How Long Does It Take To Beat Every Numbered Dragon Quest Game?
There are quite a few Dragon Quest games. While the amount of spin-offs in the series might be daunting, you don't need to worry about any of that unless you're living in Japan. The mainline games on the other hand are much simpler to track.
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Posts12 games, and that's it. No side stories, sequels, or anything of the like. Aside from some remakes, the series is quite simple to follow and easy to jump into. With that in mind, you probably want to know how much of a time investment you're looking at, and we're here to give you the answer.
How Long Does It Take To Beat The Main Story Of Each Dragon Quest Game?
CloseAcross the 11 Dragon Quest games available internationally, you're looking at a pretty significant time investment just to get through them all. However, the majority of them are not mind-numbingly long either, so feel free to take your time with each of them.
Game
How Long To Complete
Dragon Quest
9
Dragon Quest 2
16.5
Dragon Quest 3
27.5
Dragon Quest 4
27
Dragon Quest 5
30.5
Dragon Quest 6
40.5
Dragon Quest 7
109
Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (3DS Remake)
75
Dragon Quest 8
61
Dragon Quest 9
48
Dragon Quest 11 (and 11 S)
57/57.5
Since Dragon Quest 10 is both an MMO and exclusive to Japan, we've chosen not to include it.
On average, the games get longer as you go on until Dragon Quest 9 when they get a tad shorter again, though still around triple the length of the first few entries. Dragon Quest 7 is the obvious outlier here, being over 30 hours longer than the next longest entry, Dragon Quest 8.
Keep in mind that these numbers are just for beating the story. The average player will likely take longer than this on each game depending on how thorough they are.
How Long Does It Take To 100% Each Dragon Quest Game?
CloseJRPGs, especially older ones, have a reputation for being very, very long. The Dragon Quest games, for the most part, don't take exceptionally longer to see and do everything in than their main stories. Not short, by any means, though far from inconceivably long either.
Game
How Long To Complete
Dragon Quest
11
Dragon Quest 2
18.5
Dragon Quest 3
33.5
Dragon Quest 4
42.5
Dragon Quest 5
48.5
Dragon Quest 6
66
Dragon Quest 7
297
Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (3DS Remake)
128
Dragon Quest 8
114
Dragon Quest 9
742
Dragon Quest 11 (and 11 S)
122/131
Dragon Quest 9 has quite a bit of online-exclusive content that is no longer available to play.
Looking at all those games, you've probably noticed some distinct outliers in terms of length - Dragon Quest 7 on the PS1, and Dragon Quest 9. Let's discuss Dragon Quest 7 first.
Dragon Quest 7, despite only taking 109 hours to complete originally, takes 297 to do everything in. Why? Nice and simple grinding. There's a lot to see and do and the vast majority of that comes from the depth of the class system. You'll be spending a lot of time with this one.
Dragon Quest 9, on the other hand, is a staggering 694 extra hours to 100% complete. That seems just silly, doesn't it? It is, again, very grindy. There's a lot to see, much of which is locked behind online play. As you can tell by the length discrepancy, the vast majority of this content is far from necessary for standard progression.
How Many Hours Is That In Total To Beat Every Dragon Quest Game?
CloseWith every single-player Dragon Quest game firmly examined, you should have a much better idea of how long each game would take you to play through. So for fun, let's tally up how long it would take to complete all of the games collectively.
- If you're rushing to beat just the story of each game, you're looking at a time investment of 392.5 to 426.5 hours, depending on whether you choose to play the original or remake version of Dragon Quest 7. This bumps up to 501.5 hours if you play both.
- If you want to see and do everything you can, that's gonna take you 1,321-1,504 hours. If you discount the absurd length of Dragon Quest 9, it would be somewhere closer to 579-762.
Yes, half the length of the entire series is Dragon Quest 9.
There's quite a wide margin there depending on which versions you choose to play and quite how much you complete, though you'll be adding at least 100 extra hours on top to see the majority of content. Good luck with your Dragon Quest journey, it will take you quite some time.
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