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Digimon Story: Time Stranger – How long to beat

Digimon Story: Time Stranger is a long game, and it's even longer if you want to complete everything

By Oliver Brandt

Bandai Namco

Digimon Story: Time Stranger, the latest game in the Digimon franchise, is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and it’s a pretty big game. Like many JRPGs, there’s a host of dungeons to explore, plenty of cool and adorable creatures to collect, and a bunch of side quests. 

In this guide we’ll go over how long it takes to beat Digimon Story: Time Stranger, both for a regular playthrough and for 100% completion. 

How long does it take to beat Digimon Story: Time Stranger? 

How long you spend in Digimon Story: Time Stranger will depend on a number of factors. If you complete all of the side quests and optional dungeons, try to get every Digimon in the game, and play on a higher difficulty, you’re going to spend more time with the game than if you beeline through the story on the lowest difficulty setting. 

With that in mind, we expect the average player to play for about 40-50 hours before the credits roll in Digimon Story:  Time Stranger. This includes all of the main story, most but not all of the side quests, and a decent amount of Field Guide completion, while playing on the normal difficulty mode. 

How long does it take to 100% Digimon Story: Time Stranger?

To get 100% completion in Digimon Story: Time Stranger, you’ll need to finish the game on the highest difficulty, collect every Digimon in the Field Guide, complete every side quest, and clear every dungeon. This is quite a challenge, all things considered, and will take a considerable amount of time compared to an average run through the game. 

We expect that 100% completion on Digimon Story: Time Stranger will take about 60-80 hours. 

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Full Achievement List 

Digimon Story: Time Stranger has 45 regular achievements or trophies, with an additional achievement for obtaining all other achievements on platforms that support it. You’ll want to collect all of these achievements if you’re aiming for 100% completion, and while some are very easy to get, others will require a bit of legwork. 

We’ve got the full list of achievements below, but be warned that there are some story spoilers in the list.

Story Achievements

  • My Very First Battle – Defeat an enemy for the first time.
  • The Secrets of Conversion – Convert a Digimon with a Scan Rate of 200%. 
  • Signs of an Anomaly – Witness signs of an anomaly. 
  • The Shinjuku Inferno – Get caught in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building explosion. 
  • The Time Stranger – Travel through time into the past. 
  • Welcome to the In-Between Theater – Visit the special dimension that exists between space-time worlds known as the In-Between. 
  • Visitor from the Digital World – Befriend Minervamon. 
  • The World Where Digimon Live – Visit the Digital World. 
  • A Moment’s Respite – Reclaim Central Tower.
  • Power Interrupted – Restore the reactor located in the Factorial Area. 
  • The Lonely Warrior – Drive the Titans from the Abyss Area. 
  • The Great Guardian – Evolve into Aegiochusmon.
  • Back to the Real World…? – Return to Shinjuku eight years in the future. 
  • A Token of Peace – Deliver the wine to Neptunemon
  • Peace on the High Seas – Rewrite the Abyss Area’s destiny. 
  • Breath of the Great Tree – Rewrite the Gear Forest’s destiny. 
  • SDGP Champion – Become the SGDP Champion.
  • PCGT Champion – Become the PCGT Champion.
  • Central Town Reclaimed! – Reclaim Central Town. 
  • Historical Truths – Get the truth from Plutomon.
  • Action Figures FTW – Rescue Vulcanusmon. 
  • A Bond Restored – Free Junomon from the spell. 
  • The Final Light – Light the light clock’s final light. 
  • Aegiomon’s Vow – Renew the vow that Aegiomon pledged under the starry sky. 
  • To a World Far, Far Away – Bring an end to the story. 

Optional Achievements

  • The Pinnacle of Existence – Complete the game on Mega+ difficulty.
  • A Mighty Blow – Achieve a rating of “EXCELLENT!!!” when attacking an enemy’s weak point. 
  • Unrivaled Strength – Defeat an enemy of Ultimate or greater Generation with a single DigiAttack.
  • Initial Digivolution – Digivolve a Digimon for the first time.
  • Maiden De-Digivolution – De-Digivolve a Digimon for the first time. 
  • Hard Work Pays Off – Train Digimon on the Digifarm 30 times. 
  • Card Battle Debut – Win a card battle. 
  • A Card of Legend – Obtain a legendary card. 
  • Darkness Awakens – Digivolve into Aegiochusmon: Dark. 
  • Beyond Digivolution – Register Chronomon: Destroy Mode in the Field Guide. 
  • An Agent’s Proclivities – Collect ten or more costumes.
  • Elite Agent – Raise your Agent Rank to the maximum level. 
  • Grand Slam – Become champion of The Greatest OMNI Carnival. 
  • Gajillionaire – Spend 1,000,000 YEN in shops.
  • Dreams or Reality? – Collect all of Hiroko Sagisaka’s Monikers. 
  • All Eyes on Me! – Collect all of Etemon’s Soul Bits. 
  • Silent Envy – Collect all of Dr. Kuga’s Core Dumps. 
  • Royal Knights, Assemble! – Summon all of the Royal Knights to Central Tower. 
  • The In-Between Explorer – Discover all of the Outer Dungeons. 
  • Problem Solver – Solve all of the Outer Dungeons’ mysteries
  • Agent of Perfection – Obtain all of the trophies/achievements. 
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