How many hours does this game give?

[Salem Graves]

I'm thinking of buying it, but most of the reviewers have less than 15 hours, which really doesn't seem like much given the price. Is there only 25 hours of content orrr?

[mbossa]

Yeah, I probably wouldn't give it much more than 10 hours to complete the game, and maybe another 10 to see everything you missed and get all the achievements.

Going purely by a dollars-per-hour metric, this game probably isn't great value. But would you rather spend 10 hours on a beautiful thought-provoking game that will stick with you long after you've finished playing, or 50 hours on a dull repetitive grind?

[Nick]

The typical playtime is 6 - 12 hours for your first playthrough, or more if you take your time and savour it. Since it has multiple endings, you may want to play more than once.
For comparison, this is quite a lot longer than other games in the narrative-driven genre like Dear Esther, Firewatch, Edith Finch, which are 2 - 4 hours.

[Human Required]

My first playthrough, which I finished a minute ago, lasted 30 minutes. I... I'm sure it's not the "ideal" ending, but you can very much finish the game (if you only want your first ending to be your "true" ending) in 30 minutes. What a twist! Kind of like the secret early ending of Far Cry 4.

[mbossa]

Originally posted by Human Required:

My first playthrough, which I finished a minute ago, lasted 30 minutes. I... I'm sure it's not the "ideal" ending, but you can very much finish the game (if you only want your first ending to be your "true" ending) in 30 minutes. What a twist! Kind of like the secret early ending of Far Cry 4.

To be fair, that ending is barely a step above dying. Saying you finished the game after reaching that ending is like saying you finished the game the first time you die.

[Kie]

total playtime is about 9 hours; took me 8 hours to complete the game, and that was rushing some parts because it was 2am :)
I would argue it is worth it 100% because I was shocked and there is certainly some thought provoking stuff at the end leaving you thinking about it for days

[Rayne Boume]

Games shouldn't be measured in playtime alone, imo it's more important how much fun you had. And 12 hours is far from short.

[adolson]

This game is all killer, no filler, and fully voice-acted. It's hard to compare it with other games strictly from a time investment point of view. I would suggest you buy it and play it for 2 hours and see what you think. Valve is good about refunding, so if you hate it, just refund it. I suspect it'll draw you in just like it did the rest of us, and by the time you're done, you won't be sad that it didn't last as long as a Bethesda game.

[GAMING_Alligator]

For me it took 8.1 hours to see all endings. But I'm missing a few achievements, so there's more left to see. Not sure I'll go back for those, but I felt i got my money's worth. It's a really good game from start to finish.