While Speedrunner Sets a 90-Minute Record, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Have Been Reported to Take Immensely Longer to Beat

Published 05/15/2023, 3:00 PM EDT

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The much-awaited Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is taking the gaming world by storm. The new powers given to Link are the biggest improvement from its prequel. Fans are going into creative mode and attempting to create new inventions in this Zelda game.

But that’s not all the fans were doing. The main motive for playing a game is, obviously, to try to win every battle and complete the game. While some proficient players are there, who completed the game in record time, some fans might find it a bit hard to complete. Now the statistics for the average time taken to complete the game are out and it is surprisingly long for a base game.

Average time to beat Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is lengthy

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While Tears of the Kingdom offers multiple boss fights and side quests, fans would still be interested to know how long will it take to complete the game. And the site dedicated to finding out just that, HowLongToBeat.com, has revealed this data.

It takes an average time of 48.5 hours to beat Tears of the Kingdom if you attempt only the main story. But if you want to attempt completing the game along with all it offers, it will take a whopping 96 hours to complete!

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However, the data points out that currently, its playtime is lower than the prequel. Breath of the Wild has a main storyline of 50 hours and 188 hours for the complete game. But it should be noted this data for the earlier Zelda installment is after including two of its DLC packs.

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If Tears of the Kingdom has 96 hours of gameplay currently, it surely would increase by a substantial margin when and if the DLC for the game arrives.

Fans say the average time is more than what is shown

The fans have started doubting the average time shown to complete the game. Many are stating they have invested a lot of time in the game and are still very far from completion.

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What are your thoughts on the average game time revealed for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Do you think you will be able to complete the game in lesser time? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Ajitesh Rawat

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Ajitesh Rawat is an up-and-coming eSports writer at EssentiallySports. An avid gamer himself, Ajitesh grew up just like the majority of the gamers out there by simply falling in love with Need for Speed and Grand Theft Auto. He likes to dive into these vast imaginative worlds and experience the fun himself.
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Jito Tenson