Disappointment for Starfield fans: Playing time is shorter than expected

Since the announcement of Starfield in 2018 and the release of the first trailer in 2021, most assume that the game will be huge. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case, at least for the pure main story.

Starfield just slightly larger than other Bethesda games

Trailers and information so far have suggested that the main story of Starfield far surpasses previous Bethesda games like Skyrim or Fallout 4. According to information from Todd Howard, the game’s creative director, this is not the case.

This indicates that the main story of Starfield only about 20 percent larger is than previous games. That would mean you can expect about 30 to 40 hours – not counting side trips. According to Howard, the number could change somewhat, as he revealed in an interview with IGN (source: IGN).

However, Bethesda is not concerned about this, because anyone who has played games from this developer knows that these offer much more than just a main story.

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Starfield will remain interesting for a long time, according to Bethesda

As Howard also points out in an interview with IGN, the upcoming action-adventure role-playing game consists not only of the main quests, but also of side quests, faction routes and base building. Join in 1,000 fully explorable planets with procedurally generated content.

Games like Skyrim have shown in the past that they are immortal thanks to numerous possibilities and with Starfield Howard also assumes that the modding community will keep the game interesting for a long time.

Starfield is scheduled to be released on September 6, 2023 for Xbox Series X|S and PC.