Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are role-playing games. Here is how long they take to beat.
How long to beat Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald?
Your total playtime of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald depends on how much you want to get out of them.
Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire
- Story completion: About 35 Hours
- Average completion: About 73 Hours
- 100% completion: About 204 Hours
Pokémon Emerald
- Story completion: About 31 Hours
- Average completion: About 65.5 Hours
- 100% completion: About 213 Hours
By definition, story completion is what it takes, on average, to complete the game’s main objectives. Average completion is based on the number of total hours logged by most players before moving to their next game. On the other hand, 100% completion is what it takes on average to finish every single activity in the game and get all the collectibles.
Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and initially released in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance. A third version, Pokémon Emerald, was initially released in 2004 for the same system. Finally, enhanced remakes known as Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire were released in 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS.