[Study] Resident Evil and The Walking Dead are the most ‘beatable’ game franchises, data reveals

Intrigued, the experts at BestCasinoSites.net embarked on a quest to uncover which video games on Steam are the most and least ‘beatable’, based on the number of players who make it to the end.

Key findings:

• Resident Evil and The Walking Dead are the most ‘beatable’ game franchises

• Only 3.7% of gamers managed to beat Doom 3: BFG Edition

• Almost 95% of Resident Evil 3 players gave up after achieving their first story achievement

The hardest games to beat revealed

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Doom 3: BFG Edition, a 2012 remake of the 2004 classic, has emerged as the toughest game to beat with demon hordes spilling through a portal to Hell. While a notable 39% of players reached the first story achievement, only a daring 3.7% managed to conquer this intense sci-fi first-person shooter.

The second hardest game to beat is Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, with a mere 6.5% success rate despite 42% of players diving into the action. Awarded Game of the Year in 2008, the title triumphed over a lineup of fantastic titles including Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Fable 2. Its successor, Grand Theft Auto V (second best-selling title of all time), boasts a higher completion rate with 23%.

Known for its addictive open-world and sandbox mayhem, in third place is Just Cause 4 Reloaded (2018) with a main game completion rate of just 7%. Trailing behind in fourth is the over-the-top, action-fuelled Saints Row (2023), where only 7.4% of players managed to beat the game with a significant 87% giving up after achieving their first story achievement.

Rounding off the top five hardest-to-beat games is Call of Duty®: Black Ops III – twelfth entry in the franchise – where players are thrust into futuristic warfare against cutting-edge military robots. Currently, only 7.8% of real-life warriors have conquered the game.

The most ‘beatable’ games revealed

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BestCasinoSites.net can also reveal that Resident Evil 3 is the most ‘beatable’ game, with an applaudable 69% of gamers completing the story. The remake of the 1999 original came out in 2020 and follows protagonist Jill Valentine’s escape from the zombie-infested Raccoon City, all while being chased relentlessly by killer monster, Nemesis. Moreover, Resident Evil Village and Resident Evil 4 – Remake have also made the top 15, with a completion rate of  61.1% and 59%, respectively.

The second most ‘beatable’ game is the 2014 stealth-action game, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, with an impressive 64.6% beating the game.

The apocalyptic setting seems to be a win among players, with four instalments from the Walking Dead series making the top ten. With a main game completion rate of 64.5%, The Walking Dead Season 2 places third, while The Walking Dead: Final Season, and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier tie for fourth at 64.3%.

The fight against the undead continues with The Walking Dead: Michonne – A Telltale Miniseries ranking sixth (64%), although a whopping 86.7% of players decided to abandon the zombie wasteland forever only after reaching their first story achievement.