The Best Single-Player Games With Long Playtimes

Looking for the best games with long playtime? Often it happens that before we fully know the game, its storyline and get the vibe of it... the game suddenly ends. If you also hate this feeling, choose games from our list, whose long campaigns will allow you to enjoy the title for as long as you need.

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These games with a long storyline are definitely worth your attention. | © EarlyGame

The defining elements of a good game can vary. For some it will be an engaging storyline, for others beautiful graphics or unusual gameplay ideas. There are also players who want to sink into a game for dozens or even hundreds of hours, exploring the world presented in it, completing side quests and discovering all possible secrets. For fans of these elements, we have prepared a special list of games.

Single-Players Games With Long Playtime That Are Worth Playing

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla

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In the latest version of Assassin's Creed, we play the Viking Eivor, who, along with his clan, ends up on the coast of 9th century England and immediately attracts the attention of, among others, the ruler of Wessex. Wanting to settle in the new land, we are forced to fight against hostile forces or make valuable alliances that will facilitate domestication.

Platforms:PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Play Time (Complete Playthrough):141 Hours

Elden Ring

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We arrive in The Lands Between, broken into six regions ruled by demigods. Each of them possesses a part of the titular artifact. Of course, as it happens in games of this type, the rulers of the regions are bosses to be slaughtered.

At the beginning of the game, the plot is only lightly outlined. Only with time do we discover more of its fragments, which slowly come together. Even then, however, there is no shortage of room for interpretation. It must be admitted, however, that Elden Ring still has one of the clearest storylines in all the Souls-like games.

Platforms:PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Play Time (Complete Playthrough):133 Hours
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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In The Witcher 3, we play as Geralt, a renowned monster slayer, who must stop the Wild Hunt and find his foster child Ciri. The decisions made during the game have a real impact on the ending of the whole story, which add the possibility of getting a real feel for the storyline of this amazing game.

Platforms:Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Play Time (Complete Gameplay):173 Hours

Fallout 4

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The action of Fallout 4 begins just before a nuclear explosion that leads to the destruction of virtually the entire world. Our hero manages to take refuge in a vault, where they undergo hibernation. After 200 years, they wake up and come to the surface, thus beginning the struggle for survival in a hostile world. Our most important task becomes finding the remaining family members.

Platforms:PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Play Time (Complete Gameplay):158 Hours
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is a remastered version of the fifth edition of the main RPG series by Bethesda, where the focus has always been on designing a huge world full of quests and secrets.

Platforms:Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Play Time (Complete Gameplay):208 Hours

Red Dead Redemption II

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Red Dead Redemption II is the latest game in Rockstar Games' best-selling Red Dead series, which gained popularity after the release of Red Dead Redemption in 2010. In RDR2 we go to the time before the events of the previous production and play Arthur Morgan, the right hand of gang leader Dutch van der Linde.

When one action ends in failure, the bandits are forced to escape and fight for survival. In the meantime, our protagonist has to make difficult decisions, choosing between his own protection and keeping up the bond with his gang members.

Platforms:Google Stadia, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Play Time (Complete Gameplay):178 Hours
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the latest release in the popular action adventure game series, launched way back in 1986. In this title we once again play Link, the main protagonist of the series, who after 100 years wakes up in a cave and meets a mysterious man. The man tells him about the prevailing danger in the world and commissions the hero with a task – to defeat Ganon, the antagonist of the series, and thus save the entire world.

Platforms:Nintendo Switch, Wii U
Play Time (Complete Gameplay):189 Hours
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Dear gamer, that would be enough of our recommendations. These titles are definitely worth your attention. But remember: despite such a long playtime, these games can consume you so much that you won't want them to end at all.

Oliwia Lewicka

Oliwia was part of EarlyGame's content team. She wrote news and guides for the Gaming, LoL and Entertainment categories....