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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Length: How Many Chapters Are There?

There's a little confusion as to just how long Final Fantasy 7 Remake is. In this guide, we'll explain that, and also give a list of chapters.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake is only a remake of the Midgar portion of the original game. This only ran around 8 hours, though the remake adds a lot of new content, to the point where it is definitely a full game in itself. Even with that clarification, many are confused as to how long the game is. We'll answer that, and also give a list of all of the chapters below, so that you can plot your course through FF7 Remake.

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How Long is Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Final Fantasy 7 Remake will take you between 40 and 50 hours if you take on absolutely every side activity. We ran through the game in 45, did all of the side missions, and had time to explore. This was at normal difficulty. Obviously on easier or harder difficulties the playtime will be slightly different.

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Chapters List - How Many Chapters Are There?

There are 18 chapters to play through in Final Fantasy 7 Remake. They vary in length, as some contain multiple missions and take place over more than one location. Here's a full chapters list: (for a full list of the Music Disc locations, head here)

  1. Chapter 1: The Destruction of Mako Reactor 1
  2. Chapter 2: Fateful Encounters
  3. Chapter 3: Home Sweet Slum
  4. Chapter 4: Mad Dash
  5. Chapter 5: Dogged Pursuit
  6. Chapter 6: Light the Way
  7. Chapter 7: A Trap is Sprung
  8. Chapter 8: Budding Bodyguard
  9. Chapter 9: The Town That Never Sleeps
  10. Chapter 10: Rough Waters
  11. Chapter 11: Haunted
  12. Chapter 12: Fight for Survival
  13. Chapter 13: A Broken World
  14. Chapter 14: In Search of Hope
  15. Chapter 15: The Day Midgar Stood Still
  16. Chapter 16: The Belly of the Beast
  17. Chapter 17: Deliverance from Chaos
  18. Chapter 18: Destiny’s Crossroads

Is Final Fantasy 7 Remake the Whole Game?

As we mentioned previously, Final Fantasy 7 Remake does not remake the whole of the original game. It is just Midgar, taking what was a less than 10 hour experience and building it up to a 45 hour one. The rest of the story will be released in separate games. There is currently no timeline for this.

We're pretty big Final Fantasy fans here at USG, so there's plenty more to read on the site. For a start, there's Mike's interview with the director of FF14. Elsewhere there's Kat's review of FF7 Remake.

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