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title: "How long to play Portal 2? about 8 hours 30 minutes for the ma"
description: "Portal 2 takes about 8 hours 30 minutes for the main story — single-player campaign; completionist runs are roughly 20 hours. What that assumes, how it breaks down, "
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# How long does it take to play Portal 2?

**How long to play Portal 2: about 8 hours 30 minutes for the main story**

single-player campaign; completionist runs are roughly 20 hours

Portal 2's single-player campaign is about eight and a half hours — an evening and a half, and one of the shortest games people still name among the best ever made. The original Portal is under three hours and was originally packaged as a bonus in a bundle of other games. The co-operative campaign adds roughly six hours and requires a second player. Puzzle games have unusually tight completion-time distributions because the solutions are fixed, so the spread here is far narrower than for any open-world title.

## The numbers

- **Total:** 8 hours 30 minutes
- **In hours:** 8.5 hours
- **Non-stop:** 0.4 days without sleeping
- **Covers:** single-player campaign; completionist runs are roughly 20 hours
- **At a realistic pace:** two hours an evening
- **That works out as:** about 5 days

## What this assumes

Player-reported median for the single-player campaign. Co-op is excluded and adds about six hours.

> Player-reported medians. Puzzle games show a much narrower spread than open-world games.

## Other games

| What | How long |
| --- | --- |
| Elden Ring | about 53 hours for the main story |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | about 34 hours for the main story |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | about 52 hours for the main story |
| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | about 50 hours for the main story |
| The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | about 59 hours for the main story |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | about 50 hours for the main story |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | about 50 hours for the main story |
| Persona 5 Royal | about 102 hours for the main story |
| Final Fantasy VII | about 37 hours for the main story |
| Grand Theft Auto V | about 32 hours for the main story |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | about 26 hours for the main story |
| Hollow Knight | about 25 hours for the main story |

## Common questions

### How long does it take to play Portal 2?

about 8 hours 30 minutes for the main story — single-player campaign; completionist runs are roughly 20 hours.

### What does that assume?

Player-reported median for the single-player campaign. Co-op is excluded and adds about six hours.

### How long at a realistic pace?

two hours an evening — about 5 days.

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## Sources

- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place (/about/)