How long is a run?

[Doktor Ondskan]

My particular taste in rougelikelikes is very specific and polarized. I absolutely love short ones like Spelunky or Crypt of The Necrodancer where each session lasts between 30 minutes to an hour. In those, failing is fun! On the other hand, I get really frustrated with long ones and would rather keep at least part of my progress via unlocks or persistent items in those.

Also, what kind of difficulty can I expect? As a reference, beating hell in Spelunky was super fun, and so was Necrodancer in harcore mode (on the other hand, Aria as a story-mode requirement for Necrodancer unfortunately killed the game for me).

So, how long does a successful Dead Cells run take, and what is it aiming for in the 1.0 version?

[Ray G.]

A full and successful run usually takes me around an hour give or take 15 minutes when I try to clear everything on my way.

[UnknownDjinn]

I run through start to final boss in 20mins on average. I generally only kill what I have to in order to get by and explore 100% of all maps.

[Darthzz]

It can take 20 minutes to an hour.

[Doktor Ondskan]

Nice! That sounds like a reasonable length!

[AgentFlea]

Originally posted by Doktor Ondskan:

Nice! That sounds like a reasonable length!

I'd love it if you came back and told us what you think after getting your ass kicked by the harder stages a bunch of times xD
At some point it becomes a survival game as you try to avoid enemies scrounging around for health.

[Protolisk]

My average time would be 40 minutes on the in game clock, so I'd assume it's 50, to be generous (the ingame clock pauses a lot). It's a hard and grueling game, so good luck!

[ChaosSabre]

Depends how you play. Anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour.

[Darthzz]

Can't forget to mention, this isn't like most roguelikes/roguelites. When you exit the game in Dead Cells, you don't lose progress for your current run, meaning you can come back to your run later after exiting.