ActionAdventure
Sonic Forces
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 49% of players who started
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 59% positive of 8,714
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 7h it's 1 in 3 (33%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- 49% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A New Story Begins” (Cleared Stage 1) and “Sextuple Trouble” (Defeated Zavok): from 100% to 78% of starters.
- 92% 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 8,804 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 5.2h 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 (91.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A New Story Begins Cleared Stage 1 100%
- Sextuple Trouble Defeated Zavok Most players quit here 78% −22
- Infinite Possibilites Drove off Infinite 70% −8
- Mean Egg Machine Drove off Eggman 68% −3
- For the Future Liberated a world 62% −6
- Courage in Hand Drove off Infinite again 62%
- Hope Turned the tide of the conflict 55% −8
- Bonds of Friendship Defeated Infinite 53% −1
- Saved the World Restored peace to the world 49% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- A New Story Begins Cleared Stage 1 100%
- Your Own Story Created an Avatar 98%
- Sextuple Trouble Defeated Zavok 78%
- Infinite Possibilites Drove off Infinite 70%
- Hooked on Wispons Changed Wispons for the first time 69%
- Outfitter Collected 50 parts 68%
- Mean Egg Machine Drove off Eggman 68%
- Fighter Defeated 1,000 enemies 66%
- Style Hog Collected 100 parts 63%
- For the Future Liberated a world 62%
- Courage in Hand Drove off Infinite again 62%
- Everyday Enthusiast Completed 3 Daily Missions 62%
- Hope Turned the tide of the conflict 55%
- Bonds of Friendship Defeated Infinite 53%
- Saved the World Restored peace to the world 49%
- Sonic Blaster Collected 10 Wispons 46%
- Daily Devotee Completed 5 Daily Missions 40%
- Way Past Cool Equipped a part in every slot 40%
- Running in Style Used the Closet 38%
- Global Allies Utilized the Rental Avatar function 34%
- Super Sonic Rescue Completed your first SOS Mission 30%
- Sonic and the Secret Stages Cleared all Secret Stages 28%
- A New Beginning Created your second Avatar 26%
- Warrior Defeated 5,000 enemies 26%
- Ring Enthusiast Collected a total of 10,000 rings. (All Rings held at the end of the stage will be counted.) 24%
- On a Roll Achieved a soldier's highest honor 23%
- Constant Connoisseur Completed 10 Daily Missions 23%
- Freedom Fighter Completed 5 SOS Missions 22%
- Rivalry Begins Made it into the rankings 21%
- General Defeated 10,000 enemies 18%
- Nameless Hero Completed 10 SOS Missions 17%
- Ring Collector Collected a total of 50,000 rings. (All Rings held at the end of the stage will be counted.) 14%
- Sonic Jammer Collected 30 Wispons 14%
- Sonic EXtreme Cleared all EX Stages 13%
- Fashion Unleashed Collected 500 parts 13%
- Ring King Collected a total of 100,000 rings. (All Rings held at the end of the stage will be counted.) 12%
- Sonic Teaches Numbers Collected Number Rings three times 11%
- Sonic Battler Collected all Wispons 9.0%
- Silver Moon Mania Collected Silver Moon Rings three times 8.8%
- Chaos Spear! Collected all Red Star Rings in Shadow's Story. 8.7%
- Reach for the Red Stars Collected all Red Star Rings 7.4%
- Chaos Blast! Collected all Number Rings in Shadow's Story. 6.6%
- The One and Only Ultimate Life Form Collected all Silver Moon Rings in Shadow's Story. 6.2%
- Don't Lose Count Collected all Number Rings 5.9%
- Our Rings are Your Rings Collected all Silver Moon Rings 5.6%
- Honor Roll Achieved highest honors with all races 4.7%
- You Got Them All Collected all parts 4.5%
- Up for Any Challenge Completed all Challenge Missions 4.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.