How Long Does It Take to Beat Every Kingdom Hearts Game?
Published by Noah @ PC Game Spotlight 2 years ago
How Long Does It Take to Beat Every Kingdom Hearts Game?
Looking to find out how long it takes to beat every Kingdom Hearts game? From the first entry in the series to the most recent one, these JRPGs are some of the best out there, and their portable versions are meaty, lengthy RPGs.
Compared to other Square Enix games, Kingdom Hearts games are actually relatively short. While Dragon Quest XI may seem like it has endless chapters, completing a Kingdom Hearts game doesn't take as much time. Even the longest game in the series pales in comparison to other RPGs with 100-hour stories.
How to Play Kingdom Hearts
There are a few different ways to experience a Kingdom Hearts game, whether you choose to focus on the main story, explore additional content, or aim for completionist goals. Let's take a look at the average time it takes to beat each Kingdom Hearts game, based on the statistics from HowLongToBeat.
Here are the Kingdom Hearts games and their respective playtimes:
Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth By Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage: The shortest game in the series, with a main story completion time of approximately 2.5 hours. This game is a remaster of a DS game and serves as a cutscene-heavy introduction to the series.
Melody of Memory: A rhythm game that takes around 9.5 hours to complete the main campaign. It is the only Kingdom Hearts game with a campaign shorter than the main story of Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road.
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded: Set in a digitized world based on Jiminy's journal, this game takes around 16 hours to complete the main story. Additional playtime for extras is unknown.
Chain of Memories: Taking place directly after Kingdom Hearts, this game takes approximately 18.5 hours to complete the main story as Sora, with a few additional hours for Riku's campaign.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance: This game takes around 23 hours to complete the main story, with additional playtime for extras.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: Exploring Roxas' backstory, this game takes approximately 26.5 hours to complete. There are also some additional extras, but their playtime is unknown.
Kingdom Hearts: Completing the main story of the first game takes around 28.5 hours, with additional playtime for extras.
Kingdom Hearts 3: The main story of Kingdom Hearts 3 takes approximately 29 hours to complete, with additional playtime for extras.
The Re Mind DLC for Kingdom Hearts 3: This DLC adds another 4.5 hours of playtime.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep: Split across three campaigns, this game takes around 29 hours to complete, with additional playtime for extras.
Kingdom Hearts 2: Completing the main story of Kingdom Hearts 2 takes around 32 hours, with additional playtime for extras.
Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road: As a separate game within the Union X app, Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road takes approximately 38 hours to complete the main story. The playtime for extras is unknown.
It's important to note that the playtime for Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road may be longer due to the grinding required to progress in the game. Some reviews also suggest that the playtime is longer than the figures listed here.
That's the average time it takes to beat each Kingdom Hearts game. For more useful hints and tips, check out our guide to the best skills in Kingdom Hearts 3, or discover all the bosses in the game and the rewards you can obtain by defeating them.
