The Dragon Age The series first started in 2009. With only three main entries released in the first five years of the series' existence, you'd expect there to have been several installments by now. However, BioWare seems to be taking a quality-over-quantity approach to the series.
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The good thing about it is that you don't have to play a lot of games to catch up on everything. That said, it's worth pointing out that Dragon Age titles aren't particularly known for being short. After all, the main games are large-scale RPGs with plenty of exploration and side quests. Using data provided by HowLongToBeatIt is possible to work out how many hours you should invest to play through all the games. All that information is here.
How long is each Dragon Age game?
There are more Dragon Age games than you might think, some of them smaller mobile or browser games for which HowLongToBeat doesn't have a full score.
So, the focus is on the four main installments as well as two sides: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: The Wellguard, Dragon Age Journey: The Deep Roads, and Dragon Age Heroes. Here are the lengths of each:
|
the game |
How long to beat the story |
How long it takes to complete 100 percent |
|---|---|---|
|
Dragon Age: Origins |
40.5 hours |
87 hours |
|
Dragon Age 2 |
26.5 hours |
58 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Exploration |
47 hours |
129 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Vilguard |
17 hours |
114 hours |
|
Dragon Age Journey: Deep Road |
1.5 hours |
4 hours |
|
Heroes of the Dragon Age |
6 hours |
74.5 hours |
HowLongToBeat doesn't have much data for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, so the numbers for that game may not be quite accurate.
How long is each piece of Dragon Age DLC?
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All of the main entries in the series have multiple pieces of downloadable content. Naturally, these add several hours to each game. Here are all of them and how long it takes to lose them:
|
DLC |
How long to beat the story |
How long it takes to complete 100 percent |
|---|---|---|
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening |
13 hours |
21.5 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Darkspawn Chronicles |
1.5 hours |
2 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Golems of Amgarrak |
1 hour |
2 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Leliana's Song |
2 hours |
2 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Return to Ostagar |
1.5 hours |
1.5 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Prisoner of Stone |
1 hour |
1 hour |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Warden's Keep |
1 hour |
1.5 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – Witch Hunt |
1.5 hours |
2 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Origins – The Tale of Orzammar |
41 minutes |
1 hour |
|
Dragon Age 2: Legacy |
3 hours |
4 hours |
|
Dragon Age 2: Mark of the Assassin |
2.5 hours |
4.5 hours |
|
Dragon Age 2: The Exiled Prince |
1.5 hours |
3 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser |
5.5 hours |
9 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Jaws of Hakan |
6 hours |
11.5 hours |
|
Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Descent |
4 hours |
7.5 hours |
How long does it take to beat each Dragon Age game?
Here's a breakdown of the overall time needed to beat all games:
|
Games |
How long to beat the story |
How long it takes to complete 100 percent |
|---|---|---|
|
Four main games (Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition, and Dragon Age: The Wellguard.) |
116 hours |
388 hours |
|
The four main games, Dragon Age Journeys: The Deep Roads and Dragon Age Heroes. |
123.5 hours |
466.5 hours |
|
Four main games with all DLC. |
162 hours |
462 hours |
|
Four core games with all DLC, Dragon Age Journeys: The Deep Roads, and Heroes of Dragon Age. |
169 hours |
540.5 hours |
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