Elden Ring is roughly 30 hours long and that's great news

rockpapershotgun.com:

According to From Software producer Yasuhiro Kitao, Elden Ring can be finished in roughly 30 hours. That's a really nice amount of time. Long enough to feel substantial, but not too long that it'll feel like a massive slog. No bloat, more riding on spectral horse-goat, as they say.

News of Elden Ring's playtime comes from the Taipei Game Show, where Kitao confirmed that the game had gone gold and answered plenty of questions, including how long it'll take to beat.

"This will differ significantly by player, but in terms of the targets set during development, the idea is that the main route should be able to be completed within around 30 hours. The game as a whole is quite massive and contains many dozens more hours worth of gameplay, but if we are talking about the main route only, it shouldn't take much longer than that."

Aside from being a solid chunk of time, 30+ hours is perhaps an unsurprising figure. That's in line with all the other Dark Souls games according to my Steam profile. I can see that I've logged 45 hours in Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, 31 hours in Dark Souls 2, and 59 hours in Dark Souls 3. Taking into account DLCs and tough boss fights, that seems about right.

And replayability is clearly a big thing for Elden Ring too, as Kitao points out.

"Yes, you can [replay the game multiple times]. In fact, with the world being so vast, the game is designed so that it can be cleared without necessarily experiencing everything. Some players will prefer to try and explore the entire map the first time, while others will leave some areas for exploration in second or subsequent cycles."

Kitao also says that technically, "it's impossible to reach 100 percent" on a single playthrough, due "to the fact that there