Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave: about 96 hours with sidequests

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, shows a completion time of about 96 hours including sidequests, based on 4 completion reports 10 days after launch. The figure comes from HowLongToBeat, a site that compiles completion times from player-submitted reports. Since the game launched on September 17, about 350 players have logged it, but only those 4 have reported finishing it. Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, which launched the same day, has 6 completion reports among about 80 players who have logged the game.

Reports put the average completion time at about 62 hours for Fire Emblem Engage and about 75 hours for Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and compare both games with this entry in the series.

What fills those 96 hours? A gameplay report from a player who still hadn’t experienced every element after 70 hours points to the range of activities offered alongside combat. Players raise characters through training and meals, deepen relationships through conversations between characters, and complete quests and gather materials on the world map.

The early hours lean heavily on tutorials, and combat starts at a modest difficulty. As the game progresses, battle maps noticeably expand and the difficulty rises, according to the report.

Nintendo’s official store page highlights turn-based combat with units moved on a grid, along with powerful special attacks called Blaze Arts. Players also explore dungeons for resources, recruit allies in town, and hone their skills at a training ground.

The story follows four heroes who, guided by a goddess with power over time, take part in the Heroic Games held in a past empire and reweave fate from the past into the present. Players follow the separate paths of the four heroes: Cai, Dietrich, Theodora, and Leda. One Reddit post describes spending 30 hours to finally finish just one hero’s first chapter.

As of September 24, the game holds a Metascore of 89 from 71 reviews. IGN and Eurogamer both gave it a perfect score.

Early, forgiving battles teach the systems before players bring their trained characters onto increasingly expansive maps. With a runtime pushing 100 hours, settling in and building up a squad looks genuinely enjoyable.

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As of September 27, 2026