How long is Resident Evil Requiem?

Though Capcom's latest horror series installment has yet to reach our screens, we could already know how long Resident Evil Requiem will be.

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How long is Resident Evil Requiem? Resident Evil games are usually a pretty contained affair, offering a solid sitting or two's worth of spooky gameplay, depending on how lost in the sauce you get. Resident Evil Requiem follows the trend, but how long is it exactly?

Resident Evil Requiem has finally arrived, and Grace's horror game debut is very much the terrifying experience we hoped for; the multiplayer prototype Requiem was born out of was canned simply for not being scary enough, so expect nothing less than sheer terror. After multiple playthroughs across the PCGamesN team, we can conclusively tell you exactly how long it'll take you to clear Capcom's latest.

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Resident Evil Requiem length

Resident Evil Requiem is between 8 and 12 hours long, based on PCGamesN's playthroughs. Requiem can easily be cleared in under ten hours if you're purely playing through the story, but expect to spend a few extra hours achievement and collectible hunting.

Originally, Capcom hinted that Requiem would land somewhere between 12 and 15 hours. Speaking to Italian publication Everyeye, Kumazawa says (translated to English via Google): "We're aiming for a playthrough roughly similar to that of Resident Evil 4 Remake." In the same interview, Nakanishi clarifies: "I think that each game, depending on how it is approached, takes a different time. And not necessarily specifically compared to Resident Evil 4, but I would say in most of the main chapters it had roughly the same volume of gameplay. So we could say it like this: you can expect a quantity of content in line with that typical of a Resident Evil."

This was also backed up by a November 2025 post from Dusk Golem, who said at the time that they'd heard from elsewhere that Requiem "is longer than Village, but a bit shorter than RE:4."

The length of the Resident Evil games has historically spanned anywhere from six to 20 hours, with its newer mainline installments typically trending longer.

The bite-sized Resident Evil 3 Remake is the shortest of the bunch, while the sprawling Resident Evil 6 is by far the heftiest installment to date. Village clocked in around the ten-hour mark, with Resi 7 rolling credits around the same time. Requiem, for most, will take as much time to beat as Village.

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