The longest video games of all time
Games come in all shapes and sizes, and a longer game isn’t necessarily better than one you can beat in an afternoon. That said, as the video game generations have gone on and hardware has improved, some developers have pushed the limits on just how long a game can last. Now, we have tons of live-service games, MMORPGs, and multiplayer games that technically have no end to them at all. However, looking at games that can in fact be beaten, some titles might as well be endless for how much time they ask of the player. If you are looking for a game you can sink dozens and dozens of hours into, we’ve found the longest video games of all time.
Note: While some live-service and MMOs do have storylines, we aren’t counting them here due to them being ongoing. Likewise, sandbox games only count if there is a way to finish the game. We also used How Long to Beat for a general consensus on the hour count for each of these games based on the Main Story ranking.
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80% Platforms PlayStation Genre Role-playing (RPG), Adventure Developer Heartbeat, ArtePiazza, Bird Studio, Armor Project Publisher Enix Corporation Release August 26, 2000 If you guessed there would be plenty of JRPGs on this list, you’re off to a good start. Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is the longest of any Dragon Quest game to date, with the main story averaging 78 hours, although it can vary depending on the platform you play on. This entry follows a new hero who discovers strange artifacts on their small island that tear apart the fabric of space and time. From there, the adventure takes you across many distant lands with a colorful cast of characters. Finding all the items and just moving through the story is a huge undertaking, but the amount of grinding needed to master your classes is where a lot of these hours come from. If you want to do everything, you’re looking at almost 300 hours to complete this fun but slow JRPG. Dragon Quest VII (PlayStation) — Read more on digitaltrends.com
