Longest Dungeons & Dragons game

Summary

• D&D games have different completion times, with Chronicles of Mystara taking 19 hours to complete.
• Eye of the Beholder offers a 20 hour completion time with a classic dungeon master feel.
• Dark Alliance and Heroes takes approximately 28 hours to complete, providing unique experiences for D&D fans.

There are tons of video games that use Dungeons & Dragons IP, and like the campaigns they are based on, the time it takes to complete them can vary from a few minutes to several hours. It's not just how fun a game is that indicates quality, but how much content there is to experience.

The website HowLongToBeat rates games in three ways; the main story, the main story and some extras, and the conclusion. The following selections for the longest D&D games are considered to use Completionist game times. Main Storylines run about half that on average, with the Main Storyline and Extras estimate varying depending on the additional patches or DLCs.

Only games with '
Dungeons & Dragons
' in the title has been considered, so this will not include games that only use
D&D
rule set.

7 Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara

Complementary: 19 hours

Chronicles of Mystras is a compilation of two D&D games; Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara and Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doomand they were originally arcade games before being released on PC and consoles. Both were originally released in the 1990s and retain the vintage look with the benefit of modern graphics to add some interest and depth to the 2D view.

Both games are side scrollers and include traditional D&D elements related to choosing and building a character. Players begin by choosing a Fighter, Cleric, Elf, or Dwarf. The Elf is the casting and thief class and the Dwarf is ideal for melee. In the first game, the party must save the land of Mystra from monsters and evil magic, and in the second, they proceed to the Tower of Doom to seek out and destroy the final boss.

6 The eye of the beholder

Complementary: 20 hours

• Developer: Westwood Associates
• Publisher: Strategic Simulations, Inc.
• Release date: 1991

The eye of the beholderThe original version was in DOS on the Amiga computer, but by 1994 it had also been published for Windows 98, Sega and Super Nintendo. Players familiar with the classic Dungeon Master will recognize the first-person dungeon and panels that set this game apart from other CRPGs that use isometric angles.

The game's setting is Waterdeep, and the adventurers have been hired to seek out a magical force that emanates evil from beneath the city. The plot is simple that focuses on the basic adventure, which includes dungeon crawlers, mini-quests and gifts or rewards of equipment and loot until the party finds and destroys Xanathar, the titular Beholder.

5 Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Completionist: 28 hours

Not to be confused with Baldur's Gate game that also uses the title “Dark Alliance”, this game is meant to allude to the older titles that are set in everyone's favorite Faerunian city but are completely independent of the plot and take place elsewhere. Icewind Dale is the setting for Dark Allianceand the frozen climate adds the element of survival to the standard adventure module.

The Legend of Drizzt the novel series is also based in this region, which is partly why the game features several characters from the story, including the famous Drow himself. Players can venture into the cold wasteland alone and switch between the available characters, or join a co-op adventure with 3 more friends.

4 Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes

Complementary: 28.5 hours

• Developer: Atari Interactive Hunt Valley Studio
• Publisher: Atari Interactive
• Release date: September 16, 2003

Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes is only available on Xbox, which has limited its impact on the gaming world to some extent. Even if it is one D&D-based gameplay it's more of a hack-and-slash with RPG elements as opposed to an adaptation of a traditional tabletop campaign.

A player can take on the wizard Kaedin alone or recruit three friends to join their party. Character choices are based on pre-rolled options consisting of a Dwarf Priest, an Elven Wizard, a Halving Rogue, and a Human Fighter. Each has a backstory that makes the story personal on some level and has a unique, ancestral weapon that helps them destroy the evil wizard.

3 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance

Completionist: 42 hours

• Developer: Strategic simulations
• Publisher: Strategic simulations
• Release date: June 1988

Pool of Radiance was originally released as an MS-DOS game, and although it was also available on the Mac and Amiga in 1990, the only console to ever have a version of it was one for the NES launched in 1992. A novel about Forgotten Realms with the same setting and plot was released in 1989 as part of the franchise's publicity.

There is a higher level of character customization in this title than in others of the same era, often giving players a choice of characters with their races and classes already decided. Six races are offered along with four classes, but only non-humans are allowed to participate in multiple classes, and choosing a moral alignment is mandatory.

2 Lords of Waterdeep

Complementary: 58 hours

• Developer: Play deck
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
• Release date: November 21, 2013

Lords of Waterdeep recreates the tabletop module of the same name in digital form and has both an offline version for solo play and an online version for a traditional game with friends. It was originally an Apple game but is now available on Android and Windows, and is a popular digital version of a D&D game on each platform.

The plot of this game is not defined by a series of quests or an overarching evil that must be defeated, but by which character can best take on the role of a Masked Lord. This is Waterdeep's secretive ruling class, the merchants and politicians who control the port city, and victory is more about planning than combat.

1 Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics

Complementary: 59.5 hours

• Developer: Kuju Entertainment
• Publisher: Atari
• Release date: August 14, 2007

Two dragons fighting for the prize of divinity is at the heart of this D&D game, a tactical RPG limited only by its single platform, the PlayStation Portable. The rules are firmly based on 3.5 Edition and it is a single player game where the main character can choose different companions to join them.

The game allows the player to choose from the usual 11 classes with two additions unique to this module, Psion and Psychic Warrior. Those who prefer to get straight to the game can browse the library of pre-rolled picks covering virtually every possible combination.