How Long Is Alan Wake 2? Mission List And Switching Realities Explained

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Across two mind-bending campaigns, you'll see Alan Wake's world in whole new lights.

By Mark Delaney on

The story of Alan Wake 2 picks up 13 years after the events of the first game, setting it in the present day and giving players a uniquely structured dual-campaign approach that allows for switching realities (campaigns) often, should they choose to. That all makes the game a bit tricky to map out in terms of hours played, but having seen it through ourselves, we've got your answers here. Here's how many hours played you'll likely wind up with in Alan Wake 2.

Alan Wake 2 includes a structured intro that lasts a few hours, as well as a point-of-no-return warning that gets things back on rails, so to speak. But in between, you can swap campaigns from within many of the game's safe rooms, called Break Rooms. You'll end up seeing all of both campaigns no matter what order you play the game in, and a typical playthrough will take you about 20-25 hours.

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If you wanted to speed through the game, ignoring collectibles like Alex Casey lunchboxes, nursery rhymes, and cult stashes, you could likely beat it a bit faster at around 18-20 hours. Meanwhile, a 100% playthrough will take something like 25-30 hours.

In total, that makes it anywhere from two to three times longer than the original game, which takes about 10 hours. And though we can't as easily quantify it, we'd estimate it's roughly that much more dizzying too.

There are 19 total missions between both campaigns, with Saga's missions always