How Long Is Kingdom Hearts

The Kingdom Hearts franchise is a bit notorious for having a complicated list of entries. It's difficult to even nail down a simple answer to how many games are in the series, thanks to multiple re-releases and now defunct mobile/browser games. However, several collections have been made to consolidate the series, including the Kingdom Hearts: All-In-One-Package that contains every game up to Kingdom Hearts 3.

The series can be a bit daunting for new players, who might wonder just how long it takes to beat Kingdom Hearts. Despite having a reputation for being convoluted, the Kingdom Hearts franchise is straightforward to play through, and some games can be experienced through cutscene movies rather than the full package.

Updated June 15, 2024 by Mark Sammut: Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- is now available on Steam, potentially introducing Square Enix's crossover franchise to a whole new audience. That package contains a lot of content, covering multiple full games along with a few cutscene compilations. It can keep someone busy for months on end, but how long is Kingdom Hearts overall?

The completion times were sourced from HowLongToBeat,

The Length Of Each Kingdom Heart Game

• 	Kingdom Hearts	Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories	Kingdom Hearts 2	Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance	Kingdom Hearts 3	Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
  Platform(s)	PS2	Nintendo Game Boy Advance	PS3, PS4, PS2, PC	Nintendo DS	Nintendo DS	PSP, PS3	3DS	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One	Xbox Series S, Xbox One S, Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One X
  Released	2002-09-17	2004-12-07	2006-03-28	2011-01-11	2009-05-30	2010-01-09	2012-07-31	2019-01-25	2020-11-13
  Developer(s)	Square Enix	Jupiter, Square Enix	Square Enix	h.a.n.d.	H.a.n.d., Square Enix	Square Enix	Square Enix	Square Enix	Square Enix, indieszero
  Genre(s)	Action RPG	Digital Card Game, Action RPG	Action RPG, Hack and Slash	Action RPG	Action-Adventure, Fighting, Action RPG	Action-Adventure, Fighting, Action RPG	Action RPG	Action, Adventure	Rhythm

Focusing on the vanilla console releases, there are 11 Kingdom Hearts games, along with the Re:Mind DLC. However, Square Enix has released updated versions for quite a few entries that add content, streamline the campaign, or adapt the experience for other platforms. More importantly, these iterations are usually the ones included in compilations.

Furthermore, some titles in the franchise are not included in game form in Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 Remix, and these collections are more likely to be picked up by newcomers to the series than the original releases. 358/2 Days and Re:Coded were both Nintendo DS titles that were remastered as cutscene movies for the remixes. As both games are still worth playing separately, their DS playtimes will be included in the following table detailing the length of every Kingdom Hearts game.

Other Kingdom Hearts Content

In addition to the games, there is also the movie Kingdom Hearts X: Back Cover, which is only an hour long. It revolves around the Foretellers and the story is elaborated upon in Kingdom Hearts Union X. In regard to KHUX and Dark Road, both mobile games contained within the same app, the online service has already been discontinued. The app will still be downloadable to experience the story. Dark Road's cutscenes lead up to about an hour of story content. KHUX is harder to nail down numbers for, but cutscenes lead to about eight hours of actual main story content.

Kingdom Hearts Mobile debuted in 2008, but it was defunct in 2013.

How Long Is A Full Kingdom Hearts Playthrough

Taking the base versions of each console entry and DLC, the main story of Kingdom Hearts leads to 219 hours of playtime, while completionists have about 571 hours of playtime ahead of them.

However, newcomers to the series are more likely to play the following releases:

• Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-
• Kingdom Hearts 3
• Kingdom Hearts 3 Re:Mind
• Melody of Memory

Not only are these the most readily accessible versions of the games, but they are also part of PS Plus Extra, making it very easy for players to just work their way through the franchise. If someone were to stick to these releases, they would be looking at roughly 155 hours to complete Kingdom Hearts' main story, along with 436 hours for a completionist run.