How Long to Beat God of War

2:04 God of War Ragnarok takes about 26.5 hours for the main story, 40.5 with side content and 55.5 hours to do everything, by HowLongToBeat's player times on Nov 4, 2026, and God of War (2018) about 20.5, 33 and 51 hours. IGN's reviewer, in the clip, finished Ragnarok in just over 28 hours with a fair few side quests done. The Greek games are much shorter: from 5.5 hours for Chains of Olympus to 12 hours for God of War II. Playing the two Norse games back to back before God of War Laufey is about 47 hours of main story. Laufey itself has no length: Santa Monica Studio has given no figure, nobody outside the studio has played it, and it is due May 20, 2027, as of Nov 4, 2026.

Quick facts

Source: HowLongToBeat, Nov 4, 2026.

How long is each God of War game?

HowLongToBeat averages the times its players submit, in three styles: main story only, main story plus extras, and completionist (every collectible, side quest and trophy). The numbers move a little each day as players add times; these were read on Nov 4, 2026.

Sources: HowLongToBeat pages for God of War (2005), God of War II, Betrayal, Chains of Olympus, God of War III, Ghost of Sparta, Ascension, God of War (2018), Ragnarok, Valhalla, Sons of Sparta, Laufey and the Trilogy Remake, with the search for "god of war" for A Call from the Wilds, Nov 4, 2026.

How long is God of War Ragnarok?

10:28 About 26.5 hours for the story alone and 55.5 hours to finish everything, on HowLongToBeat as of Nov 4, 2026. The players who logged exact times average 27 hours 10 minutes for the main story (1,500 of them), 41 hours 25 minutes with extras and 57 hours 8 minutes as completionists. The platform makes little difference: PC players report 27 hours 16 minutes and PS5 players 27 hours 7 minutes for the main story. GameSpot's reviewer finished it on PS5 in 35 hours, at a reviewer's pace with some side content. Gameranx's reviewer, in the clip, took about 30 hours, doing maybe 70% of the side quests.

4:24 The free Valhalla epilogue adds about 6 hours, or 10.5 to complete; Kotaku's run took about seven hours. Skill Up, in the clip, calls it a well-made roguelike over a tight 6-hour run. Because Valhalla is a roguelite, more runs at higher difficulties can stretch it well past that. The God of War Ragnarok New Game Plus mode starts the whole game again with harder enemies.

How long is God of War (2018)?

0:04 About 20.5 hours for the main story, 33 hours with side content and 51 hours as a completionist, on HowLongToBeat as of Nov 4, 2026, from a large pool: 27,700 players had marked it beaten. PS4 players report slightly longer runs than PC and PS5 players, 21 hours 28 minutes against 20 hours 57 minutes and 20 hours 16 minutes. The fastest any% speedrun logged there was 9 hours 10 minutes. IGN's review, in the clip, describes its design paying off over the course of 25 hours.

How long are the Greek games?

Short by modern standards. The PlayStation 2 and PSP games were built as tight action games, so the main stories run from 5.5 hours (Chains of Olympus) to 12 hours (God of War II) on HowLongToBeat, and reviews at the time agree: GameSpot finished Chains of Olympus in under seven hours, and Eurogamer gave God of War II "a solid 15 hours" on normal. Each one has an unlockable challenge mode and a harder God mode that extend the completionist time.

The collections are listed as single entries with one "Solo" time: God of War Collection 22.5 hours, Origins Collection 14 hours and God of War Saga 37.5 hours, as of Nov 4, 2026.

3:42 The 2026 prequel God of War Sons of Sparta is the exception at 20.5 hours of main story, long for a 2D game, but its reviewers agree: IGN called it "around 20 hours" and GameSpot's reviewer played roughly 24 hours.

How long is God of War Laufey?

Not known. As of Nov 4, 2026 Santa Monica Studio has published no length, HowLongToBeat has no times, and there have been no hands-on previews; the only long look is the roughly 20 minutes of a pre-release build shown at State of Play on Jun 2, 2026. Any figure seen elsewhere is a guess. The two games PlayStation recommends first, God of War (2018) and Ragnarok, come to about 47 hours of main story together, or about 106 hours for everything, so starting by mid-March 2027 at ten hours a week is enough to finish both stories before May 20. See What to Play Before Laufey.

Frequently asked questions

How long is God of War Ragnarok? God of War Ragnarok takes about 26.5 hours to beat and 55.5 hours to complete everything, by HowLongToBeat's player averages on Nov 4, 2026. The free Valhalla epilogue adds about 6 more hours.

How long is God of War (2018)? God of War (2018) takes about 20.5 hours for the main story, 33 hours with side quests and 51 hours to complete, on HowLongToBeat as of Nov 4, 2026.

How long is God of War Laufey? God of War Laufey's length is not known. Santa Monica Studio has not given one, and nobody outside the studio has played it before its May 20, 2027 release, as of Nov 4, 2026.

What is the shortest God of War game? Of the console and handheld games, Chains of Olympus is the shortest God of War game at about 5.5 hours. The phone game Betrayal takes about 2 hours, and A Call from the Wilds about 45 minutes.

What is the longest God of War game? God of War Ragnarok is the longest God of War game: about 26.5 hours for the story and 55.5 hours to complete, on HowLongToBeat as of Nov 4, 2026.

How long does it take to beat every God of War game? Adding HowLongToBeat's main-story times for every released God of War game, Valhalla included, gives about 127 hours as of Nov 4, 2026, about 53 of them in God of War (2018), Ragnarok and Valhalla.

Sources

• HowLongToBeat: God of War: Ragnarök, HowLongToBeat, Nov 4, 2026
• HowLongToBeat: God of War (2018), HowLongToBeat, Nov 4, 2026
• HowLongToBeat: God of War: Ragnarök - Valhalla, HowLongToBeat, Nov 4, 2026
• HowLongToBeat: search "god of war", HowLongToBeat, Nov 4, 2026, and the game pages linked under the table
• God Of War Laufey Delayed To May, Game Informer (Wesley LeBlanc), Nov 4, 2026
• God Of War Ragnarok Review - Blood, Sweat, And Tyrs, GameSpot (Tamoor Hussain), Nov 3, 2022
• God of War Ragnarok Valhalla DLC review, Kotaku (Kenneth Shepard), Dec 14, 2023
• God of War: Chains of Olympus Review, GameSpot (Aaron Thomas), Mar 5, 2008
• God of War II review, Eurogamer (Kristan Reed), Apr 27, 2007
• God of War Sons of Sparta Review, IGN (Jarrett Green), Feb 19, 2026
• God Of War: Sons Of Sparta Review, GameSpot (Steve Watts), Mar 3, 2026
• God of War Ragnarok Review, IGN, Nov 3, 2022 (video)
• God of War Ragnarok - Before You Buy, gameranx, Nov 3, 2022 (video)
• I strongly recommend: God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla (Review), Skill Up, Dec 27, 2023 (video)
• God of War Review (2018), IGN, Apr 12, 2018 (video)
• God of War Sons of Sparta Review, IGN, Feb 20, 2026 (video)