RPG
Fallout 4 VR
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 2% of players who started
Started playing 66% of owners
Steam reviews 60% positive of 8,788
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (77%); after 7h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
- 2% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “War Never Changes” (Enter The Wasteland) and “When Freedom Calls”: from 100% to 36% of starters.
- Only 66% 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 8,869 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14h for positive, 1.6h 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 (65.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- War Never Changes Enter The Wasteland 100%
- When Freedom Calls Complete "When Freedom Calls" Most players quit here 36% −64
- Sanctuary Complete "Sanctuary" 11% −24
- Unlikely Valentine Complete "Unlikely Valentine" 11%
- Reunions Complete "Reunions" 7% −4
- Dangerous Minds Complete "Dangerous Minds" 6% −1
- Hunter/Hunted Complete "Hunter/Hunted" 4% −2
- The Molecular Level Complete "The Molecular Level" 3% −1
- Institutionalized Complete "Institutionalized" 3%
- Prepared for the Future Decide the Fate of the Commonwealth 2% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- War Never Changes Enter The Wasteland 100%
- Born Survivor Reach Level 5 36%
- When Freedom Calls Complete "When Freedom Calls" 36%
- Future Retro Play a Holotape Game 32%
- Commonwealth Citizen Reach Level 10 16%
- Touchdown! Get a Touchdown 14%
- The First Step Join the Minutemen 13%
- Sanctuary Complete "Sanctuary" 11%
- Unlikely Valentine Complete "Unlikely Valentine" 11%
- Scavver Gather 1000 Resources Used For Crafting 9.7%
- Semper Invicta Join the Brotherhood of Steel 8.5%
- Fix-Er-Upper Build 100 Workshop Items 7.1%
- Reunions Complete "Reunions" 7.0%
- Community Organizer Ally with 3 Settlements 6.8%
- Unstoppable Wanderer Reach Level 25 6.5%
- Dangerous Minds Complete "Dangerous Minds" 5.9%
- Animal Control Kill 300 Creatures 5.8%
- Ranger Corps Discover 100 Locations 5.6%
- What's Yours Is Mine Pick 50 Locks 5.5%
- Taking Independence Complete "Taking Independence" 4.9%
- Masshole Kill 300 People 4.4%
- Hunter/Hunted Complete "Hunter/Hunted" 4.1%
- Never Go It Alone Recruit 5 Separate Companions 3.9%
- Print's Not Dead Read 20 Magazines 3.9%
- Tradecraft Join the Railroad 3.8%
- Old Guns Complete "Old Guns" 3.6%
- Gun-For-Hire Complete 10 Side Quests 3.6%
- Lovable Reach Maximum Relationship Level with a Companion 3.6%
- Armed and Dangerous Create 50 Weapon Mods 3.2%
- Wasteland D.I.Y. Craft 100 Items 3.2%
- The Molecular Level Complete "The Molecular Level" 3.2%
- Legend Of The Wastes Reach Level 50 3.0%
- Institutionalized Complete "Institutionalized" 3.0%
- Prepared for the Future Decide the Fate of the Commonwealth 2.0%
- Mankind-Redefined Complete "Mankind-Redefined" 1.8%
- RobCo's Worst Nightmare Hack 50 Terminals 1.8%
- …The Harder They Fall Kill 5 Giant Creatures 1.7%
- Homerun! Get a Homerun 1.5%
- They're Not Dolls… Collect 10 Vault-Tec Bobbleheads 1.5%
- The Nuclear Option Complete "The Nuclear Option" 1.5%
- Powering Up Complete "Powering Up" 1.4%
- Blind Betrayal Complete "Blind Betrayal" 1.2%
- Mercenary Complete 50 Misc. Objectives 1.2%
- Nuclear Family Complete "Nuclear Family" 1.1%
- Ad Victoriam Complete "Ad Victoriam" 1.1%
- Underground Undercover Complete "Underground Undercover" 0.9%
- Rockets' Red Glare Complete "Rockets' Red Glare" 0.9%
- Benevolent Leader Reach Maximum Happiness in a Large Settlement 0.8%
- Prankster's Return Placed A Grenade Or Mine While Pickpocketing 0.8%
- …They're Action Figures Collect 20 Vault-Tec Bobbleheads 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.