Calculate how long your gaming backlog will take to complete. Add games and see your total hours and finish date.
Total hours
261
hours of gaming
At 10h/week
26.1
weeks to complete
Finish date
Feb 2027
at current pace
Hours are approximate estimates. Actual playtimes vary based on difficulty, playstyle, and whether you skip cutscenes. Data based on HowLongToBeat community averages.
Studies suggest the average gamer has 40+ unplayed games in their library. On Steam alone, the average completion rate for games is around 50% — half of all purchased games are never finished. The humble bundle era created a generation of backlog hoarders.
HowLongToBeat.com data shows that completionist playthroughs average 3–4x longer than main story runs. Open-world games like Skyrim (35 hrs main vs 232 hrs completionist) show the most extreme variance. JRPGs like Persona 5 can take 100+ hrs even for just the main story.
If you play 10 hours a week, you get through roughly 2–3 substantial games per month if sticking to the main story. Many people underestimate how long games actually take, leading to backlog pile-up during sales.
Many players feel obligated to finish a game they don't enjoy because they paid for it. Remember that your time is the scarcer resource. It is perfectly valid to stop playing a game that isn't enjoyable, regardless of how much it cost.
The data in this tool is sourced from community submissions on HowLongToBeat.com, the largest crowdsourced game time database. For any game not listed here, visit HLTB directly for accurate times based on thousands of community submissions.
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3 open-world games, 10 hrs/week
150–300+ hours — approximately 15–30 weeks
5 indie games, 15 hrs/week
40–100 hours — approximately 3–7 weeks
According to HowLongToBeat data, the average AAA game takes about 12 hours to complete the main story. The longest mainline game ever tracked is Persona 5 Royal at 102 hours for the main story alone.