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HowLongToBeat.com is a community-driven database for estimating how long it takes to finish video games. It is useful if you want to judge whether a game fits your available time, plan how long your backlog will take, or compare your own completion times against other players. The site organizes each game's estimate into play-style categories rather than giving a single number.
What the site does
The core purpose is answering the question in its name: how long to beat a given game. Each game page breaks the estimate down by how thoroughly you play:
| Category | What it assumes |
|---|---|
| Main Story (Required) | You complete the main objectives, just enough to see the credits roll |
| Main + Extra | You take your time and complete additional, non-required tasks |
| Completionist (100%) | You pursue every achievement, medal, and piece of content |
| Combined | All play styles considered together |
The site describes these as best estimates for how long a game will take based on the category that matches your play style. You can also open individual games to break down the underlying stats.
Beyond single game lookups
HowLongToBeat also works as a tracking and planning tool, not just a reference:
- Catalog your collection — keep a record of the games you own or are playing.
- Import Steam games — pull in your Steam library rather than adding titles one by one.
- Track your backlog — see how long your unfinished games would take in total.
- Estimate your current game — get a sense of how much longer a game in progress will last.
- Compare times — check your completion times against other players.
- Decide on purchases — use the estimates to judge whether a potential buy is worth the time investment.
Community and extra features
The numbers come from player submissions, so the database grows and updates continuously. The homepage shows recent activity — for example, games added and updated, new users, new backlogs, and games completed within the last 48 hours — along with forum threads and posts.
There is also a separate daily feature called HowLongToBeat: The Game, described as a round-based daily guessing game.
Reading the numbers in practice
Popular entries illustrate how wide the range can be. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is listed at about 51½ hours for the main story, 104 hours for main plus extra, and 175 hours for completionist. Red Dead Redemption 2 runs roughly 51 hours, 84½ hours, and 195 hours across the same three categories. Cyberpunk 2077 sits at about 26, 63, and 109 hours. The gap between "just the story" and "everything" is often two to four times the main-story figure, which is the main reason a single average would be misleading.
When it is the right tool
Use HowLongToBeat when your decision depends on time: choosing what to play next, sizing up a backlog, or setting expectations before buying. Treat the figures as community estimates rather than fixed lengths — your own pace, difficulty settings, and how much side content you engage with will shift the real number. The category breakdown is what makes the estimate usable, so pick the row that matches how you actually play.