How long is Final Fantasy 7 Remake?

How long is Final Fantasy 7 Remake?
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As this is only the first part of the game taking in a fraction of the overall story, you may be asking how long is Final Fantasy 7 Remake? However, despite this version not covering the whole of the original adventure, you shouldn't expect to whizz through it in a short amount of time. Thanks to the wide variety of side quests and other distractions to keep you occupied along the way, how long it takes to beat will depend largely on how much of it you want to experience.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake only covers the first part of the 1997 PS1 classic, meaning you'll spend the whole game in Midgar. That means the location has been massively reworked to provide a lot more things to see and do. So, while it's only a portion of the story, you'll be looking at a longer Final Fantasy 7 Remake playtime than the original eight to nine-hour run.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake: how long to beat?  

As a total reimagining of the classic PS1 game, how long it runs depends on just how much time and effort you want to invest to complete everything the adventure has to offer. You'll have plenty to do throughout each chapter, with new side quests, Materia to find, and locations to explore. 

My save file when I reached the final chapter clocked it at just under 30 hours. Once I completed the final portion of the story, it was just shy of 31 hours. This run time includes having done most of the side quests available bar a few, as well as trying out every mini-game at least once. If you want to make time for every single side quest, and get stuck into trying to best all of the little mini-games interspersed in between, you're likely looking at around 40 hours in total to do a completed comprehensive run-through of the entire story and complete all of the additional side activities. 

Heather Wald
Senior staff writer

I started out writing for the games section of a student-run website as an undergrad, and continued to write about games in my free time during retail and temp jobs for a number of years. Eventually, I earned an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University, and soon after got my first official role in the industry as a content editor for Stuff magazine. After writing about all things tech and games-related, I then did a brief stint as a freelancer before I landed my role as a staff writer here at GamesRadar+. Now I get to write features, previews, and reviews, and when I'm not doing that, you can usually find me lost in any one of the Dragon Age or Mass Effect games, tucking into another delightful indie, or drinking far too much tea for my own good. 

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