Action
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 43% of players who started
Started playing 54% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 5,048
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 15h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- At least 43% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 54% 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 5,083 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.7h for positive, 3.7h 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 (53.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- In Buster We Trust Defeat any of the eight Maverick bosses in Mega Man X. 100%
- It's Over Defeat Wolf Sigma in Mega Man X. ≥43% −57
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 (52)
story milestone ending side
- In Buster We Trust Defeat any of the eight Maverick bosses in Mega Man X. 100%
- Gimp My Ride Destroy an enemy Ride Armor in Mega Man X.19 98%
- Just Plain Dillo Knock off Armored Armadillo's armor in Mega Man X. 74%
- First Armor Obtain all four armor upgrades in Mega Man X. 68%
- Never Hearts to Be Careful Obtain all Heart Tanks and max out X's energy gauge in Mega Man X. 53%
- Pretty (Devastating) In Pink Use the Spiral Crush Buster to defeat a boss in Mega Man X. 49%
- It's Over Defeat Wolf Sigma in Mega Man X. 43%
- In the Heart of Battle Learn the Hadoken in Mega Man X. 42%
- Second Armor Obtain all four armor upgrades in Mega Man X2. 38%
- It's Definitely Over Defeat Sigma Gunner and Earth Sigma in Mega Man X4. 38%
- Way of the Saber Use all of Zero's special saber techniques in a single playthrough of Mega Man X4. 34%
- Fourth Armor Obtain all four armor parts in Mega Man X4. 33%
- How Long Will He Keep Fighting? Complete Mega Man X (cannot be earned in Rookie Hunter mode). 31%
- Fight Fair! Destroy Vile MK-2's Ride Armor (DRA-00) in Mega Man X3. 31%
- Half the Sponge He Used to Be Cut Wire Sponge in half in Mega Man X2. 30%
- It's Really Over Defeat the Sigma Virus in Mega Man X2. 30%
- Tragic Destiny Complete Mega Man X4 (cannot be earned in Rookie Hunter mode). 29%
- Third Armor Obtain all four armor parts in Mega Man X3. 29%
- Nobody Nose My Sorrow Cut off Flame Mammoth's trunk in Mega Man X. 28%
- Promise Me, Zero Complete X's story in Mega Man X4. 28%
- He's Actually Called Vava Complete the opening stage of any game in both the English and Japanese versions. 27%
- All Units Stand By Obtain all four Ride Armor chips in Mega Man X3. 27%
- Size Matters Not Complete the opening stage of Mega Man X2 with a full energy gauge. 26%
- He Brought Fists to a Mech Fight Use a Ride Armor to score the final hit against Magma Dragoon in Mega Man X4. 26%
- Mavericks After All Complete Zero's story in Mega Man X4. 25%
- Friendly Neighborhood Mega Man Use Silk Shot to grab an item in Mega Man X2. 25%
- True Hero Complete Mega Man X4 as X without using the Ultimate Armor. 25%
- The Price of Peace Is Often High Complete Mega Man X2 (cannot be earned in Rookie Hunter mode). 25%
- It Ain't Ova Till It's Nova Use Nova Strike to score the final hit against a boss in Mega Man X4. 25%
- Zero Squared Gather all of Zero's parts and get rescued by the resurrected Zero in Mega Man X2. 24%
- It's Over... Right? Defeat Kaiser Sigma in Mega Man X3. 24%
- Always Believe in Your Soul Obtain the Hyper Chip in Mega Man X3. 23%
- Re-Armed Receive Zero's arm part in Mega Man X. 23%
- Attack Me if You Dare Learn the Shoryuken in Mega Man X2. 23%
- Speed Isn't Everything Reach Bit without a Ride Armor and win without the aid of special weapons in Mega Man X3. 20%
- Persistence Isn't Everything Reach Vile MK-2 without a Ride Armor and win without the aid of special weapons in Mega Man X3. 19%
- To Save Mankind Complete Mega Man X3 (cannot be earned in Rookie Hunter mode). 19%
- Pew Pew Fire fully-charged shots using all of X's weapons in a single playthrough of Mega Man X4. 16%
- He Wanted You to Have This Receive Zero's beam saber in Mega Man X3. 16%
- Half the Saga Complete Mega Man X1, X2, X3, and X4. 15%
- Power Isn't Everything Reach Byte without a Ride Armor and win without the aid of special weapons in Mega Man X3. 15%
- Dodge This Use Giga Crush to score the final hit against any of the eight Maverick bosses in Mega Man X2. 14%
- Fully Charged Obtain the EX Item, and have max. lives, energy, weapon energy, and full Sub Tanks in Mega Man X4. 14%
- Reconnaissance Complete View 20 images across all four titles, then change the wallpaper to the secret image. 13%
- Take Your Time Watch Morph Moth's metamorphosis in Mega Man X2 without interfering. 13%
- Elite Complete an X Challenge stage equipped with only the X-Buster. 13%
- X-Treme Danger Defeat Kaiser Sigma without the Hyper Chip in Mega Man X3. 12%
- Identity Erased Blast through the mystery of the staff credits and return to the future. 11%
- Covert Ops Complete Magna Centipede's stage without being spotted by a single searchlight in Mega Man X2. 11%
- What's Your Hunter Rank? Check your own ranking in X Challenge. 10%
- A-Class Hunter Complete all X Challenge stages. 9.5%
- Audio Signal Incoming Listen to 10 tracks for long enough with the Music Player, and then listen to the secret track. 7.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.