How long does it take to beat the main story of NEO: The World Ends With You (NEO: TWEWY)? Learn the answer to this question in our complete game length guide.

How Long Does It Take to Beat NEO: The World Ends With You

~40-50 Hours for the Main Game Only

Speedrunning the main story alone, with no sidetracking for Social Network FP farming or Pig Noise Hunting, will take around 40-50 hours if you plan on playing on Normal Difficulty. Unlocking the Easy Difficulty can be accomplished early in the game and will definitely speed up your gameplay.

How to Change Difficulty

~10 Hours More with Optional Side Quests

Side Quests

Each chapter offers 2-3 side quests that will take you across different sections of Shibuya. If you want to complete each side quest, it'll add ~10 more hours to your gameplay.
All Side Quests and Rewards

Pig Noise

Some chapters don't sport a side quest, but they have something to make up for it. Pig Noise are elusive pink Noise that are time-pressured battles. Erase the Pig Noise in time to gain awesome rewards!
List of Pig Noise and Where to Find Them

~50+ Hours More for Collectible Content

If you are planning on going all the way and getting all collectibles, post-campaign Secret Reports, and the game's special post-game content "Another Day", it will take another ~50 or so more hours. This is due to the game requiring set conditions before you can collect certain collectibles.

Collectible Content
Noisepedia	Social Network
Pins	Threads
Food	Graffiti
Books	Music
Post-Game Content
Another Day
Time Trial	Secret Reports

How Many Weeks are There?

The game's story spans for 3 weeks, each with a complete 7 days. The 3 weeks are followed by "Another Day" — NEO's post-game. As mentioned above, going through the main story without any sidetracking should take you around 40-50 hours.

Complete Story Walkthrough

Is NEO: TWEWY Short or Long?

If you just plan on breezing through the game to know the ending, completing the main story in under 50 Gameplay Hours can be considered long. However, if you're a completionist, the game is quite lengthy because of all the collectibles can't be gathered in one run of the game.

How Long is the Demo of NEO: TWEWY?

If you're still on the fence about NEO: TWEWY, you can download the demo to try out the game for free. The demo lets you play the first two days of the story and advance your characters up to Level 15. This will take you approximately 2 hours to complete, which can be carried over if you buy the full game.

How to Transfer Demo Save Data

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