{"id":24940,"date":"2026-10-19T16:26:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/?p=24940"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:26:56","slug":"how-long-is-resonance-a-plague-tale-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/en-gb\/how-long-is-resonance-a-plague-tale-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Is Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy? Length, Chapters and Difficulty Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Sophia<\/p>

How long is Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy?<\/strong> According to developer Asobo Studio, it takes approximately 20 hours<\/strong> to complete. In practice, your time depends a lot on the difficulty you pick and how much you explore: some players on Steam report finishing the story in around 10 hours on Normal, while players hunting every secret and achievement take much longer.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything you need to know about Resonance’s length, its chapters, its five difficulty modes and the options that make it easier or harder.<\/p>\n

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy length at a glance<\/h2>\n\n
Official length<\/strong><\/td>About 20 hours (Asobo Studio)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Player-reported story time<\/strong><\/td>Around 10 hours on Normal for some players<\/td><\/tr>\n
Structure<\/strong><\/td>A linear story told in chapters (at least 14, according to Asobo’s patch notes)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Difficulty modes<\/strong><\/td>5: Story, Easy, Normal, Hard, Very Hard<\/td><\/tr>\n
Change difficulty mid-game?<\/strong><\/td>Yes, at any time<\/td><\/tr>\n
Quick-time events<\/strong><\/td>None<\/td><\/tr>\n
Need to play earlier games?<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n

How long is Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy to beat?<\/h2>\n

Asobo’s official answer, from the game’s FAQ, is that “Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy can be completed in approximately 20 hours.” That’s a little longer than A Plague Tale: Innocence and in the same ballpark as Requiem.<\/p>\n

Real playthroughs vary. Steam player Dansgaming<\/a> says it took them “about 10 hours on Normal Difficulty,” and several reviewers describe it as refreshingly short compared to today’s 60-hour epics. If you stop to explore every ruin, read your notebook, take photos and collect everything, expect something much closer to Asobo’s 20 hours. We played it right through to the end and, honestly, it still felt over too soon.<\/p>\n

How many chapters are in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy?<\/h2>\n

Resonance is a linear, story-driven game split into numbered chapters, like the earlier Plague Tale games. Asobo hasn’t published an official chapter count, but its 6 October patch notes mention fixes in chapters up to Chapter XIV<\/strong>, including a bug “in chapter XIV in which the book was not usable after credits.” So there are at least 14.<\/p>\n

The chapters move between three main settings: a plunderers’ camp in the lagoons near Venice, Venice itself at carnival time, and the Minotaur’s Island, where most of the game happens. Some chapters also take you back to the Minoan era as the hero Theseus.<\/p>\n

What are the difficulty modes in Resonance?<\/h2>\n

\"Sophia<\/p>\n

Resonance has five difficulty levels<\/strong>, and you can change between them at any time during the game. Asobo’s accessibility blog lists them as:<\/p>\n