How Long Does It Take To Beat Assassin’s Creed Shadows?

The amount of time that it takes to beat Assassin’s Creed Shadows and complete its main story depends entirely on your playstyle.

After a lot of delays and setbacks, Assassin’s Creed Shadows has finally released, and you get to continue the Assassin-Templar conflict in a beautiful feudal Japan. Ubisoft Quebec has done an incredible job with this game, and you would generally spend a significant amount of time enjoying all of its splendor. The past iterations of the AC franchise have been incredibly long and unnecessarily grindy (apart from Mirage.) Fortunately, that changes with Shadows, and you will not have to spend an excessively long time beating it.

In most cases, you will be able to beat the main story of Assassin’s Creed Shadows in about 35 hours. This is considering you take a linear approach for the most part, while also doing some side missions. A speedrun will take a little less time, but completionist is going to be significantly longer considering there are a lot of objectives to complete. In this article, we will explore how much time it will take to beat Assassin’s Creed Shadows based on different playstyles.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Completion Times Explored

Assassin’s Creed Shadows does a great job of not being too harsh on you unlike some previous titles. Instead, the game has a very smooth flow that is not very grindy. For the most part, you will not face any such “walls” where leveling up will become an issue. In case you are stuck at a lower-than-required level, two or three side missions will usually get you back on your required level again.

Difficulty is not going to play a big factor in the completion time for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. However, the choice between Canon mode or Immersive mode will likely cause a fluctuation of approximately 3-4 hours. That said, here is how long you will need to beat Assassin’s Creed Shadows for all playstyles:

• Speedrun: ~30 hours
• Average: ~35 hours
• Completionist: ~75 hours

AC Shadows Completion Times Explained

AC Shadows is not a game that you should speedrun, and there is not a very big scope for it either. If you skip all the side missions, you would be able to finish the main story of the game in around 30 hours. However, this will mean tackling some tough fights while being under-leveled. You would need to be extremely confident about your combat and dodging skills to come out of these tricky situations.

On an average, you should be able to finish the story in 35-40 hours. This is an organic flow, where you do not really explicitly hunt for any side quests. This mode allows you to have your time while enjoying all aspects of the world, while also doing additional missions to help your cause.

A completionist run would take a lot of time, roughly around 75-80 hours for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. There are a lot of side content for you to complete, and a lot of enemies that you need to kill. Moreover, each area has its own share of secrets that need to be found. These might take a bit of time with the convoluted pathways and challenges as well.

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