Defeat Salvador 37%
- Temple Raider Find 100% of the hidden items in a temple 35%
- These Are Not Fertilized Lay a dozen eggs 34%
- El Técnico Táctico Purchase all of the upgrades 34%
- Special Delivery! Feed the hungry guard 32%
- PERFECT Cleanse the Mexiverse of the vehicular menace 32%
- Combo Machine Complete all of Flame Face's challenges 30%
- One Born Every Minute Open a loot box 30%
- Moves Like Jaguar Defeat Jaguar(s) 23%
- Very Special Open the Golden Door 21%
- Talk to the Hend Receive the Holy Hen's message 18%
- Legend of the Timelines Reach the good ending (collect all keys) 17%
- Mr. Worldwide Achieve 100% completion in all areas 14%
- 6-Piece Combo Juggle an enemy with 6 Chicken Shots or Slides before it touches the ground. 10%
- The Floor Is... Eagle Boost from 10 different hook points without touching the ground 7.6%
- ++ Bronze Champion (The Proving Grounds) Achieve a Bronze Medal for all of Tiempochtli’s Challenges 7.1%
- ++ Silver Champion (The Proving Grounds) Achieve a Silver Medal for all of Tiempochtli’s Challenges 6.7%
- ++ Let Sleeping Gods Lie (The Proving Grounds) Wake up Tiempochtli 6.7%
- + Cool Cat Counter Attack ('Enemigos' Character Pack) Dodge then Hit 15 Enemies as Jaguar 6.4%
- + Welcome to MY World ('Enemigos' Character Pack) Defeat 25 Enemies in the Living World as Uay Pek 5.7%
- + Steal the Show ('Enemigos' Character Pack) Perform with the Dead Band at the Mariachi Club as El Muñeco 5.3%
- Even Darkester Beat the game on Hard mode 5.1%
- + Jaguar's Redemption ('Enemigos' Character Pack) Defeat Salvador as Jaguar 5.0%
- + Body Builder ('Enemigos' Character Pack) Defeat a Giant Skeleton as Uay Pek's Head 4.9%
- ++ Salvador’s Sister Act (The Proving Grounds) Visit the Mother Superior in Isla Bonita as Salvador 4.9%
- ++ Slippery Snake (The Proving Grounds) Complete the Snakes in the Grass Challenge without taking damage 4.6%
- Guacamastery Obtain every achievement in the game 4.3%
- ++ Explosion Therapy (The Proving Grounds) Kill 20 Exploders using Wall Fly while completing the Exploder Elimination Challenge 4.3%
- ++ Snake Temple Throwdown (The Proving Grounds) Grab and Throw 50 Enemies as Coscorrona in the Snake Temple 4.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.