Unofficial guide · Launch edition · Last checked Confirmed Reported Conflict After unlock
How long to beat Phantom Blade Zero, and how New Game Plus works
Expect about 20 to 30 hours for the main story, roughly 35 to 45 with side content, and 45 to 55 hours or more for 100%. The sources overlap but do not agree to the hour. Conflict· Game Rant New Game+ exists and opens after you finish the story. Reported· Game Rant
Playtime by goal
Each estimate is shown with who gave it. We do not average them, and none has been confirmed by S-GAME for the final game.
Length · sources
Developer, 2025 interviews
Developer main-story estimate: roughly 20-30 hours (Dec 2025 interview; same figure in a Jan 2025 Chinese-outlet report), plus ~20 hours of side content (2025 report).
Main story only: sources give 20-25, 25-30 and 20-30 hours.
Game Rant, 26 Oct 2026 Phantom Blade Zero: How Long To Beat & Chapter List
Push Square, 26 Oct 2026 Phantom Blade Zero Review (PS5) Reviewer Liam Croft; version reviewed PS5 Pro
Game Rant, 18 Dec 2025 Phantom Blade Zero Has More Endings Than Elden Ring
How we handle it: The ranges overlap but their edges differ, and the developer figure dates from 2025. We show each; none has been confirmed by S-GAME for the final game.
Completionist: 45-50 hours (Insider Gaming), 50-55 hours (Game Rant); PowerPyx puts the Platinum at 30-40 hours.
Insider Gaming, 26 Oct 2026 Phantom Blade Zero Review - Insider Gaming Played on PS5 Pro
Game Rant, 26 Oct 2026 Phantom Blade Zero: How Long To Beat & Chapter List
PowerPyx Phantom Blade Zero Trophy Guide & Roadmap
How we handle it: The Platinum estimate and the completionist estimates measure different goals, which is likely why they differ: the trophies do not require every collectible.
Conflict · Length
Completionist: 30-40 or 45-55 hours?
Completionist: 45-50 hours (Insider Gaming), 50-55 hours (Game Rant); PowerPyx puts the Platinum at 30-40 hours.
Insider Gaming, 26 Oct 2026 Phantom Blade Zero Review - Insider Gaming Played on PS5 Pro
Game Rant, 26 Oct 2026 Phantom Blade Zero: How Long To Beat & Chapter List
PowerPyx Phantom Blade Zero Trophy Guide & Roadmap
How we handle it: The Platinum estimate and the completionist estimates measure different goals, which is likely why they differ: the trophies do not require every collectible.
Your time moves with difficulty and how many deaths you take. Dying costs nothing you carry, so a hard boss costs minutes, not progress (see save and fast travel). We did not find HowLongToBeat figures we could cite.
New Game Plus
Kept on this page for now because the confirmed part is short. It gets its own page if carry-over details turn up.
New Game+ · sources
How it opens
New Game+ is available after you finish the story. Before starting it you can return to the Bell before the final battle, and you can revisit areas to collect missed items and finish remaining tales, except missable ones.
What New Game+ carries over (levels, gear, collectibles) is not stated by any source we have read; PowerPyx only says you can keep cleaning up trophies there.
After unlock
66 Days mode
66 Days mode becomes selectable from the second playthrough, i.e. after you clear the game once.
S-GAME's director letter ties 66 Days to the second playthrough; Fextralife says the extreme mode Hellwalker unlocks only after finishing once on a difficulty it calls Gamechanger.
How we handle it: Every other source we hold lists Wayfarer, Pathbreaker and Hellwalker as selectable standard tiers and does not name a Gamechanger tier. We do not pick a side; check the in-game difficulty menu.
66 Days is optional: no trophy requires it. Reported· Push Square The rules of the mode are on the 66 Days page. After the story you can also return to the Bell before the final battle instead of starting a new run.
What we're still checking
Questions
How long is it?
Main story about 20-30 hours; 35-45 hours with side content; 45-55+ hours for completionists (reviewers range 40-50 h).
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