Longest videogame campaign/story

Storytelling is a major element in gaming, with some plot lines running longer than entire television series. In terms of games with a story arc, the one that unfolds over the longest time is 2019 RPG Persona 5 Royal. The tale of Joker’s mindbending – and real-time – adventures in the Metaverse takes 101 hr to play straight through, and that’s only if you stick to the main objectives. Take on side challenges, and you’re talking about 142 hr – that’s nearly six solid days of gaming!

It’s not as long as Persona 5 Royal, but RPG Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Capcom, 2008) still weighs in with a story lasting 98 hrs. In fact, four MH games feature in the top 10 longest games. For completionists who like to visit every nook and cranny of games, the quartet gobble up precisely 87 days. Tracking gigantic, ferocious beasts is clearly not a quick process!