Resident Evil Requiem: How Long to Beat (Campaign Length, Platinum & Every Playthrough Timed)

I have now beaten Resident Evil Requiem four times. Once on Standard Classic, once on Insanity, once on Casual for collectibles, and once as a sub-four-hour speedrun for the Speed Demon trophy. Every single run taught me something new about the game’s pacing, and each one felt like a different experience despite covering the same ground.

The short answer to how long to beat Resident Evil Requiem is about 12 to 14 hours for a normal first playthrough. But that number shifts dramatically depending on difficulty, exploration habits, and whether you are chasing collectibles or just trying to see the credits roll. This guide breaks down the exact times I recorded across every run type, how they compare to previous Resident Evil games, and what you should expect from each difficulty setting.

If you are mid-playthrough and want to squeeze more value out of your run, our guides on all 33 antique coin locations and every Mr. Raccoon Memoriam will help you grab everything without needing a second pass.

Table of Contents

• How Long Is a Normal Playthrough?
• Campaign Length by Difficulty
• How Long Is Leon’s Campaign vs Grace’s?
• All Resident Evil Requiem Chapters Listed
• Completionist Playthrough Time
• How Long to Platinum Resident Evil Requiem?
• Speedrun Time (Speed Demon Trophy)
• How RE9 Compares to Previous Resident Evil Games
• FAQ

How Long Is a Normal Playthrough of Resident Evil Requiem?

A standard first playthrough on Standard Classic difficulty took me 14 hours and 22 minutes. I explored most rooms, opened every safe I found, read most files, and fought enemies instead of running past them. I missed about half the antique coins and roughly a third of the Mr. Raccoon Memoriams.

According to the team at GamesRadar, most players land in a similar range, with the average falling between 12 and 14 hours depending on playstyle. Their reviewer finished at around 14.5 hours with moderate exploration, while a more focused NG+ run clocked just 9 hours.

That 12 to 14 hour range feels right based on my experience. If you stop to soak in the atmosphere, read the lore files, and carefully search every corner of the Care Center, you will lean toward the higher end. If you know your way around survival horror games and push through encounters efficiently, you will finish closer to 10 or 11 hours.

Here is the breakdown based on my four playthroughs:

Playthrough	Difficulty	Time	Notes
First run	Standard Classic	14h 22m	Moderate exploration, some backtracking
Second run	Insanity	11h 15m	Knew the map, still thorough
Third run	Casual	16h 48m	Full collectible sweep
Fourth run	Standard Classic	3h 41m	Speedrun, skipped cutscenes

The gap between my first and second runs is mostly map knowledge. Once you know the Care Center layout and the critical path through East Raccoon City, you stop wasting time on dead ends and wrong turns. My Insanity run was actually shorter than Standard because I already had a mental map of every area.

Campaign Length by Difficulty Setting

Resident Evil Requiem offers three core difficulty modes plus a variant:

Casual gives you more ammo, weaker enemies, and more generous checkpoint spacing. It also marks interactive objects with a subtle glow. If you are playing purely for story, this is the fastest option. My Casual run took longer than the others only because I was deliberately hunting collectibles.

Standard (Modern) is the default. It features auto-save, generous resources, and moderate enemy aggression. Most first-time players will finish in 10 to 13 hours on this setting.

Standard (Classic) is my recommended first playthrough experience. It limits saves to typewriter ink ribbons, reduces ammo drops, and removes auto-save. You play more carefully, which adds time. Expect 12 to 15 hours.

Insanity unlocks after your first completion. Enemies hit harder, have more health, and some collectible placements change. The Girl in the Care Center becomes significantly more aggressive with different patrol routes. Despite all that, experienced players can finish in 9 to 12 hours because the map knowledge advantage outweighs the difficulty spike.

How Long Is Leon’s Campaign vs Grace’s?

This is one of the most common questions I see on Reddit and Steam forums, and the answer is not as clean as people expect because the two characters do not have separate campaigns. Resident Evil Requiem uses a dual-protagonist structure where you alternate between FBI agent Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy throughout a shared story.

Based on detailed chapter listings from Space4Games, the game features 17 distinct location segments split between both characters and ending with shared final sequences. Grace controls the majority of the Care Center and Orphanage sections. Leon handles the Care Center Attic, Chapel, and both Raccoon City segments.

From my timing:

• Grace’s total play time across all her segments adds up to roughly 8 to 9 hours on a standard run.
• Leon’s total play time across his segments runs about 5 to 6 hours.
• The final ARK sequence alternates between both and takes about 1 to 2 hours depending on the boss fight.

Grace has more screen time because her sections involve heavier puzzle-solving, exploration, and slower-paced stealth encounters in first person. Leon’s sections are faster, more combat-driven, and played in third person. If you are wondering how the two characters feel mechanically different, our Grace vs Leon character guide covers that in depth.

All Resident Evil Requiem Chapters Listed

Requiem does not use a traditional numbered chapter system. Instead, the story flows through distinct locations, with the active character switching between Grace and Leon. Based on verified chapter breakdowns from GameRant and Space4Games, here is the full progression:

Order	Location	Character
1	Wrenwood Hotel	Grace
2	Wrenwood City Street	Leon
3	Care Center (Arrival)	Grace
4	Care Center (Arrival)	Leon
5	Care Center Main Wing	Grace
6	Care Center Attic & Victor’s Office	Leon
7	Care Center Basement	Grace
8	Care Center Garden	Grace
9	Care Center Chapel	Leon
10	Water Treatment Plant	Grace
11	East Raccoon City	Leon
12	Raccoon City Center	Leon
13	Orphanage	Grace
14	ARK	Grace
15	ARK	Leon
16	ARK (Final Sequence)	Grace
17	Final Boss Fight	Both

There is no chapter select after completion. If you want to go back for missed collectibles, you will need to either reload a manual save or start a new playthrough. This is worth knowing before you push past the Water Treatment Plant, because several antique coins become permanently missable after certain environmental triggers.

Completionist Playthrough Time

Going for 100% completion is a different beast entirely. Requiem has a surprising amount of content hidden under the surface.

According to the trophy roadmap from PowerPyx, a completionist aiming for everything in the game should expect to spend roughly 20 to 30 hours across multiple playthroughs. Their estimated platinum time sits at around 20 hours, though that assumes efficient routing. The Space4Games team puts the full 100% completion closer to 30 to 40 hours when factoring in all optional challenges and credit farming.

Here is what a completionist run includes:

• All Mr. Raccoon Memoriams (20 figures, unlocks the “You Little Rascal!” trophy)
• All Antique Coins (33 on Normal, 35 on Hardcore)
• All Files (needed for the “Case Closed” trophy)
• All weapons purchased and upgraded (requires 200,000+ credits across runs)
• Speed Demon trophy (complete the story in under 4 hours)
• Never Touch the Stuff (complete without using healing items)
• Minimalist (complete without using the blood collector as Grace)
• Insanity difficulty completion

My collectible-focused Casual run took 16 hours and 48 minutes, but I was not going for speed-related trophies at the same time. Those need a separate, stripped-down playthrough.

How Long to Platinum Resident Evil Requiem?

The platinum is one of the more accessible in the franchise. PowerPyx rates it a 4 out of 10 in difficulty with an estimated 20 hours to complete. That is roughly on par with Resident Evil Village and significantly easier than RE4 Remake’s platinum, which required Professional S+ rank runs.

A more conservative estimate from Stevivor puts the platinum at 35 to 40 hours for players who are not using guides or optimized routing. The difficulty rating from Stevivor is also higher at 7/10, which reflects the experience of players going in blind.

My personal platinum path looked like this:

1. First playthrough (Standard Classic): 14 hours. Collected about 60% of files and collectibles.
2. Second playthrough (Casual): 17 hours. Mopped up all remaining collectibles, files, and challenge trophies.
3. Third playthrough (Standard Classic): 3 hours 41 minutes. Speedrun plus no-healing and no-blood-collector trophies stacked together.

Total: roughly 35 hours, but I was not being particularly efficient. A well-planned two-playthrough route with guides could cut that to 20 to 25 hours.

The key insight is that you can stack the Speed Demon, Never Touch the Stuff, and Minimalist trophies into a single speedrun. With infinite ammo weapons unlocked from your first completion, plus the unbreakable knife from the bonus shop, you can blitz through Insanity difficulty in under 4 hours while meeting all three conditions simultaneously. I did exactly this on my third run and it was genuinely thrilling.

Speedrun Time: The Speed Demon Trophy

The Speed Demon trophy requires completing the main story and releasing Elpis (the canon ending) in under 4 hours. According to the walkthrough at PowerPyx, experienced players can finish in under 3 hours with cutscene skipping and optimal routing.

My speedrun clocked 3 hours and 41 minutes on my third playthrough. I used the infinite rocket launcher (unlocked after completing Insanity) which one-shots every enemy and boss in the game. Combined with skipping all cutscenes, knowing every key item location, and sprinting past non-essential encounters, the run felt more like a victory lap than a challenge.

Tips from my speedrun:

• Buy the unbreakable knife from the bonus shop before starting.
• Use the infinite rocket launcher on every boss.
• Skip every cutscene. You can always rewatch them from the gallery.
• Do not pick up anything you do not need. Ignore collectibles, files, and optional items.
• Know the critical path. The Care Center has a lot of locked doors you can skip on a speed run if you know which keys are mandatory.

How RE9 Compares to Previous Resident Evil Games

According to playtime data compiled by Space4Games, Requiem sits comfortably in the middle of the modern RE lineup:

Game	Average First Playthrough	100% Completion
Resident Evil 2 Remake	9 hours	20 hours
Resident Evil 3 Remake	6 hours	12 hours
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard	9-10 hours	20 hours
Resident Evil Village	10 hours	25 hours
Resident Evil 4 Remake	16-18 hours	40+ hours
Resident Evil Requiem	12-14 hours	30-40 hours

Requiem is longer than Village and RE7 but shorter than the RE4 Remake. That shorter campaign length compared to RE4 is one of the most common criticisms I see online, but I think it is the right length for the kind of story Capcom is telling. The Care Center sections are tightly paced and the emotional beats land because they do not overstay their welcome. If the game were 18 hours, the Raccoon City streets section would need significantly more content to justify the extra time, and it already feels like the weakest part of the game as-is.

For a deeper comparison between Requiem and RE4 specifically, I wrote a full breakdown in our Resident Evil Requiem vs RE4 Remake comparison that covers combat, story, and replayability side by side.

Is Resident Evil Requiem Too Short?

I do not think so. Twelve to fourteen hours is a substantial campaign for a survival horror game. The issue is not length but density. The Care Center and Orphanage sections are packed with puzzles, lore, and tension. The Raccoon City streets feel comparatively thin. If Capcom had redistributed that pacing more evenly, the length criticism would barely exist.

The bigger factor is what comes after the credits. As of April 2026, Requiem does not have Mercenaries mode or story DLC yet. RE4 Remake launched with a similar campaign length but eventually received the Separate Ways DLC and Mercenaries, which dramatically extended its value. Requiem’s post-launch content is reportedly on the way, and you can read everything we know in our Ada Wong DLC breakdown. But right now, the base package feels complete for a single-player horror game, even if it leaves you wanting more.

If you have already finished and want to extend your time with the game, our best RE9 PC mods guide covers 15 tested mods that add new enemies, quality of life improvements, and visual upgrades.

FAQ

For more Resident Evil Requiem coverage, explore our guides on the best camera settings for first-person and third-person modes and how to beat the Girl boss.