art of rally
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 9% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “master of rally” (complete the game): only 9% of starters get there.
- 94% 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 6,734 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11.1h for positive, 2.3h 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 (93.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- master of rally complete the game Most players quit here 9% −91
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (43)
story milestone ending side
- light attack reach 100 km/h 100%
- good drivers have dead flies on the side windows spend 5 minutes sliding 79%
- keep it tidy complete a stage without damaging the car 75%
- podium win your first season 69%
- brail dirty a vehicle to the fullest extent 62%
- medium attack reach 150 km/h 60%
- car wash go through the car wash 46%
- the artist go through the paint booth 45%
- grocery-getter complete all group 2 seasons 40%
- night ride finish a stage at night 33%
- snorkel finish a stage during rain 33%
- where is the stage? finish a stage during fog 32%
- autopilot spend 5 minutes airborne 32%
- rwd only complete all group 3 seasons 28%
- food tour: pasta drive an italian car in italy 24%
- mittens finish a stage while it's snowing 23%
- turbo complete all group 4 seasons 22%
- to finish first, first you must finish complete 20 rallies 21%
- food tour: pretzel drive a german car in germany 20%
- bicycle race drive on 2 wheels for 3 seconds 19%
- you can't treat a car like a human being. a car requires love roll 30 times 18%
- in like a lamb, out like a lion complete a daily event 16%
- monster complete all group b seasons 16%
- perkele find all collectibles in korkatti lakes 15%
- parallel universe complete all group s seasons 12%
- espresso find all collectibles in san pietro island 12%
- if in doubt, flat out! hold the accelerator for 60 seconds 9.9%
- maximum attack reach 200 km/h 9.5%
- samir get terminal damage 9.1%
- master of rally complete the game 9.0%
- antilag complete all group a seasons 9.0%
- eurobeat find all collectibles in kanto mountains 8.9%
- viking find all collectibles in gimsøymyrene 8.8%
- real roads, real fast complete a weekly event 8.7%
- oktoberfest find all collectibles in mannebach 8.0%
- parking lot unlock all bonuses in career 7.5%
- group b finish a race while on fire 7.4%
- comfy seats drive 500km with one vehicle 6.9%
- simulator win a rally against master ai with severe damage simulation 5.1%
- absolute drift finish a stage driving the original at night in japan 3.8%
- you're here for a good time, not a long time drive the fujin for 555km 3.5%
- barely keeping it together complete a stage with a near totalled car 2.7%
- if everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough complete 1000 stages 1.5%