How long to beat

[AggroedApe]

I think that it would be a great feature to make it so that you can sort your games by their "howlongtobeat" score. We already have the ability to list by metacritic score, so I think that that would be a great way to sort.

[Ben Lubar]

I'm gonna offer a few games that I've played for several years of my life:

https://howlongtobeat.com/game/45313/completions
https://howlongtobeat.com/game/58828/completions
https://howlongtobeat.com/game/11037/completions

All of these have wildly different definitions of what defines "main story" or "side objective" or "100%" for every listed run.

How about a game like Counter-Strike 2, which has 30-90 minute matches?

https://howlongtobeat.com/game/1957/completions

Well, apparently 10 hours is considered the "any% speedrun" time for Counter-Strike 2 by this website.

There's a huge number of games out there for which the question "how long does it take to beat this game" cannot be answered with just a number, or even a range of numbers. It just wouldn't be a good fit for a store that sells games of every genre together.

However, if you have a specific search query on HowLongToBeat that returns games you're interested in, the site already provides links to places where you can buy those games, including Steam.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Just use howlongtobeat. The client doesnt need every cockamamie idea anyone has stuffed into it.

[Start_Running]

The fundamental flaw of how long to beat is that it assumes you'll stay interested in the game for that length of time.

[BJWyler]

I've been playing Wizardry 1 for over 40 years and still haven't beaten it yet. So I'm going to go with it's a completely meaningless stat.

After all, what's happens with a game that has no end or no winning condition. We have whole genres of games like simulators and city builders just like that.