Summary
One of the greatest traditions upheld in gaming is achievement hunting; there’s nothing better than crossing out that final achievement for 100 percent completion. Whether you’re onXbox,PlayStation,Nintendo Switch, orSteam, most games on those platforms have achievements to strive for.
This isn’t always the rule, but games that surpass 100 achievements tend to take quite a while to fully complete. Just how many achievements can you cram into a single game, though? If you’ve ever pondered that question about games on the Steam marketplace, and if they offer any real value, be ready for… well, you’ll see; this isn’t foreshadowing.
Updated on June 16, 2025, by William Quick:More games are coming out every week, if not every day! There is so much to play, and it can be a challenge just to get through the game’s base content depending on your skill level and how much time you have. Even more so, a game can’t be considered ‘completed’ until you get all the achievements, something which Steam has on most of the games it hosts. Some can have tens, maybe a few hundred, but here are games with achievements in the thousands.
11Payday 2
The Heist Demands Perfection
Even though Payday 3 has appeared to lead the series, Payday 2 still stands as the high-and-mighty best one to play solo or with other folks, friends or not. At its core, it is a game about robbers shooting through waves of the best-funded police force in the known universe, but there is some tact that goes along with it.
You’ll see just how much when you realize that the game has over1,328Achievements to unlock. Many of them are for doing things like unlocking certain items, completing certain missions, and equipping certain gear. The hardcore batch can be so specific in their requirements that you could write an entire guide just on how to get one.
10Tales Of Maj’Eyal
Tales Are Constantly Changing
It’s weird to think how old roguelike mechanics are, since the original one, Rogue, came out in 1980. Many years later, Tales of Maj’Eyal jumps onto this train, leaving the station to offer a turn-based tactical roguelike adventure with an emphasis on character building. This game had so much, RNG would have a field day with your efforts.
Among these efforts was to give you a list of around1,738Achievements to earn throughout your various runs. After you complete the beginner’s group by doing things like not dying long enough to reach a decent and killing specific boss enemies, you’re going to need to become tougher. To get the endgame achievements, you’ll need to complete the game multiple times in the harshest conditions.
9Zup! X
Someone Spilled All This Tetris
Aw, look at all those colorful blocks! This is a fun and pleasant game that you can pick up now and then to feel good about yourself. Yes, Zup! X does look pleasant and simple on the surface; you just have to keep the blue ball on the platform for three seconds. But simple in appearance, it often hides challenges and chaos below the surface.
This little blocky puzzler hits you with2,880Achievements to achieve and many of them are confusingly duplicates of unlocking different levels. It always combines some idle elements where you have to click on things and get different colors. They may be easier to get than in other games, but it’ll certainly take you some time.
8Achievement Lurker: Another One Bites The Dust
Turning Over Every Grain Of Sand
Achievement Lurker is some kind of Western-inspired RPG with turn-based combat. It has5,000total achievements, and based on the overall graphics and aesthetic, was most likely developed with RPG Maker software.
While the game boasts a few base gameplay features, like NPCs, an XP leveling system, and boss fights, many Steam reviews point out that you may simply idle with the game open and the achievements will start rolling in. If the achievements aren’t hard to achieve, do they matter at all?
7Achievement Idler: Red
A Bright Red Passive Screen
If you like the sound of paying just shy of a dollar to open up a blinding, bright red window that grants you achievements over time, this might be the game for you. If you leave it open long enough, two things are bound to happen.
First, you will eventually reach the game’s5,000total achievements. Second, and more concerning, you might mess up or burn out a few pixels on your monitor. Of course, if you’re a pro, you can simply minimize the game for easy achievements.
6Achievement Idler: Black
The Void Of Waiting
Achievement Idler: Black is no doubt the cooler cousin of Achievement Idler: Red; who doesn’t like dark mode? In all seriousness, this game functions no differently, although if you decide to leave the game open, it won’t feel like staring at the sun.
If you leave the game, you’ll get to see white text, representative of how many achievements are left to achieve, ticking down from5,000to zero. If you’re feeling brave and adventurous, you could even watch YouTube on the side while you idle.
5Achievement Clicker
Click On Everything
Achievement Clicker is essentially the easier, simpler version of Cookie Clicker. It has5,000achievements, you can click a gigantic ‘A’ button to generate resources and invest in a handful of upgrades to build a passive income. Yep, it’s an incremental game.
If you want an idea of how low the bar is, you get an achievement for opening the game, over a dozen achievements for clicking 50 times, and over 4,000 achievements are earned for each second you spend in the game. Pretty hardcore, right?
418+: It’s Not What You’d Expect
A Surprising Questionnaire
With a name like 18+, the last thing you’d expect is some benign, moderately wholesome content. All you do in this5,000achievement game is navigate through multiple pictures of various animals asking you questions.
The game is remarkably bare bones, and if you’re willing to pay a little bit of money for a little over a dozen animal pictures and relatively simple logic riddles, then there’s nothing really stopping you. Also, the achievements themselves are quite boring; the only interesting part is they’re all named ‘Kiko’ for some reason.
3Drive-By Hero
Fired On The Road
Drive-By Hero is a retro arcade-inspired shooter with5,394total achievements. As the name implies, you’re glued to the top of a vehicle driving through an urban environment, armed with a few different weapons to shoot zombies as you pass by.
With such a limited scope, and so many achievements, it makes you wonder if booting this game up would just lead to the bottom right corner of your screen being spammed with ‘achievement unlocked’ messages. Since there are a bunch of achievements that have the same unlock requirements, the answer is yes.
2Run Away
Don’t Look Back
Run Away is a bit of a mystery; it has6,664total achievements, but since it is unavailable for download and had its Steam page taken down, that’s about all that can be said about it. There are, however, some inferences to make about it from the cover art.
Given the red, dripping title font, a dark background with a house surrounded by trees, and five characters drawn in an anime style, this game most likely falls into the horror and visual novel genres. Although ‘NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_NAME_5_4’ isn’t a very encouraging sign for creative, original gameplay.
