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Mega Man 11
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 22% of players who started
Started playing 84% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 5,535
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 5h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “One Down, Seven to Go...” (Complete 1 of the 8 stages): only 64% of starters get there.
- 84% 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 5,603 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6.3h for positive, 2.4h 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 (83.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- One Down, Seven to Go... Complete 1 of the 8 stages. Most players quit here 64% −36
- Now We're Getting Somewhere Complete 4 of the 8 stages. 48% −16
- Where's Wily? Complete all 8 of the 8 stages. 41% −7
- No Getting Away This Time! Complete Gear Fortress Stage 3. 32% −9
- Protector of Peace Complete the game on Normal difficulty or harder. 22% −11
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
- Bullseye! Defeat a Mawaru C using your Mega Buster without Speed Gear. 100%
- One Down, Seven to Go... Complete 1 of the 8 stages. 64%
- Better You Than Me Destroy a Mini Shpider using an acid pool, BBQ grill, or other environmental hazard. 64%
- Three Birds, One Stone Defeat three or more enemies with one charge shot. 63%
- Everything-Proof Run into an instant-death hazard without dying. 63%
- Bullet Blaster Destroy 30 enemy projectiles. (1st Play) (Excludes Challenge Mode) 58%
- The Harder They Fall Destroy 20 Crunch Don, Press Don, and Sniper Armor D in total. (1st Play) (Excludes Challenge Mode) 58%
- Power Up Use a special weapon while Power Gear is active. 53%
- Location, Location, Location Destroy a Tatepakkan from the back. 50%
- Now We're Getting Somewhere Complete 4 of the 8 stages. 48%
- Collector Purchase five parts. 45%
- Catch 'Em Off Guard Destroy a Sniper Joe piloting a Sniper Armor D. 43%
- Where's Wily? Complete all 8 of the 8 stages. 41%
- Cold Turkey [Torch Man Stage] Prevent Sparkey the Barbecue Turkey from re-lighting. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 34%
- No Getting Away This Time! Complete Gear Fortress Stage 3. 32%
- Brute Force Destroy 10 blocking enemies using special weapons. (1st Play) (Excludes Challenge Mode) 23%
- Power Gear Master Defeat a boss using only Power Gear attacks. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 22%
- Protector of Peace Complete the game on Normal difficulty or harder. 22%
- The Regulars Destroy all types of Metall, Shield Attacker, Sniper Joe, Gabyoall, and Batton. (1st Play) 21%
- Quick Draw Destroy 100 enemies using Speed Gear. (1st Play) (Excludes Challenge Mode) 16%
- Firing at Max Power Defeat an enemy using the Final Charge Shot. 16%
- All Power, All The Time Destroy 80 enemies using Power Gear. (1st Play) (Excludes Challenge Mode) 13%
- Your Work Here Is Done Destroy an Arc Weldy obstacle. 12%
- Gallery Gazer Unlock and view all Gallery files. 10%
- Collateral Blammage Destroy three or more enemies using a Shimobey explosion. 9.5%
- Explosions? What Explosions? [Blast Man Stage] Avoid all exploding boxes and reach the boss. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 9.4%
- Mid-Boss Buster Defeat the mid-bosses of all 8 stages without special weapons. (1st Play) 8.9%
- Speed Gear Master Destroy 10 enemies during one Speed Gear use. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 8.2%
- Guard Breaker Defeat 30 enemies while their guard is broken. (1st Play) (Excludes Challenge Mode) 7.7%
- Area Secure Destroy all types of Gabyoall, Elec Crosser, and Elec Xtender. (1st Play) (Excludes Challenge Mode) 6.4%
- Demolition Man [Block Man Stage] Use Chain Blast to destroy a stone wall. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 6.3%
- Boss Buster Defeat the bosses of all 8 stages without special weapons. (1st Play) 6.1%
- The World's Best Hope Complete the game on Superhero difficulty. 5.8%
- No Experiments! [Acid Man Stage] Reach the boss without letting any pools change. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 5.0%
- Built to Win Get Bronze Rank or higher five times. 4.6%
- Tuned for Performance Get Silver Rank or higher five times. 4.5%
- Playtime's Over [Bounce Man Stage] Destroy all balloon enemies once and reach the boss. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 4.4%
- Programmed for Perfection Get Gold Rank five times. 4.4%
- Things Are Looking 1-UP! Use a Mystery Tank and turn an enemy into a 1-UP. 4.2%
- Unstoppable [GF2] Destroy all foes in Skull Roller area and reach the boss. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 3.8%
- Fight Acid with Acid [Acid Man Stage] Enter a green acid pool using Acid Barrier. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 3.7%
- Live to Fight Another Day [Impact Man Stage] Dodge all Impact Brothers and reach the boss. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 3.7%
- Mega Unstoppable Complete the game on Normal difficulty or harder without getting a game over. (1st Play) 3.7%
- Go Blue or Go Home Reach boss room with no damage/deaths/death protection. (Excludes Gear Fortress and Challenge Mode) 3.1%
- Danger! High Voltage! [Fuse Man Stage] Avoid all lightning emitters and reach the boss. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 3.0%
- I Think You Dropped Something... [Tundra Man Stage] Avoid all ice from Ice Swans and reach the boss. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 2.9%
- Can't Improve on Perfection Complete the game on Casual difficulty or harder without buying/using items or parts. (1st Play) 2.7%
- Stop, Drop, and Roll [GF1] Destroy all W.Blasters, M.Cones, and A.Nuts once and reach the boss. (Excludes Challenge Mode) 2.4%
- The Blue Flash Complete the game on Normal difficulty or harder within 60 minutes. (1st Play) 1.7%
- Survival Skills Complete Dr. Light's Trial for the first time. 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.