Hogwarts Legacy Playtime: Chapters, Completion Time & More

The Hogwarts Legacy playtime is pretty long. In this article you can find the playtime of the new Harry Potter RPG and everything else you need to know, including the number of chapters, different completion times and more. We've broken down how long it will take to complete Hogwarts Legacy by doing only the main quests, and how long it will take if you do the side quests as well.

Hogwarts Playtime
We're getting a solid 50 hours playtime with side-content in Hogwarts Legacy. | © Portkey Games

Hogwarts Legacy is here, and we're knee-deep in all the exciting features and elements of the game, like potions, spells and mounts. Butwe also need to start addressing some practical concerns. What kind of Hogwarts Legacy wand can you get? Is the PlayStation exclusive content really that good? And, of course, how long is the new Harry Potter RPG going to be? In this article we address that question. Here is the average playtime for Hogwarts Legacy.

Hogwarts Legacy Playtime Revealed

Hogwarts Legacy is thankfully a fully fledged RPG with a big story campaign. Just focusing on the game's main quests to finish the story will take players around 25 hours. This isn't the longest game we ever played, but it's still pretty sizeable.

Of course, as with any good RPG, you have tons of side content to do, from side quests, Merlin Trials, puzzle doors and much more. If you do a decent amount of side content, the overall playtime will increase to around 50 to 60 hours.

Hogwarts Legacy Chapters

The game's story is divided in chapters which you have to make your way through to progress in the game. There are 12 chapters in Hogwarts Legacy, including a prologue. After you're done with the game, you can continue exploring Hogwarts, finishing side quests and get up to all kinds of other shenanigans.

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Here are all the chapters in Hogwarts Legacy:

  • Prologue
  • Attend Your First Day at Hogwarts
  • Find the Secret in the Restricted Section
  • Living as a Student Until Professor Fig Returns
  • Tell Professor Fig About the Map Chamber
  • Complete the First Keeper Trial
  • Improve Your Magical Abilities to Access the Next Trial
  • Prepare for Your Search for the Next Keeper
  • Prepare for Your Search for the Final Keeper
  • Stop Ranrok and Rookwood (this is basically the end of the main quest)
  • Prepare for Your O.W.L.S.
  • Stop Ranrok

Are you happy with this amount of playtime, or do you wish the game was longer? And if you still haven't got round to it yet, here's a link to pre-order Hogwarts Legacy .

Jon Ramuz

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