HowLongToBeat

aid: howlongtobeat
name: HowLongToBeat
description: HowLongToBeat is a game completion time database that tracks how long it takes to finish thousands of video games.
  Community-sourced data provides average completion times across multiple play styles including main story, main story plus
  extras, completionist, and all styles. The site is owned by IGN Entertainment (Ziff Davis) and does not publish an official
  public API; all programmatic access relies on community-built wrappers that query the website directly.
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Games
- Video Games
- Game Completion Times
- Game Database
- Community Data
apis:
- aid: howlongtobeat:howlongtobeat-api
  name: HowLongToBeat API
  description: Community-accessible interface to HowLongToBeat game completion time data. Provides search-by-game-name and
    game-detail lookups returning main story, main story plus extras, completionist, and all-styles average times in hours
    for thousands of video games. No official API key or authentication is required; access is via community wrappers that
    scrape or proxy the howlongtobeat.com website.
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  humanURL: https://howlongtobeat.com
  baseURL: https://howlongtobeat.com/api
  tags:
  - Games
  - Video Games
  - Game Completion Times
  - Game Database
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://howlongtobeat.com
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: HowLongToBeat Support
    url: https://howlongtobeat.com
    email: ''
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://howlongtobeat.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://howlongtobeat.com
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/topics/howlongtobeat
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ign-entertainment
- type: Blog
  url: https://howlongtobeat.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://howlongtobeat.com
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://howlongtobeat.com
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/HowLongToBeat
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com