Achievement percentages for starting and beating games. Curious as to who these people are?

So I picked a selection of most of the games I've played that have released since 2014 and looked at the numbers for them in terms of people playing them because this has always been something I noticed.

I went with the first unmissable achievement for each game that one would get playing it, which is mostly for beating the opening level/act/mission, unless I specified otherwise.

I also put the amount who beat the game, unless it was something that didn't have an achievement for just beating it without any qualifiers (difficulty, certain choices).

|Game|On GamePass|About how long it takes|Xbox % who beat opening level/area|Xbox % who beat game| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |Sunset Overdrive|Yes|10-15 min (finish opening)|73.43%|17.24%| |Assassin's Creed Rogue|No|15-20 min (finish prologue)|81.29%|28.28%| |Assassin's Creed Unity|No|10-15 min (finish prologue)|73.33%|20.06%| |Dragon Age: Inquisition|Yes (via EA Play)|40 min to 1 hour (finish prologue)|54.17%|10.28%| |Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (360 version)|No|15-20 min (finish first mission)|83.72%|27.79%| |Life Is Strange|Was|2 to 3 hours (finish episode 1)|39.93%|12.15%| |The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt|Was|2 to 4 hours (find Yen)|45.73%|14.15%| |Assassin's Creed Syndicate|No|15-25 min (finish sequence 1)|70.28%|17.07%| |Halo 5|Yes|25-35 min (finish mission 1)|53.73%|26.21%| |Fallout 4|Yes|10-15 min (finish opening)|59.56%|12.10%| |Rise of the Tomb Raider|Was|40-60 min (finish first mission)|67.83%|27.02%| |Quantum Break|Yes|25-30 min (finish first mission)|76.53%|18.06%| |Dishonored 2|Yes|10-20 min (recover signet ring)|64.21%|N/A| |Mass Effect: Andromeda|Yes (via EA Play)|15-20 min (finish prologue)|70.29%|16.85%| |Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice|Yes|25-30 min (finish opening segment)|62.97%|12.66%| |Life is Strange: Before the Storm|Was|2 to 3 hours (finish episode 1)|56.03%|42.21%| |Dishonored: Death of the Outside|Yes|40 min to 1:30 hour (finish mission 1)|40.67%|N/A| |Assassin's Creed Origins|Yes|1 to 2 hours (finish prologue)|43.17%|16.47%| |Vampyr|Was|15-20 min (finish prologue)|75.89%|7.58%| |NieR: Automata BECOME AS GODS Edition|Was|45 min to 1 hour (finish opening segment)|55.56%|5.37% (ending E)| |Shadow of the Tomb Raider|Yes|10-15 min (finish opening)|71.11%|25.02%| |Life is Strange 2|Was|3 hours (finish episode 1)|41.83%|14.58%| |Assassin's Creed Odyssey|Yes|10 min (finish prologue)|70.27%|17.99%| |Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales|Was|40 min to 1 hour (finish tutorial)|46.38%|8.10%| |Red Dead Redemption II|No|35-45 min (finish first two missions)|58.61%|18.29% (epilogue)| |A Plague Tale: Innocence|Was|30-50 min (finish chapter 1)|58.64%|21.68%| |Control|Yes|10-15 min (get service weapon)|80.75%|11.93%| |The Outer Worlds|Yes (Day One)|5 min (unlocks after opening cutscene)|79.71%|13.73%| |Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order|Yes (via EA Play)|30-45 min (finish opening segment)|70.29%|25.61%| |Yakuza: Like a Dragon|Was|1:30 to 2 hours (finish chapter 1)|34.32%|7.91%| |Tell Me Why|Yes|10 min (finish prologue)|68.85%|N/A| |Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2|No|10 to 20 min (unlock School level)|61.15%|N/A| |Cyberpunk 2077|No|20-30 min (finish prologue)|73.15%|24.96%| |Life is Strange: True Colors|Was|2-3 hours (finish chapter 1)|37.57%|23.35%| |Halo Infinite|Yes (Day One)|40 min to 1 hour (finish mission 1)|26.77%|9.44%| |The Quarry (Series X/S version)|Yes|25-40 min (finish prologue)|56.45%|24.58% (complete chapter 10)| |Immortality|Was|Under 1 hour (add 50 image to grid)|22.12%|7.80% (0.88% for secret ending)| |A Plague Tale: Requiem|Was|25 to 35 min (finish chapter 1)|54.09%|17.07%| |Pentiment|Yes (Day One)|4-6 hours (finish Act 1)|14.30%|8.23%| |High on Life|Was|40 min (get Knifey)|66.64%|20.57%| |Star Wars Jedi: Survivor|Yes (via EA Play)|1:30 to 2 hours (finish opening mission)|64.24%|31.51%| |Starfield|Yes (Day One)|15-25 min (enter space for the first time)|69.51%|9.87%| |Alan Wake 2|No|5 to 10 min (finish opening scene)|81.77%|33.17%| |Senua's Saga: Hellblade II|Yes (Day One)|35-45 min (finish opening segment)|53.43%|19.00%| |Dragon Age: The Veilguard|No|40 min to 1 hour (finish prologue)|83.84%|33.89%| |Indiana Jones and the Great Circle|Yes (Day One)|15-20 min (finish prologue)|76.59%|14.59%| |The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered|Yes (Day One)|45 min to 1:15 hour (escape the sewers)|74.29%|1.34%|

Some context and notes for the chart:

* Episode 1 of Life is Strange and Life is Strange 2 are free to play. * Halo Infinite's multiplayer is free to play, so one can play the game without ever having access to the campaign. * Tell Me Why has been free to download every June starting in 2022. * There is a 17.7% drop in Dishonored 2 between who got the signet ring and those who played the extra 30 min to 1 hour to beat mission 1. * There is a 23.39% drop in Control between who got the service weapon and those who played the extra 20-30 min to beat mission 1. * There is a 41.27% drop in Tell Me Why between those who finished the prologue and those who played the extra 2-3 hours to beat chapter 1. * There is a 4.04% drop in High on Life between those who got Knifey and those who played the extra 10-15 min to beat 9-Torg.

Since this is just Xbox, there isn't the reasons you could argue on PC like people launching the game just to make sure it works or (outside of Fallout 4 and Starfield) people playing with mods that disable achievements.

I don't get who this constant 16+% of people are who are playing these games for less than an hour before punting on them. Like I get not every game is for everyone, but this is a lot of people not even giving these games a real chance in any way.

The craziest one to me is The Outer Worlds because you get the achievement after making your character and watching the opening cutscene. Who are the 20.29% of people who played the game and didn't even actually play it?

The top 5 for best starts were:

* Dragon Age: The Veilguard (83.84%) - A late 2024 release, not on GamePass * Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (83.72%) - Launched with a 360 and One version. I played the 360 version because it was cheaper. Not on GamePass. * Alan Wake 2 (81.29%) - Not on GamePass. * Assassin's Creed Rogue (81.29%) - Launched as a 360 only game despite coming out in 2014. Not on GamePass. * Control (80.75%) - On GamePass.

The bottom 5 for best starts were:

* Pentiment (14.30%) - Has the longest time to play unmissable achievement. On GamePass. * Immortality (22.12%) - Very, very niche game. So not shocked people bounced off it. Was on GamePass. * Halo: Infinite (26.77%) - Multiplayer is free to play, so I guess a lot of people never bothered with the campaign, even though it is on GamePass. * Yakuza: Like a Dragon (34.32%) - Shocked this many people bounced hard off it and didn't even get to the beat Chapter 2. Was on GamePass. * Life is Strange: True Colors (37.57%) - While all the LIS games were on GamePass, interesting how this did worse the LIS 1/2, despite E1 of those also being free to play.

The top 5 for people who beat it:

* Life is Strange: Before the Storm (42.21%) - This one is interesting since only 56.01% beat episode 1. * Dragon Age: The Veilguard (33.89%) * Alan Wake 2 (33.17%) * Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (31.51%) - Is on GamePass via EA Play. * Assassin's Creed: Rogue (28.28%)

The bottom 5 for people who beat it: (Not counting Oblivion since that basically just released)

* Nier: Automata BECOME AS GODS Edition (5.37%) - I can see why this is low, since one has to beat the game 5 different times. * Vampyr (7.58%) - AA game that was on GamePass with okay combat, can see why people wouldn't beat it. * Immortality (7.80%) * Yakuza: Like a Dragon (7.91%) * Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (8.10%) - Card based RPG that was on GamePass. Not for everyone clearly.

3/5 for best starts (Veilguard, Alan Wake 2, Rogue) are also in the top 5 for people who beat it.

2/5 for worst starts (Immortality, Like a Dragon) are also in the bottom 5 for people who didn't beat it.