Ahead of Dying Light 2: Stay Human's launch, developer Techland boasted that the first-person parkour game set in a zombie apocalypse would take players roughly 500 hours to complete. That number indicates how long it will take players to see absolutely everything that Dying Light 2 has to offer, including the outcome of dozens of story choices (requiring multiple playthroughs). So assuming you're only going to play through Dying Light 2 once, how long is it going to take you?

How long does it take to beat Dying Light 2?

Honestly, it really depends on how much you want to pull out of it. GameSpot guides editor Mark Delaney played through Dying Light 2's campaign for review, finishing the story in about 48 hours. Though he strayed from the main path in order to complete side quests that he ran across, he didn't go out of his way to chase everything down--only pursuing whatever happened to catch his fancy.

Mark estimates that, all told, the critical path missions in Dying Light 2 took him 20-25 hours, so you can expect that level of commitment if you only want to play the main campaign. Looking at the map, he predicts he still has a couple dozen hours of content left over, estimating his final playtime would be over 80 hours if he decided to go back and do everything.