No matter which game in the series you play, there will be lots to discover on yourPokemonjourney, alongside completing the main story. Whether you complete the Pokedex, explore postgame content, or simply see all the sights each region offers, you’ll likely spend plenty of hours with these games.
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If you’re curious about which Pokemon games have the longest main story and the most extra content once you’ve beaten all the Gyms and become the Champion, here are the average times it takes to complete the longest Pokemon games. You’ll need to verify you have lots of PokeBalls ready for these ones.
Main Story And Extras
47 Hours
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s open-world adventure has three different narratives to discover - take on the eight gyms to become the Champion, help Arvengather Herba Mysticaby battling Titan Pokemon, and confront Team Star at their bases.
Completing the main story in Paldea will take you around 32 hours, but you can add another 15 hours if you take your time exploring and catching more Pokemon along the way. As Scarlet & Violet are the first open-world Pokemon games, you might expect them to be longer, but it depends on how long you spend exploring the open areas.
71 Hours
The first mainline Pokemon games available on 3DS, X & Y took place in the Kalos region and introduced some mechanics now key to the series, including Pokemon you could ride in certain areas. Lysandre, the game’s main villain, aims to start the world anew and return it to its original ‘beautiful’ state.
Stopping Lysandre, alongside taking on the Gyms and Pokemon League, will take you around 32 hours. If you decide to do any extra content, such as the extra Looker story scenario orhunting Shinies in the Friend Safari, you’ll see a completion time closer to 71 hours or more.
62 Hours
Black & White’s story involves Team Plasma, a villain organization that wants to ‘free’ Pokemon from their Trainers by taking them by force. After receiving your first Pokemon from Professor Juniper, you meet a mysterious Trainer named N on your travels, who reveals himself as the King of Team Plasma.
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Unraveling this plot takes around 33 hours, but the games also have various other activities you can do, such as catching N’s Pokemon and taking part in Pokemon Musicals, which will increase your playtime to around 62 hours. If you want a challenge, you can also battle Sinnoh’s Champion, Cynthia, in Undella Town.
59 Hours
Set in the Alola region,Pokemon Sun & Moonsees you traveling across the four main islands to stop Team Skull, though you learn that Lusamine and the Aether Foundation are the real problems.
Unlike other Pokemon games, Sun & Moon had afresh take on Gym battlesand the Pokemon League, with the use of Island Trials instead. The entirety of Sun & Moon’s main story will take you about 33 hours to complete, with another 26 hours needed to finish extra content, such as capturing all the Ultra Beasts.
57 Hours
Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moontake place in an alternate reality to Sun & Moon, where another plotline involving the addition of Necrozma and the Ultra Recon Squad was added to the game. Surprisingly, this extra narrative only increased the main story by one hour compared to Sun & Moon.
These games also had different postgame content from the original games. Rather than justcatching Ultra Beasts, you can take on Rainbow Rocket, which involves battling previous antagonists from across the series, including Cyrus, Lysandre, and Giovanni.
65 Hours
Set two years after Black & White, Black 2 & White 2 sees you explore Unova once again. If you played either of the first two games, there will be familiar characters, and you’ll get to see how they’ve changed while experiencing a new story.
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Compared to Black & White, the sequels are only a few hours more in length, coming in at 35 hours for the main story and 65 hours if you complete optional activities, such as visiting postgame towns or taking part in the Pokemon World Tournament.
69 Hours
Platinum’s alternate version of Sinnoh offers an improved experience ofDiamond & Pearl, with more areas to explore and general gameplay enhancements. Sinnoh’s villainous organization, Team Galactic, is helmed by Cyrus, who desires the power of Dialga and Palkia to create his ideal world.
Exploring Sinnoh and defeating Cyrus as well as the Pokemon League in Platinum will take you around 35 hours. You’ll likely spend an additional 34 hours if you spend time in the Battle Frontier, which was added in this version, or catching all the available roaming Legendary Pokemon.
74 Hours
The Generation 3 pair of games are some of the longest in the series, taking an average of 36 hours to complete the main story. Depending on the version you play, you’ll encounter Maxie or Archie on your travels around Hoenn, each aiming to awaken the games’ respective Legendary Pokemon.
Ruby & Sapphire introduced a variety of new mechanics to the series that became staples, including Abilities, Natures, andeven Double Battles, so it makes sense that they have longer playtimes than the two generations that came before them. With additional content, such as Pokemon Contests, there’s enough to keep you playing for around 74 hours too.
73 Hours
Remakes of Gold & Silver, HeartGold & SoulSilver take you on another journey across the Johto region with upgraded pixel graphics and extra areas for you to discover, such as the new Safari Zone. Your party Pokemon can also follow you in these games, which instantly became a fan-favorite mechanic.
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It’s no surprise that these games are some of the most popular among fans, considering its somewhat lengthy main story takes around 37 hours, and there are a whopping 73 hours for extra content, which includes returning to Kanto.
90 Hours
The original adventure in the Sinnoh region, Diamond & Pearl were the first mainline Pokemon games on the Nintendo DS and have the longest completion times for the entire series. These games are longer than their successors Platinum andLegends: Arceus, as well as their remakesBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Alongside its main story, which takes around 41 hours, you can explore beneath the Sinnoh region through the Underground, traverse the various postgame areas like the Resort and Survival Areas, or take part in Pokemon Super Contests, all of which can add up to 90 hours or more of playtime.
