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Streets of Rage 4
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 11% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 19,840
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 7h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- At least 11% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Dojo Master” (Beat Shiva): only 68% of starters get there.
- 88% 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 20,079 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.8h 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 (87.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Dojo Master Beat Shiva. Most players quit here 68% −32
- Snap Out of It Beat possessed Max. 62% −7
- Old-Schooled Beat Mr. and Ms. Y. 53% −9
- All Clear: Axel Clear all stages in single-player mode as Axel. ≥11% −42
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 (45)
story milestone ending side
- Eating off the Ground Consume a healing item. 100%
- Combo Pro Achieve a "Super!" combo. 98%
- Dude, My Car! Break the car in The Streets. 88%
- Life's a Struggle Free yourself from a grab. 88%
- Birth of the Cool Catch a weapon in the air. 86%
- THIS IS WOOD OAK CITY!!! Kill an enemy by tossing them in a hole. 80%
- Wasted Wine Break a wine bottle. 78%
- Miss Me? Meet Adam. 75%
- Combo Expert Achieve an "Amazing!!" combo. 69%
- Dojo Master Beat Shiva. 68%
- Broke My Toy Break a spear. 66%
- Demolition Man Use a wrecking ball to kill an enemy. 62%
- Snap Out of It Beat possessed Max. 62%
- It's Chilly in Here Break both elevator window panes. 56%
- Collateral Damage Use a barrel or a grenade explosion to kill 3 enemies at the same time. 56%
- Old-Schooled Beat Mr. and Ms. Y. 53%
- Walk on Foot Destroy all motorcycles. 51%
- An Elegant Death Use a chandelier to kill an enemy. 49%
- Oops Hit an ally. 41%
- Somebody Call the Cops! Call the police with a Streets of Rage 1 character. 33%
- Throwback Discover a retro level. 32%
- Combo Master Achieve an "Out of this world!!!" combo. 22%
- Stage Mastery Get an S-Rank on any stage. 22%
- All Too Easy Complete a stage on Mania difficulty. 15%
- Phantom in the Hull Reach level 18 in survival mode. 14%
- Ultimate Warrior Unlock all alternate moves for one character. 13%
- All Clear: Axel Clear all stages in single-player mode as Axel. 11%
- All Clear: Blaze Clear all stages in single-player mode as Blaze. 8.8%
- I Am the One Reach level 30 in survival mode. 7.6%
- All Clear: Adam Clear all stages in single-player mode as Adam. 6.8%
- All Clear: Floyd Clear all stages in single-player mode as Floyd. 6.2%
- All Clear: Shiva Clear all stages in single-player mode as Shiva. 5.9%
- All Clear: Cherry Clear all stages in single-player mode as Cherry. 5.8%
- 100 Yen Clear the Arcade mode on Hard difficulty or higher. 5.6%
- Family Reunion Get the Golden Chicken from the art gallery to the stock room. 5.5%
- Bleeding Knuckles Reach a lifetime score of 5,000,000. 5.1%
- All Clear: SOR1 Clear all stages in single-player mode with a "SOR1" character. 4.6%
- Perfect Complete a stage without taking damage. 4.2%
- Clown Wars Lead an army of 3 clowns. 4.2%
- Maniac Get an S-Rank on all stages on Hard difficulty or higher. 4.1%
- All Clear: Estel Clear all stages in single-player mode as Estel. 4.1%
- All Clear: SOR3 Clear all stages in single-player mode with a "SOR3" character. 4.1%
- All Clear: SOR2 Clear all stages in single-player mode with a "SOR2" character. 3.6%
- All Clear: Max Clear all stages in single-player mode as Max. 3.4%
- The Possibilities Are Endless Unlock all alternate moves. 2.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.