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How long does it take to beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?

Learn how long it takes to finish Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, From Software's latest brutally difficult Japanese-styled adventure-RPG.

Sam Chandler

March 24, 2019 8:25 PM

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Knowing how long it takes to beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice could offer valuable insight into From Software’s latest title. Like most of From Software’s notoriously difficult titles, Sekiro is brutally challenging. Depending how apt you are at mastering the new combat style drastically changes how long it takes you to complete Sekiro.

How long does it take to beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?

The typical length of how long it takes to beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice could be anywhere between 30 to 80 hours. This is obviously a significant time difference. This estimation attempts to take into account a few things: exploration, skill level, and overall difficulty. Depending how you choose to play is going to drastically alter your completion time. Popular statistic site HowLongToBeat places Sekiro's completion time at 34 hours. Speaking from personal experience, unless you're brilliant at Sekiro, you won't be able to get anywhere near this time, so don't feel bad.

As mentioned above, Sekiro is part of the family of exceptionally challenging games developed by From Software. If you’ve ever gone into a Dark Souls title or played Bloodborne without the use of guides, you’ll know how difficult and time-consuming these games can be.

Unlike the others grouped into the “Soulsborne” category, Sekiro does not give you a way to manually increase your stats through grinding out levels. It’s impossible to “over-level” an area. For this reason, most of your time will be spent simply repeating boss fights, memorizing their attacks and pushing toward victory.

It’s also worth noting that the completion time will expand if you spend time exploring. There are dozens of collectible items to collect, including Gourd Seeds and Prayer Beads. While collecting these isn’t necessary to finishing the game, they can make it easier by giving you more healing items and increasing your vitality.

There are a lot of factors that go into answering the question of how long it takes to beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. If you can master the new deflection system and limit your exploring, you’ll be able to finish it quickly. However, if it takes a while for the combat to click for you and you explore everywhere, expect the playtime to expand out to the 60 or 80 hour mark.

Sam Chandler

Guides Editor

Hailing from the land down under, Sam Chandler brings a bit of the southern hemisphere flair to his work. After bouncing round a few universities, securing a bachelor degree, and entering the video game industry, he's found his new family here at Shacknews as a Guides Editor. There's nothing he loves more than crafting a guide that will help someone. If you need help with a guide, or notice something not quite right, you can message him on X: @SamuelChandler