Add RetroRatio to RetroAchievements Game Details

📋 Summary

Add the RetroRatio stat to the RetroAchievements section of the Game Details pane alongside the existing beaten and mastered playtime commitment information.


❗ Problem

LaunchBox currently displays useful RetroAchievements stats such as:

  • Beaten time commitment

  • Mastered time commitment

However, an important metric is missing:

  • RetroRatio

For many achievement hunters, RetroRatio is one of the most important factors when deciding what game to play next, as it helps indicate the score value and challenge relative to the time investment required.

Without it, users must leave LaunchBox and check the RetroAchievements website manually.


💡 Proposal

Add RetroRatio information to the Game Details pane:

  • Display RetroRatio alongside:

    • Beaten hours

    • Mastered hours

  • Pull the value directly from RetroAchievements data

  • Present it in a clean, glanceable format within the existing RetroAchievements details section


🧩 Use Cases

  • A user quickly evaluates whether a game is “worth hunting” before starting

  • Achievement hunters compare challenge vs reward at a glance

  • Users choose games based on both time commitment and score efficiency

  • LaunchBox becomes a more complete RetroAchievements browsing experience


📦 Benefits

  • Adds another highly valuable RetroAchievements metric

  • Reduces need to manually check the RetroAchievements website

  • Improves game discovery for achievement hunters

  • Makes the Game Details pane more informative and useful


⚠️ Considerations

  • Should fit cleanly into the existing RetroAchievements UI

  • Needs reliable syncing with RetroAchievements metadata

  • Could potentially be expanded with additional RA stats in the future

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Open To Community

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LaunchBox for Windows

Date

3 days ago

Author

FurabioS

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