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HowLongToBeat’s polls, checked 31 Oct 2026, put a main run at 4 hours 12 minutes. These are player submissions, not an official estimate.

HowLongToBeat, one poll site, checked 2026-10-31.
PlaystylePollsAverageMedianRushedLeisure
Main story3684h 12m4h3h 3m7h 3m
Main + extras5125h 17m5h3h 39m9h 43m
Completionist3236h 22m6h4h 35m9h 21m
All stylesabout 1.2K5h 15m5h3h 33m9h 42m

The same page splits some of that by platform. PC sits close to the global average: 4h 12m main, 5h 14m with extras, 6h 24m completionist. PS5 is 4h 05m, 5h 21m, and 6h 16m. PS4 runs longer on the extras column, 6h 09m, with a 6h 57m completionist figure. I copy those as the poll site prints them. A single Switch poll says 5h 45m for main plus extras, a single Switch 2 poll says 9h 37m in that same category, and three Xbox polls average 9h 30m for the main story. I will not fold the one-poll outliers into the headline. They are too thin, and they disagree with the hundreds of PC and PlayStation submissions.

Any% on that page is 1 hour 30 minutes 7 seconds, from one submitted run. I will not call that a record. Reviews describe the puzzle difficulty as easy to moderate, with a step up in Chapters 4 and 5, and Wikipedia notes that critics found the game short. If you want the “is it worth a short game” argument, that is the review roundup. The optional rooms and the four collectible sets are what push a 4-hour story toward the 6-hour completionist column.

Viewfinder screenshot of a photo used as a bridge, via Steam
A mid-game photo bridge. Sad Owl Studios / Thunderful, via Steam.
Viewfinder screenshot of a coastal scene inside a photograph, via Steam
Store screenshot. Sad Owl Studios / Thunderful, via Steam.

Questions

How long is the story?

4 hours 12 minutes average on HowLongToBeat, from 368 polls, checked 31 Oct 2026.

How long is 100%?

6 hours 22 minutes average, from 323 completionist polls on the same page.

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