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Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 23% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 22,471
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- At least 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “C1 | Papu Popped” (Defeat Papu-Papu): only 74% of starters get there.
- 83% 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 22,632 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 5.5h 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 (83.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- C1 | Papu Popped Defeat Papu-Papu Most players quit here 74% −26
- C1 | Ripper Ruined Defeat Ripper Roo 50% −24
- C1 | Koala Konked Defeat Koala Kong 35% −15
- C1 | Pinstripe Patooey Defeat Pinstripe Potoroo 32% −3
- C1 | Nitrus Broken Defeat N. Brio 25% −6
- C2 | Professor Pulverized Defeat Ripper Roo 31% +6
- C2 | Komodo No Mo Defeat the Komodo Brothers 25% −6
- C2 | Tiny Tricked Defeat Tiny Tiger 22% −3
- C2 | Mech Wrecked Defeat N. Gin 18% −4
- C3 | Tiny Trounced Defeat Tiny Tiger 29% +11
- C3 | Penta's Revenge Defeat Dingodile 24% −5
- C3 | A Nefarious Trophy Defeat N. Tropy 20% −4
- C3 | Mech Wrecked, Again! Defeat N. Gin 19% −2
- C1 | Cortex N. Capacitated Defeat N. Cortex ≥23% +5
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (74)
story milestone ending side
- C1 | Spin Doctor In a single level, spin an enemy into another enemy twice 100%
- C1 | That's What Those Do! Enter a Bonus Round after collecting 3 Character Tokens 88%
- C1 | Papu Popped Defeat Papu-Papu 74%
- C1 | Feeeed Meeeee! Die. 62%
- C1 | I Meant To Do That! Spin away an Extra Life 59%
- C1 | Ripper Ruined Defeat Ripper Roo 50%
- C1 | The Box That Broke the Bandicoot's Back Miss a lot of boxes. 45%
- C2 | A Road Less Traveled Discover a "?" Bonus Path 42%
- C3 | Taking the Scenic Route Discover a "?" Bonus Path 40%
- C1 | Koala Konked Defeat Koala Kong 35%
- C1 | No Holds Barred Defeat 5 enemies with Coco's Spin 34%
- C1 | Pinstripe Patooey Defeat Pinstripe Potoroo 32%
- C1 | I See London, I See France Die as Crash. 32%
- C2 | Professor Pulverized Defeat Ripper Roo 31%
- C3 | Tiny Trounced Defeat Tiny Tiger 29%
- C1 | Nitrus Broken Defeat N. Brio 25%
- C2 | Komodo No Mo Defeat the Komodo Brothers 25%
- C3 | Penta's Revenge Defeat Dingodile 24%
- C1 | A Hidden Gem Discover a Gem Path after earning a Color Gem 23%
- C1 | Cortex N. Capacitated Defeat N. Cortex 23%
- C2 | Cheated Death (For the Time Being) Discover a Death Route 23%
- C2 | Tiny Tricked Defeat Tiny Tiger 22%
- C3 | A Nefarious Trophy Defeat N. Tropy 20%
- C1 | Cortex's Crazed Contest Earn the Key in Sunset Vista 20%
- C2 | Buzz Off! Die as Crash. 19%
- C3 | Mech Wrecked, Again! Defeat N. Gin 19%
- C2 | Crash Cubed Fly, then die. 18%
- C3 | Not a Scratch (Give It Time) Discover a Death Route 18%
- C2 | Mech Wrecked Defeat N. Gin 18%
- C3 | Cortex N. Carcerated Defeat N. Cortex 17%
- C2 | A Diamond in the Rough Discover a Gem Path after earning a Color Gem 17%
- C2 | Island Hopping Discover the Secret Exit in Bear Down 16%
- C2 | Cortex N. Adequate Defeat N. Cortex 16%
- C2 | Hang In There, Maybe! Unlocked the Secret Exit in Hangin' Out 15%
- C1 | On Cloud 99 Earn 99 Lives 14%
- C3 | A Cut Above the Rest Discover a Gem Path after earning a Color Gem 13%
- C1 | Cortex's Terrifying Trial Earn the Key in Jaws of Darkness 13%
- C2 | Jumping the Jetboard Discover the Secret Exit in Air Crash 13%
- C1 | More Gems Are Better Than None Earn 13 Gems 12%
- C2 | One Man's Trash Earn 21 Gems 11%
- C2 | A Helping Paw Don't feel guilty about jumping on him. 11%
- C3 | Buckle Up, Boys, Buckle Up! Earn 5 Relics 11%
- C1 | The Crown Jewel Seek and destroy 11%
- C3 | Leave No Gem Unturned Earn 21 Gems 11%
- C1 | Catch Me If You Can! Earn 5 Relics 10%
- C1 | The Ultimate Gem Path Earn 26 Gems 10%
- C2 | No Bear Left Behind Unlocked the Secret Exit in Unbearable 10%
- C3 | Keeping Crash Under Wraps Die. 10%
- C3 | Warts and All Die. 9.9%
- C2 | The Flora Flop Discover the Secret Exit in Diggin' It 9.5%
- C3 | Category Five Defeat 5 enemies with Coco's Savage Hurricane Spin 8.7%
- C3 | UFO Xing Discovered the Secret Exit in Road Crash 8.5%
- C3 | Is There a Problem, Granny?! Earn 10 Relics (gold or better) 8.1%
- C2 | Laser Powered Vengeance Earn 42 Gems 7.5%
- C2 | Kick the Tires! Earn 5 Relics 6.5%
- C3 | Bringing Down the House Earn 42 Gems 6.4%
- C1 | Could Go... All... The... Way! Earn 10 Relics (gold or better) 6.3%
- C3 | Getting Carried Away Discovered the Secret Exit in Dino Might! 6.0%
- C2 | Cortex N. Furiated Just "forget" it. Repeatedly. 5.7%
- C3 | Giving 102% Earn the Gems in the bonus levels 5.7%
- C3 | The Future is Clear Seek and destroy. Again. 5.5%
- C2 | 99 Percent Perspiration Earn 99 Lives 5.3%
- C2 | Boom Shakalaka! Defeat 5 enemies with Coco's Double Leg Drop 5.2%
- C3 | Fruit Fighter Shoot a background UFO in Future Tense. 4.8%
- C3 | A Stitch in Time Save 99 Earn 99 Lives 4.7%
- C2 | Light the Fires! Earn 10 Relics (gold or better) 4.5%
- C1 | Practice Makes Perfect! Earn 26 Relics (gold or better) 4.3%
- C3 | Accept No Substitutes Shoot the Imposter 4.3%
- C3 | Boo-yah, Grandma! Boo-yah! Earn 30 Relics (gold or better) 4.2%
- C3 | The Riddle of the Sphynx Have your bazooka ready. 4.0%
- C3 | Your Moment of Zen Avoid whatever he's flinging at you. 3.9%
- C1 | An Ancient Antiquity Do hard time 3.7%
- C3 | Trigger Clickin' Good Shoot 5 of them in a single level. 3.7%
- C2 | Wumpa-Burner Engaged! Earn 27 Relics (gold or better) 3.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.