Despite being compared toHollow Knight,Have a Nice Deathis aunique roguelike with an engaging backtracking system. And it encourages players to beat the game multiple times, which adds to the overall playtime. But regardless, everyone wants to knowhow long it takes to beatHave a Nice Deathin different styles. Is the campaign as extensive as the games it’s being compared with? Or is it another short roguelike that is not worth the price?
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How Long Does It Take to Beat Have a Nice Death?
On average,it takes 6.5 hours to beatHave a Nice Death. But rushing through the main story events can decrease the playtime to 4 hours. And a slow-paced, leisure walkthrough would increase it to 10 hours.
InHave a Nice Death, each section has five floors, with the first and third always randomized. So, the average campaign length is somewhat affected by the game’s RNG, Random Number Generator.
How Long To 100% The Game?
Have a Nice Deathhas 37 achievements and countless side quests, whichtake up to 42 hours to complete on 100%. But the fastest completionists could beat the game in 26 hours.
What’s the Speedrun Record for Beating Have a Nice Death?
Currently,the speedrun world record forHave a Nice Deathis 14 minutes and 50 seconds. But the record is set for an older game version (V0.1.4.3.2). Speedruns for newer editions, such as V0.4, are 71% slower—and land around 24 minutes.
Does the Fast Food Update Add to the Campaign Length?
Sincethe Fast Food update adds a new biome, The Toxic Food Processing Department, and three new boss fights, Candice, P. Gorske, and Waldo, it does stretch the campaign for at least half an hour. But since the update was released before the game’s alpha launch, it doesn’t change the overall playtime of the final version.
Is ‘Have a Nice Death’ a Long Roguelike?
Compared toHollow Knight, the game that has seemingly inspired Magic Design Studios,Have a Nice Deathis not a long roguelike. It comes with a maximum of 50-hour gameplay, whereasHollow Knighttakes at least 61 hours to complete.
But one could argue thatHave a Nice Death’s playtime is average because mostmodern indie roguelikeslikeEyes in the Darkoffer as little as 2–3 hours of gameplay—which is way shorter.
Have a Nice Deathis available now for PC and Nintendo Switch.
